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The Snow Queen - ballet redefined

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This tape is fine if you're one of the parents of these kids. It really is irresponsible to be marketing this as a professional performance, when it's really a ballet school(and not a very good one) performance tape. The lead (Snow Queen) shouldn't even be on pointe! Shame on you, whoever you are, for marketing this to the poor unknowing public! (And as for you parents, I'm sure you can find a better ballet school, you just have to do a little homework!)

This video takes on a magic of its own. You become a part of the Snow Queen's world. It teaches moral lessons of love and caring through a delight medium of music and dance. A true pleasure for the whole family...from children to grandparents!

At first we thought, "not another Christmas story" then the experience began and move over Nutcracker you have been out done. The music is thrilling, the dancers are professional in their own right and with the story, you have brilliant combination to hold you in your seat to the very end. Randy Tobin's music grips you at every beat, especially the 'Crow' scene.

We are 2 Hollywood screenwriters and we see many stage productions, new and old, and we say with utmost energy that you must EXPERIENCE THIS ONE or miss a brilliant production that's fun, exciting and moving. Erin Holt, you have hit the mark.

The Snow Queen has been an absolutely delightful surprise. The choreography, acting, stage settings as well as the dance performances tells Hans Christian Andersons' story in a wonderful new medium. The Nutcracker has long been a holiday tradition - well move over - a new one has just been born.

Erin Holt does a fantastic job at communicating the characters in this story thru dance. You really get what each one is about. The Snow Queen is so moving, she brought tears to my eyes. The snooty flowers-only concerned with their own stories, the enchantress weaving her spell on Gerta, the Gypsy Girl who wants to keep Gerta for a playmate and finally ends up helping her, and the many other characters Gerta meets on her quest, are brought to life without speaking a word. This is dance at its best.

The Snow Queen is where talents meet. If you want to see CREATION in its utmost - watch this video. If you want to experience Harmony - the forms, the shapes, the colors, the motion, the sounds - all working together, then - watch this video. It's a work of love, and as such is as alive as love could be. No other motive will make one take a group of kids of all ages and come up with so much harmony and aesthetics. Randall & Erin's collaboration of this love & creation is offering you a treat.