Instructional Children's Ballet, Jazz and Tap Dance Videos & DVDs 2

Learn to dance ballet, jazz and tap videos and DVs.

See also Children's Videos 1 for kids hip hop and exercise videos; and Kid's Video 3 for kids sports and fitness videos.

Broadway Dance Center: Creative Movement for 3 & 4 Year Olds Video

Broadway Dance Center Creative Movement for 3 & 4 Year Olds DVD Only - $49.99
A teacher’s most valuable resources are the tiniest dancers who toddle through the door. Teaching and keeping them is one of the foremost challenges of dance education. Veteran studio owner and teacher, Toni Noblett, will guide you through those first daunting days of class with advice and ideas that are practical, honest, and inventive.

This video will give you the basic tools to plan a curriculum that features creative movement as the initial course of study for beginning dancers. It features games that will equip the youngest students to function in next year’s tap, ballet, or jazz dance class, and it encourages you to allow children to be children for at least another year.

Toni Noblett’s background in dance education is substantial. For twenty-six years she ran a studio in Roxboro, North Carolina where dance classes for children and adults were crafted to instill an appreciation for the arts, self-discipline and respect. Classes included children with special needs, and these children became her mentors.

Since 1989 Ms. Noblett has been on the staff of Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute in New York City. In 1998 she conceived and locally produced a project featured on CBS’s “Sunday Morning with Bill Geist.” She has taught children’s tap at BDC, and presently teaches for Rosie O’Donnell’s “Rosie’s Broadway Kids.” Her two children, Casey Noblett Callahan and Cassidy Noblett, are professional dancers and respected teachers.

60 mins. (2006)
DVD - All Region

Visual Dictionary Ballet For Children Video

Visual Dictionary Ballet For Children DVD Only - $29.99
This 2½ hr. DVD contains a complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come. It includes the definitions of terminology, basic technique, movements and steps the beginner student will need to know, with detailed visual instruction on how to execute all of the movements, positions and steps. The class is performed at 2 levels for beginner and advanced beginner student. As the class is taught, the terminology of the movements and steps are recited to help familiarize and reinforce the use of terminology in the ballet class.

The Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children is broken down into 4 chapters: Chapter 1 - The Dictionary of Ballet Technique, includes positions of the arms feet and body, including the basic techniques of ballet. Chapter 2 - The Dictionary of Barre Work, includes visual instruction on the execution of barre movement and steps. Chapter 3 - The Dictionary of Center Work, includes visual instruction on the execution of steps done center floor. Chapter 4 - The Class, includes all of the steps movements and techniques from Chapters 1,2 and 3 assembled into a class. Program creator Rosemary Boross' dance career includes performance with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City Ballet, and the American Dance Machine. Visual demonstrations by Rosemary Boross' students from The Ballet Pacifica Conservatory. Inspiring ballet class music by Rory Foster.

155 mins. (2005)
DVD - All Region

A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class II Video

DVD Only - $19.99
By popular demand, Rosemary Boross and Bruce Stephen Foster present the sequel to their hit program, A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class. Pre-schoolers will love dancing with the newest members of the Fantasy Garden including the Friendly Frogs, Prancing Petunias, and Mr. Robin Red Breast. The beautiful melodies and memorable lyrics make learning and practicing the exercises a fun experience for young children. This class contains classic ballet fundamentals being taught by Emboite Ants and Leaping Lady Bugs. Also included is continued work on basic motor skills with Marching Marigolds and Green, Green Galloping Grasshoppers, as well as rhythmic exercises in The Caterpillar Circle. The pictures of these fun characters seen before each exercise will stimulate your child’s creativity and imagination!

Program creator Rosemary Boross’ dance career includes performances with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City, and the American Dance Machine. She is on the teachers training school faculties of DEA (Dance Educators of America). She has taught CNADM (Chicago National Association of Dance Masters) and has taught in many colleges and universities nationwide, lecturing and teaching Master classes on “The Art of Training Children in Dance.”

40 mins. (2006)
DVD - All Region

VHS - $29.95
Join internationally renowned choreographer and master jazz teacher Bob Rizzo and his dancers for a complete Jazz Dance Class. This class has been specifically designed for the beginner as well as the intermediate and advanced level student. Bob and his dynamic young students present the material in clear-cut, easy to follow sequences.

This DVD includes: Center Warm-Up, Jazz Barre, Floor Stretches, Progressions, Turns & Jumps for all levels, and Routines for Intermediate & Advanced levels. Presented in a clear and concise format, every second of the tape is not only educational - it's also fun!

Bob Rizzo has taught dance for the undergraduate program at New York University, Broadway Dance Center and at STEPS on Broadway. You’ve seen his dances in commercials for Levi's 501 Jeans, Kellogg's Pop Tarts and Teddy Grahams. He also holds the distinction as choreographer for three New York City based soap operas: As The World Turns, All My Children and The Guiding Light.

55 mins. (DVD-2008)
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).
DVD - All Region

The Land of Sweet Taps Video

DVD Only - $19.99
The Land Of Sweet Taps is a beginner’s tap class filled with sweets and fun for children ages 4 thru 8. It is an enjoyable, easy way for children to learn tap dancing fundamentals. It teaches all of the basic sounds, rhythms and steps including shuffles and digs. Children will love the wonderful music and dancing to tunes such as The Peppermint Stick Strut and The Bubble Gum Bounce. The lyrics are fun and they help children to remember their steps and execute them in perfect timing to the music.

This beginner’s tap dancing class, taught by Rosemary Boross, is a delight for children which introduces them to the joy of dance in a unique way. The creator of this tap class, Rosemary Boross, has been training children in the art of dance for many years and has performed professionally with such companies as the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City and The American Dance Machine.

57 mins. (2006) Rosemary Boross
DVD - All Region