- ♪ She's a dancing star
♪ She loves to twirl all day
♪ She's gonna go far
♪ That's the angelina way
♪ Follow your dreams
Wherever they take you ♪
♪ You can succeed
♪ Don't let anything
Shake you ♪
♪ Angelina
♪ Ballerina
♪ The little star
With big dreams ♪
♪ Angelina
♪ Ballerina
♪ La, la, la-la
♪ La, la, la-la
♪ La, la, la-la
- I'm angelina ballerina.
Today someone very special
Is coming to school with me:
My dad.
Dad, I am so excited
That you're taking pictures
Of camembert academy
For the town newspaper.
- Photography
Is my favorite hobby.
[Camera shutter clicks]
So when the paper
Asked me for help,
I just couldn't say no.
Hand me that lens cap, please.
- One lens cap coming right up.
- Thanks, angelina.
You're going to be a great
Photo assistant today.
- And the mouseland heraldâ–
Is going to get a great story
About dancing at camembert.
[Laughs]
Click, click.
We're going to photograph
All the wonderful dancers
And musicians at the school.
- Oh, I love magicians.
Abracadabra.
Shalamazoo!
- [Laughs]
Not magicians,
Musicians,
Musicians playing
Beautiful music
While camembert students dance
Exciting dances
From around the world.
This might be
The best-selling edition
Of the mouseland herald ever.
- Well, is my photo assistant
Ready to go to school?
- Ready.
- Have fun.
- We will.
Thanks.
- And if you see any magicians,
Take their picture for me.
- Where should I put the stand
For the camera?
- You mean the tripod?
Um, let's put it here.
- Mm-hmm.
Done.
- Places, everyone.
Our mousecow dance class
Is about to start.
- Ms. Mimi,
Is angelina not dancing today?
- Today angelina's
Helping her father
Take photos.
- Ah, photography
Is so beautiful,
Especially
When the photos are of me.
[Giggles]
- And these photos are going
To be on the front page.
- [Gasps]
Even better.
I cannot wait
To see my picture...
On the front page.
[Laughs]
- We want these photos
To be natural,
So, everyone, please dance
As if we're not here.
- Not a problem,
Monsieur mouseling.
[Uplifting orchestral music]
♪
- Let's start
With the cossack dance.
Arms over chest,
Squat down, and kick.
Huh.
Huh.
All: huh, huh.
Huh, huh.
- Angelina,
See how a lot of this dance
Is done low to the ground?
Let's lower the tripod and take
Pictures from that angle.
- Brilliant, dad.
[Camera shutter clicks]
[Camera shutter clicks]
[Clapping]
[Camera shutter clicking]
- Huh, huh.
- Good, gracie.
But could you just dance
A little more, um, naturally?
- Oui, oui.
Okay.
[Camera shutter clicks]
- Gracie seems rather pleased
To be in the photographs.
- Mm, yes,
In each and every photograph.
- I'm afraid the pictures
Aren't coming out too well.
- Maybe I can try
To talk to her.
- Good idea.
- Huh, huh.
- Gracie,
Could you try and act more,
You know,
Normal for the camera?
- But I am.
Oh, monsieur mouseling,
Take a photo of this.
[Laughs]
- Oh.
I don't think gracie
Quite got the point.
- Are you sure?
- Cheese!
Or as we say, fromage.
[Laughs]
- Very sure.
- Let's move on
To another dance class.
We'll have more luck.
- Or at least
We'll have less gracie.
- Ready, and quick, quick, slow.
Quick, quick, slow.
- Look, dad.
Salsa class is in session.
- Let's get some close-ups.
[Bright salsa drumming]
- Hey, angelina.
Hi, mr. Mouseling.
- Hi, marco.
We're taking photos
For the herald.
- Oh, great.
Did you know that "salsa"
Means "sauce"?
It's a spicy sauce.
- Cool.
I didn't know that.
[Camera shutter clicks]
- Oh, photo assistant,
Zoom lens, please.
- Sure, dad.
But why?
- We need a good sh*t
Of the salsa dancers'
Fancy footwork.
The zoom lens will help us
Get a close-up of their feet.
- Stupendous!
[Camera shutter clicks]
[Camera shutter clicks]
- Hello again,
Monsieur mouseling.
- Gracie.
What are you doing here?
- I am doing the salsa.
What else?
Quick, quick, slow.
Quick, quick, slow.
- I don't have much hope
For these photos either.
- [Gasps]
♪
- Let's take pictures
Of the musicians instead.
- Yes.
♪
[Camera shutter clicks]
These are great sh*ts.
[Camera shutter clicks]
[Camera shutter clicks]
- Voila!
Look at me on the conga.
- I didn't even know you could
Play the conga, gracie.
- I cannot.
But I can pretend.
- She's at it again.
What are we going to do now?
- [Sighs]
I don't know.
We might have to print the story
Without any photos.
- But that would mean
No photos on the front page.
I guess we didn't get
Any good pictures, dad.
- Don't feel bad.
Taking action sh*ts of dancing
Is very hard.
- Really?
- Dancers are always moving.
And today one particular dancer
Never stopped moving.
[Laughter]
- Monsieur mouseling,
Angelina.
The viennese waltz dance class
Is about to start.
Let us go.
- Actually, gracie,
I was just leaving.
- But there will be
Lots of great photos to take.
Come on.
I will carry the camera bag.
- I don't think so, gracie.
- And the tripod.
- Wow.
Gracie, you're really good
With all that gear.
- Maybe you can be
A photography assistant.
It's even better
Than being in the photos.
You get to help make them.
- Ooh, la, la.
- Yes, angelina's right.
You'd be very good.
- As the assistant
To the assistant photographer.
- There must be
A better title than that.
- Second assistant?
- Getting closer.
- Fine.
How about two assistants,
You and me?
- Tres bien.
Perfect.
- It's settled then.
Now, why don't you show us
That viennese waltz class?
- This way, monsieur mouseling.
Uh, co-assistant?
[Dreamy waltz music]
♪
- That's right.
Class.
One, two, three,
One, two, three.
And turn.
And turn.
- This is a good sh*t.
- It's marvelous.
- What about taking a sh*t
From above
To capture their spins?
- But how can you
Get up that high?
- Maybe if you stood
On something.
- Like that chair.
- Good thinking, you two.
[Camera shutter clicking]
These overhead sh*ts
Look terrific,
Thanks to my two wonderful
Photo assistants.
- ♪ Lots of fun today
In chipping cheddar ♪
♪ We'll take a picture
That will last forever ♪
♪ And there's a special word
♪ That every little
Mouseling's heard ♪
♪ Everyone say "cheese"
Together ♪
♪ Take a bite
♪ Have a little nibble
♪ Cheese will always make us
Laugh and giggle ♪
♪ A tiny piece of cheddar
♪ Camembert or mozzarella
♪ Makes our smiles get bigger
Here in chipping cheddar ♪
♪ Everyone loves
Saying "cheese" ♪
♪ Let's strike a pose
And have us lots of fun ♪
♪ So here we are together
♪ Take a picture of us,
Please ♪
♪ Say "cheese" together,
Everyone ♪
♪ A photograph lives
On and on and on ♪
[Bell ringing]
- Wasn't it fun yesterday?
- Super fun.
I like being behind the camera
As much as being in front of it.
- Angelina, gracie.
Here's the paper.
Hot off the press.
And look what made
The front page.
- Our photos!
They look great.
- And that's not the only thing.
[Both gasp]
- Our names
Under the photographs.
[Both gasp]
- It's called a photo credit.
- Looks like you made
The front page after all,
Gracie.
- And you did too.
- Come on.
Let's show our friends.
- Look, everyone.
We all made the front page.
- Now it's time to meet
Camembert's shining stars.
- I'm eliza.
- I'm adriana.
- I'm byron.
- I'm emma.
We are the tap city
Youth ensemble.
All: ♪ ba-da-da-da da da
[Rhythmic drumming]
[Tapping]
- I started dancing
When I was seven.
♪
- I like the rhythm, and I like
Being with my friends.
♪
- The sounds that come
Out of your feet
Are, like, really, really cool.
♪
- Whenever I tap dance,
It's like whatever energy I have
I put into my feet.
♪
[Tapping]
- The piece
That we're performing
Is in honor
Of bill "bojangles" robinson,
A very famous tap dancer,
And it is a collection
Of his most favorite steps.
♪
[Tapping]
Tap dancing is like drumming,
Because the same sounds
That can come out of a drum
Can also come
Out of our feet.
♪
- Here are the taps
That make the sounds.
This one usually makes
A lighter sound,
And this one is
A deeper sound.
Tapping]
♪
- Learning new things,
Like steps that you don't know,
Is always hard,
But once you practice,
It's pretty easy.
♪
- I like dancing so much
Because I'm around my friends
All the time,
But I'm still doing something
That I love to do.
[Bell ringing]
- I'm angelina ballerina.
And today ms. Mimi is telling us
All about cheesington,
Where they make
Lots of scrumptious cheese.
- It sounds fantastic.
- It is, vici.
Let's think of a way
To celebrate
The town of cheesington
And its famous cheese.
- [Gasps]
I could start
With a big drumroll.
- That would be
A great start, vici.
Drumrolls are really good
For creating excitement.
- Fantastic.
- And you can use
Longer drumrolls
To keep the music going.
Now I want all of you to think
About what else we could do.
- It's kind of hard to think
Of what to do
When you don't know
What cheesington is like.
- It's a really nice place.
- [Gasps]
You've been there?
- Yeah, lots of times.
My grandpa lives there.
He's great, my grandpa.
He's the best cheese roll dancer
In cheesington.
- Cheese roll dancer?
- Yup.
When the first cheese
Of the year is ready to eat,
They roll it down a big hill.
And then they do
A cheese roll dance.
Then everyone eats some cheese.
[Laughs]
- That's what we can do
For the cheesington celebration.
- Eat cheese?
- No, the cheese roll dance.
[Hesitant drumroll]
♪
- Aw.
Do you know how to play
A drumroll, ms. Mimi?
- I think so.
Let's see.
[Smooth drumroll]
♪
- That's great.
Can I have a turn?
- Of course.
[Hesitant drumroll]
- Aw.
I can't do it.
- Playing a drumroll
Isn't easy, vici.
- I'll never be able
To do it like you.
- I always find that a good way
Of learning difficult things
Is to break them down
Into small steps.
- What do you mean?
- Can you go, "rat, tat, tat"
On the snare drum?
[Hesitant drumming]
- Like that?
[Quicker drumming]
- Now can you do it
A bit faster?
[Solid drumming]
♪
- Hey, I'm starting to do it.
♪
- You certainly are, vici.
[Confident drumming]
♪
- Ms. Mimi,
A.z.'S grandpa lives
In cheesington.
- Really?
- Yes, and he does
A famous dance
Called the cheese roll dance.
- That might be
Exactly what we need.
Have you ever seen your grandpa
Doing the dance, a.z.?
- Lots of times.
I've even got
A photo of him doing it.
- Looks pretty tricky.
- Piece of cake.
I mean, cheese.
I'm sure I could do it.
- [Gasps]
Well, that would be
A terrific way
To celebrate cheesington.
- Told you.
- But I would need
Some mini cheese balls.
[Building drumroll]
♪
- Remember, not too fast,
Or I'll mess it up again.
- Vici.
A.z. Is going to do
The cheese roll dance.
- The what?
- The cheese roll dance.
Ms. Mimi says
It's gonna be great.
- So I'll do a drumroll,
And a.z. Will do a cheese roll.
[Hesitant drumming]
- Oh, hello, angelina.
Shouldn't you be at school?
- Yes, but ms. Mimi sent me out
To get some cheese.
- Was she hungry?
- No.
A.z. Needs it to dance with.
- [Laughs]
You certainly get up to some
Funny things at that school.
- [Laughs]
Look, they're the ones.
Oh, oh.
That should do it.
- Don't worry, angelina.
Just take what you need.
I'll sort them out.
- Thanks, mrs. Thimble.
- Will a.z. Want some crackers
To dance with as well?
[Laughter]
- No thanks, mrs. Thimble.
Just the cheese.
Hope these are okay.
- They look great.
- Okay, everybody.
Now stand back
And give a.z. Some room.
- I'll give you a drumroll
To start you off.
[Confident drumroll]
- Great idea, vici.
Thanks.
Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.
Roll the cheese.
It's such a treat.
[Stuttering]
Whoa!
Aw, this is hard.
[Both gasp]
- Maybe you're a little nervous
With all of us
Watching you, a.z.
- Maybe.
- I know.
Why don't you go off
And practice somewhere quiet
With no one watching?
- Here goes.
Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.
Roll the cheese.
It's--
Whoa!
Ugh.
Oh, no.
There's no one watching me,
But I still can't do it.
[Confident drumroll]
- You're getting really good
At that, vici.
- That's because I'm breaking it
Down into easy steps.
It's what ms. Mimi
Told me to do.
[Easy drumroll]
♪
- I wonder how a.z.
Is coming along.
[Gasps]
Hi, a.z.
How's the dance going?
- Not great.
I really thought I could do it.
But I just can't seem
To get it right.
- What's going wrong?
- It's just too tricky.
Look.
Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.
Oof!
- Oh, no.
- My grandpa makes it
Look so easy.
I better go and tell ms. Mimi
I can't do it.
- Ohh.
[Confident drumroll]
♪
A.z.
- What?
- Can you hear that?
- Yeah.
Vici's getting a lot better.
Not like me.
I'll never be able to dance
Like my grandpa.
♪
- [Gasps]
A.z.?
- What now?
- Do you know why vici
Is getting better
At doing her drumrolls?
- Uh-uh.
- It's because she's broken it
Down into little steps
And learned it
One part at a time.
I'll show you.
Now, your cheese roll dance
Is really hard, isn't it?
- Kind of.
- Well, let's think about it.
What are you trying to do?
- I'm trying to dance,
Juggle, and sing
All at the same time.
- Hmm.
[Gasps]
♪ You've got to float
Before you swim ♪
♪ You've got to stand
Before you walk ♪
♪ You've got to learn to count
To play hide and seek ♪
♪ You've got to cry
Before you talk ♪
♪ A step at a time,
A step at a time ♪
♪ And when that hill
Seems hard to climb ♪
♪ You can get to the top
If you sing my rhyme ♪
♪ Take it a step at a time
♪ You've got to sleep
Before you wake ♪
♪ You've got to mix
Before you bake ♪
♪ And if you like this rhythm
♪ Rattle and roll
Before you shake ♪
♪ A step at a time,
A step at a time ♪
♪ I know that hill
Seems hard to climb ♪
♪ But you can get to the top
If you remember my rhyme ♪
♪ Take it a step at a time,
A step at a time ♪
♪ A step at a time
♪ A step at a time
So how are you feeling now?
- I'm getting better.
But I keep losing my rhythm.
And then I drop them.
- Leave that to me, a.z.
Follow me.
[Confident drumroll]
♪
So will you help a.z., Vici?
- I'd love to.
- If you can keep
The b*at for me,
I think I can keep it all going.
- Okay.
I'll give you a drumroll
To get you started,
And then I'll b*at out
The rhythm for you.
- That would be great.
- Right.
You two practice for a while,
And I'll see you
In the dance studio.
Now, for the first time
In this dance studio,
A.z. Is about to perform
The world-famous cheesington
Cheese roll dance
As taught to him
By his very own grandpa.
And to help him
Is our very own vici.
[Applause]
[Drumroll]
- One, two, three, four.
♪
Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.
Roll the cheese.
It's such a treat.
All: cheesy hands
And cheesy feet.
Roll the cheese.
It's such a treat.
Yay!
[Cheers and applause]
- Thank you!
Thank you.
Especially you, angelina,
And you, vici.
I couldn't have
Done it without you.
- Bravo, a.z.
You worked very hard,
And it shows.
Your grandpa will be so proud
Of you when he finds out
That his grandson
Did such a wonderful dance
For the whole class.
- Don't you agree, a.z.?
- Yeah.
I think he would.
- Hello, I'm angelina ballerina,
And today
I'm watching my friends
Perform an irish step dance.
Do you see how their feet
And legs move quickly,
But the top part of their bodies
Hardly move at all?
They're wearing hard shoes
That are like tap shoes,
Which make a sound
Every time they hit the floor.
Tap actually began
With irish step dance.
It's stupendous to watch
And even more fun to try.
- Hola, marco here.
Whoa, is that violin
Missing a middle?
Nah, that's an electric violin.
It's supposed to look
Like that.
You plug it in, and the music
Comes out of a speaker.
And over here is
An acoustic viola.
"Acoustic" means the sound comes
Right from the instrument.
Violas and violins
Are string instruments
That were only used
For classical music at first.
But now they are used for jazz,
Rock--oh, you name it.
Man, those guys really make
The strings sing.
04x09 - Angelina and the Front Page / Angelina's Cheese Roll
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British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.
British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.