Customer Reviews

I Wish I Were a Ballerina [VHS]

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My preschool daughters watched this video so many times they wore out the tape! While Wishing Well Willy is a bit grating, Jessica the young ballerina wannabe more than makes up for it. Introduces ballet, jazz and modern dance. This video is absolutely the best one I have found for preschoolers.

After reading the reviews here and at half.com I went ahead and purchased this video. I knew I wasn't getting a full ballet lesson and I knew this would not make my daughter a ballerina over night. But it did spark more interest in ballet and dance.

Wishing Well Willy is a magical person who helps a little girl make her dreams of becoming a ballerina come true first by showing her three different ballet styles, Classic, Jazz and Modern. Willy adds humor, which all children video's need.

The moves were very easy to do, they had basic steps and they made it fun for children to learn. My girls are 6, 4 and 3 and they absolutely enjoy this video and have watched over and over again. Worth every penny!!!!

A friend loaned me her copy of "I Wish I Were a Ballerina". My two children ( girl 3 years and boy 18 months) love it. My daughter loves to dance along and try all of the different steps. My son just sits entranced as the children dance. From a parent's standpoint, my only criticism of the tape is that I wish they demonstrated a step more than once. Most often it is only shown once or at the most twice and that isn't enough for small children. It would have also been nice to show the children how to make their feet move into the positions a bit more. I guess just a bit more instruction would be nice. But, overall, our family LOVES the tape.

This video appeals to our whole family. The girls, ages 4,2,and 1, all imitate the dance steps in all three kinds of dance shown: classical, jazz, and modern dance. Though Mom and the girls don't pay much attention to Wishing Well Willy, Daddy thinks he's the funniest part of the show.

its very entertaining and teaches some basic dance moves that preschoolers can follow. the silly character wishing well willie is humorous. great for getting those precious little girls into the arts and very imaginative play.

But the video is good & introduces ballet, tap & jazz. Not as "girly-girl" as most ballet videos. There aren't many ballet/dance videos with boys but they might like this better than most.

I babysit my 3 year old niece and wanted to find something more educational for her to watch than some TV offerings. I borrowed this video from the library and since then all she wants to do is dance!! I eventually ended up buying her a tutu and slippers AND her own copy of this video. She loves watching Wishing Well Willie and the three instructors that demonstrate various styles of dance. This is a really cute video!

My 3 1/2 year old daughter loved this film. I think she learned a lot and watched it several times in a row! As a ballet teacher myself, I was impressed with the kids in this piece and yes, Wishing Well Willie was a bit much to stomach over and over, but she didn't seem to mind! Wishing they would've introduced tap, though....