If you recently missed any of the sell-out performances of London Children’s Ballet, it’s now your chance to enjoy these stunning ballets on DVD. An ideal gift to introduce children of all ages to ballet, these DVDs also inspire those ballerinas who dream of one day dancing live on stage. To pay via telephone call LCB on 0208 969 1555.

 

3 DVD Special Offer just £35.00 plus postage.

Choose from the following DVDs: A Little Princess, The Canterville Ghost, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Secret Garden, Jane Eyre, Snow White

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Snow White DVD £15.99 plus postage

Snow White, based on Grimm’s original fairytale, takes the audience from the death of Snow White’s mother in a dramatic snow storm, through to the first meeting of an engaging seven-year-old Snow White and her ultimate transformation into the ‘fairest of the land’ that sends the Queen into a rage of revenge. Accompanied by her trusting seven dwarfs, a smattering of twinkling snowflakes and a birthday scene of dancing cupcakes topped with strawberry and chocolate chip berets this ballet for 2009 is completely charming, funny and full of magic and mystery.

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Jane Eyre DVD £15.99 plus postage

Jane Eyre, is Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece first published in 1848. The adaptation by London Children’s Ballet in 2008 starts with Jane, aged 10 living with her cruel cousins and follows her years at Lowood Charity School. It moves on to her life as a Governess, at Thornfield Hall, to French girl Adèle Varens, the ward of the mysterious Mr Rochester. Rochester falls in love with Jane and proposes marriage to her. But on the eve of their wedding day, the secret of Bertha, his first, mad wife emerges...

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Jane Eyre, programme for £5 plus postage

The Secret Garden DVD £15.99 plus postage

The Secret Garden, premiered in 2007 is the story of Mary Lennox, a spoiled little English girl who is orphaned in India and sent to Yorkshire to live with her uncle. She slowly comes to love life with the help of robin and Dickon, a local boy who shares his knowledge of animals and birds and a secret garden. Mary also discovers her sickly cousin tucked away in his oppressive chambers convinced he is a cripple. The three children form a magical friendship and life blossoms for each one of them.

A Little Princess DVD £15.99 plus postage

A Little Princess, premiered in 2004. It is the story of Sara, a sensible kind and very wealthy little girl who is left in boarding school by her widowed father. The headmistress loves money so when Sara's father dies leaving her penniless, Sara is thrown into the attic and treated as the school slave. However her strong spirit carries her through to a surprise ending!

The Canterville Ghost DVD £15.99 plus postage

Oscar Wilde's fun and witty story of The Canterville Ghost, performed for the first time in 2005, explores the chaos created by the ghost of Sir Simon Canterville who has haunted the ancestral home since 1584. When some Americans buy the house the ghost's life is turned upside down. It's up to the 15 year old Virginia to free him from his curse.

The Scarlet Pimpernel DVD £15.99 plus postage

In 2006, LCB premiered The Scarlet Pimpernel based on the famous swash buckling adventures by Baroness Orczy. It is Paris 1792. A daring Englishman, known as the Scarlet Pimpernel thinks it great sport to confound the Frenchies by rescuing aristocrats from the guillotine in Revolutionary France. But the zealous French Citizen Chauvelin follows the trail of our hero across the Channel to England. He blackmails a beautiful and glamorous French actress to spy for him and betray the dashing Scarlet Pimpernel.