Classics For Children

Two charming ballets for children!  Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf choreographed by Matthew Hart and  L'Enfant by Jiri Kylian to music of Ravel.

Albert Finney as Scrooge, 11 songs by Leslie Bricusse, great period setting and costumes.

Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, and The Brave Engineer(Casey Jones)

Opera in One Act by Gian Carlo Menotti.  Sung in English, tailored for children, about 45 min.—a perfect intro to opera.

Academy Award-winning film directed by Suzie Templeton has stunning stop-motion animation and no dialogue or narration.

The puppet Prokofiev serves as narrator in Jim Gamble's production featuring a wide variety of puppet characters portraying people, animals, and animated instruments.

Puppeteer Jim Gamble recreates children's classics with symphonic performances by European orchestras.

A cricket, mouse, and cat compose Yankee Doodle, help write the Declaration of Independence, and assist Paul Revere. Plus 5 more Chuck Jones/Disney cartoon features.

Hilarious live-action production mingles life-sized Spitting Image puppets with real-life musicians and characters. Includes 2 bonus films

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a collection of nine musically charged animated shorts, including Disney's wonderful version of Peter & the Wolf. 

Witness the story-telling power of music in award-winnng films without dialogue.

This narrated 30 min. ballet is a delightful intro to both the story, the music of Prokofiev, and ballet.