- ♪ 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.
And today I met someone with superpowers.
- "The volcano started rumbling."
- Oh, no!
- "It was going to erupt."
- Oh, no!
- "Suddenly, heroic music filled the air.
"Super sally flew up to the volcano.
"Whoosh!
"Then she used her super strength
"To throw a boulder into it.
Plop!" - [Gasps]
- "Super sally saved the day."
Both: hurray!
- Again. - Again?
But I've read it five times already.
- Six times, please?
- All right.
"Sally thought she was
"A perfectly normal little mouseling.
But then"...
- Hi, mum. Hi, polly.
- Her sister came in.
- Look what we learned in class today.
- Hey, hey.
[Cheers and applause]
- It's called a sissonne.
- Isn't it so fun?
- Yeah.
- [Claps]
It sure is.
Now, if you'll excuse us,
Polly and I were reading a book together.
For the sixth time.
- [Giggles]
- Wow,
That must be a really good book.
- It's the best book ever.
Super sally.
I love, love, love, love, love, love, love it!
- What's it about, polly?
- Super sally has superpowers.
She can fly.
Whoosh!
And she's super strong.
Grr!
And her favorite color is pink,
And her favorite food is cheese.
[Sighs]
Just like me.
I'm just like super sally.
Ooh, maybe I have superpowers too.
Maybe I'm...
I'm super polly.
- [Grunting]
[Gasps]
Help!
- [Gasps] - help!
- Super polly to the rescue.
- [Grunts]
[Screaming]
All: yay! Super polly!
- [Sighs]
- Super job, super polly.
Just for that, you get to stay up late tonight
And play with your dolls.
- Yay!
- Earth to polly.
- Uh-oh.
Whoa!
- Earth to polly.
- You mean super polly.
- I think she was daydreaming like you do, angelina.
- It runs in the family.
- How did super sally become super?
I don't remember.
- Super sally first got her powers
When she heard a trumpet fanfare.
- Then all I need is a trumpet fanfare.
What's a trumpet fanfare?
[All giggle]
- A fanfare is a short, exciting piece of music
Played when something important happens.
- Like when super sally becomes super.
- And fanfares are often played on trumpets.
You've seen trumpets at your father's music store.
- Oh, can I go there?
Maybe if dad plays a faffer and a foofer--
- A fanfare.
- That's it.
Maybe if dad plays a fanfare,
I'll get superpowers.
Whoosh!
- Well...
- Pretty please, with cheese?
If I'm a superhero,
I can save lots of people.
- [Giggles]
Well, all right.
- Wha-hey! Wha-hoo!
- [Sighs]
- This is a trumpet, polly.
You make it play music
By buzzing air into it with your mouth.
Then you push these buttons, called "valves,"
To make music.
Watch. [Inhales deeply]
[Exuberant trumpet music]
♪
- That's really, really neat.
- And now here's what a trumpet fanfare sounds like.
[Celebratory trumpet music]
♪
- Wow!
- So good!
- Awesome!
- Neat!
Can you come play that in the park, daddy?
- Uh, not now, sweetheart.
I have work to do.
But I can record the fanfare on this music recorder.
And you can bring that to the park.
- Yes, do that.
Please?
[Celebratory trumpet music]
♪
- Got it.
Listen.
[Celebratory trumpet music]
♪
- Wow, thanks.
- Uh, polly, why do you need
To play a fanfare in the park, anyway?
- I need to be outside when I fly,
Or I'll bump my head on the ceiling.
- Oh, that makes sense.
Uh, wait.
No, it doesn't.
Did you say, "when you fly"?
- I think I might have superpowers.
- Oh.
Well, that's very exciting.
- Yep. Bye.
All: bye.
- Let me know how it turns out.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, stand back.
I need room to fly.
That's good.
Now play the f-f-f--fanfare,
Please, angelina.
[Celebratory trumpet music]
Bye, everybody.
[Grunts]
[Groans]
[Grunts]
Try playing it louder.
[Celebratory trumpet music]
♪
[Sighs]
It's not working.
- I know.
Maybe you should start with an easier superpower.
- Yeah, like super strength.
I'll go pick up our house.
- I don't think mum would like that.
It would make a mess.
Why don't you pick up that bench instead?
- That's easy for super polly.
[Grunting]
- She can't lift that.
It's too heavy.
- We'll lift it for her.
But try not to let her see.
Come on.
- [Groaning]
I think this is a super bench.
- Try again, polly.
You can do it.
[Whispering] one, two, three,
Lift.
- Ooh!
I have super strength.
This is easy.
- No, it isn't.
- Wow, a ladybug.
Hey.
Why's the bench still up there?
All: oops.
Thud! - Uh...
- You were holding it up.
- Sorry, polly.
- We know you really want superpowers.
We were just trying to make you happy.
- Oh.
I'm really, really frustrated.
- Because we helped you?
- No,
Because I'm not super at anything.
You're super at drumming.
[Drum fill]
- And spelling
And at telling stories
And at taking care of pets
And-- - marco!
- Oops.
- And, vici, you're super at art.
Angelina, you're a super dancer.
But I'm not super at anything.
[Sniffles, whimpers]
All: aww!
- Don't cry, polly.
I'm sure you're super at something.
- Yeah!
Everyone's super at something.
- We just have to find out what.
- So let's try to find out what you're super at.
- Okay.
- All right, polly,
We've got a lot of things for you to try.
I'm sure you'll be super at one of them.
All: yeah.
- One, two, three.
[Giggling]
- Oops.
- Oh.
- [Gasps]
- Oh.
[Giggling] - whoa.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Ugh.
[Gasps]
- Careful, polly.
All: , .
- Ready or not, here we come!
- ♪ Dum, dum, da-da, dum, da-da! ♪
- Hmm.
- ♪ Dum, dum, da-da, dum, da-da! ♪
♪ Dum, da-da-dum, dum, da-da!
♪ Dum, da-da-dum, dum, da-da!
Oh, how did you find me so fast?
- Because you were singing.
- And your feet are sticking out.
- Oopsie.
I'm not super at hide-and-go-seek either.
- That was the fanfare you were singing, right?
- Uh-huh.
I really like it.
♪ Dum, da-da-dum, dum, da-da!
- You sing it so perfectly.
-[Gasps] polly!
We've discovered what you're super at:
Singing!
- Really?
All: yeah.
- Oh, I have an idea.
Let's write some words for the fanfare.
Then polly can sing it.
- Stupendous idea, marco.
- Yeah-hey!
- Introducing super polly,
The super singer!
[Applause]
[Upbeat electronic music]
♪
- ♪ Don't worry if it seems hard ♪
♪ To kick a soccer ball
♪ Don't worry if when you dance ♪
♪ You slip and take a fall
♪ Don't be sad if you're not as strong ♪
♪ Or fast as all the rest
♪ Someday soon, oh, you'll find out ♪
♪ What it is that you do best
♪ 'Cause everyone is good at something ♪
♪ Hold your head up high
♪ Let's see you grin
♪ It's time for you to shine today ♪
♪ Just remember what I say now
♪ They'll call you "super" anyhow ♪
♪ You are special
♪ In your own way
♪ In your own way
♪ In your own way
[Applause] all: hooray!
- Bravo! - Wow!
- I'm very proud of my super sister.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Now it's time to meet camembert's shining stars.
- My name is tiffany.
- I'm stefanie.
- I'm brittany.
- I'm lisa.
- We dance with the new york chinese cultural center.
[Clamorous music]
♪
- We're performing the lion dance.
This dance is over , years old,
And usually it's danced to celebrate during festivals.
♪
- The lions are played by two people.
One is the head, and one is the tail.
They're good lions.
- The little girls play with the lion,
And all together we try to scare the evil spirits away
And bring in good luck.
♪
- When you first learn how to do a cartwheel,
You just can't stop.
- The musicians,
They follow along as we go on in the dance.
♪
During more exciting parts in the dance,
The music gets louder.
♪
- My part in the dance is to tease the lion,
And the lion kind of scares me,
So I have to tease him back.
I get to jump on the lion's back and ride on him.
Sometimes it's a little bit hard,
'Cause I have to jump high.
♪
- Chinese dance sometimes have acrobatics
To, like, make it feel, like, joyful.
♪
- It's fun,
And I love wearing makeup.
- I'm angelina ballerina,
And today vici's going to tell us about her great idea.
I wonder what it is.
- It's going to be so amazing.
I just can't wait.
- Can't wait for what, vici?
- Dance like a cake day, of course.
- Huh?
- Dance like a fake day?
What's that?
- Cake, a.z.
I want you all to make a cake and--
Cookies, muffins, biscuits,
Anything will do.
- I love cakes!
- Me too.
- Mum bakes great cakes.
- Hold up, mouselings.
Cooking's only part of what I want you to do.
And here's the amazing part.
You have to perform a dance that goes with your cake.
- Huh?
- You mean we dance like a cake?
- Exactly, alice.
- That's cool.
I'll make a pineapple upside-down cake.
[All laugh]
- How are you going to do a pineapple upside-down dance?
- Hip-hop.
Watch.
[Hip-hop music]
♪
I'll dance upside down like this.
[Laughter and applause]
- I already know what I'm gonna do.
- What?
- Here. Guess.
- Dance like a wiggly worm?
- The twist.
I'll make a lemon twist cake to go with my dance.
- Can I do a gymnastic dance, vici?
- Of course, alice.
But it might be tricky finding a cake to go with it.
- I'll make pancakes.
I'll flip them in the air
Just like little bouncy gymnasts.
- That's a stupendous idea, alice.
- What about you, angelina?
- I'm going to do something
From the hansel and gretel ballet,
And I'll make a gingerbread house
To go with my dance.
- Awesome idea, angelina.
I can't wait for dance like a cake day.
- One, two, three.
One, two, three.
- Ahh.
[Rapid percussive clicking]
- [Laughs]
- One, two, three, and--
[Rapid percussive clicking] marco!
What are you doing?
- I'm learning to play the castanets.
[Percussive clicking]
Did you know that spanish dancers
Hold castanets in their hands
And click them as they dance?
- You're cheating, marco.
You're not holding them in your hands.
- My hands aren't quite big enough yet.
This helps.
It's a castanet machine.
- It doesn't look like any machine I've ever seen.
- Uh, it's not really a machine.
It's really just castanets attached to this block of wood.
See?
They can click really fast
And play cool rhythms.
- And a-one, two, three.
- Ee-yay!
Yay!
- And a-one, two, three.
- Yes!
- And plie.
There.
Now I just need to make my gingerbread house,
And I'm ready for dance like a cake day.
"Add eggs to the sugar and the flour.
Blend until light and creamy."
- What kind of cake are you making, angelina?
- I'm making a gingerbread house that goes with my dance.
- But hansel and gretel didn't live in a gingerbread house.
- I know that, polly,
But the witch locked them up in her gingerbread house.
But they tricked her in the end and ran away.
- I get it.
A birthday dance would match a birthday cake.
- Where was i?
Did I add the eggs?
- And a football cake would go with a football dance,
Wouldn't it, angelina?
And a thanksgiving cake
Would go with a thanksgiving dance.
- Mum!
My gingerbread cake is ready to go into the oven.
- Okay, angelina, it won't be long.
- I can't wait.
[Sighs]
- Angelina, your cake is ready.
- [Giggles]
- Watch out, girls. It's hot.
- [Gasps]
Oh, no!
I'll never be able to make
A gingerbread house out of that.
[Sighs]
- I'm sorry, angelina.
- What am I going to do now?
- Why don't you go and see how your friends are doing
While I try and figure out what went wrong with your cake?
- Okay, mum.
[Hip-hop music]
[A.z. Beatboxing]
Oh, yeah!
- A.z.,
Can I be in your upside-down dance?
- You bet.
- Thanks, a.z.
[Hip-hop music]
Whoa.
Oh.
Whoa. - Not sideways, angelina.
Move forwards.
- I can only go sideways.
Oh-oof!
Whoever heard of a silly sideways dance?
My gingerbread cake's ruined, alice.
Can I practice with you?
Maybe I'll get an idea for a new cake and dance.
- Of course you can, angelina.
What cake will you make now?
- [Gasps]
I'll make a jelly roll cake to go with my forward rolls.
Whoa! - Watch out, angelina!
- Oof!
Oh!
I squashed your lunch.
- Oops.
I shouldn't have left my lunchbox there.
- I'm so sorry, alice.
[Sighs]
I keep messing up everything I do.
There's no way I'm ever going to be able
To dance like a cake.
[Sighs]
I just don't know what to do.
- Where do oranges come from?
What does that say?
- They're spanish oranges, polly.
They come from spain.
Hmm?
What's that noise?
[Hollow tapping]
[Sighs]
[Rapid percussive clicking]
♪
[Sighs]
Spanish oranges.
[Gasps] spanish dancing.
Mum,
Can we find a cake recipe that uses spanish oranges?
Hmm.
Yes!
Here it is.
Orange and oat cake.
Mum, will you please make the cake for me
While I learn a new dance?
- Of course, angelina.
Good luck.
- Thanks.
[Bell rings]
[Rapid percussive clicking]
♪
Marco,
Will you play the castanets for my flamenco dance?
- I'm there.
Oh, but the flamenco's
A really complicated dance.
- I know.
But I'm sure ms. Mimi could teach me some easy steps.
- Clap and turn and dig your heel.
- [Giggles]
Clap and turn and dig.
- Looks good.
And again. The other way.
- Clap and turn and dig.
[Gasps]
Oh, this is amazing.
[Rapid percussive clicking]
♪
- We've got the cake, angelina!
- Thank you for helping me.
Now I've got everything I need.
[Dramatic acoustic guitar music]
♪
Ole!
[Cheers and applause]
- You go, girl! - Yay, angelina!
- Amazing!
- "Orange" you glad we did the cake dance?
I sure am.
Hello, I'm angelina ballerina.
My friends are performing the chinese lion dance.
Two performers are needed for each costume:
One for the head and one for the tail.
I wonder how the dancers know
How to jump and roll at the same time.
They told me the lion's heads are made of papier-mache,
And a boy lion wears a red bow,
While a girl lion wears a green one.
But I think she should wear a pink bow,
Like mine.
[Giggles]
Hello, I'm angelina ballerina.
Today we're going to see some ballroom dancing.
Now, this is called merengue.
It's a latin dance from the dominican republic.
It has a two-step b*at, like a march.
Right, left; right, left.
My, what a fancy dance!
Sometimes ballroom dancing is called social dancing.
But whatever you call it,
Ballroom is simply a ball.
01x10 - Angelina and Super Polly/Angelina's Dance Like a Cake Day
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Series celebrates music and songs and brings to life many forms of dance for Angelina including ballet, tap dancing, jazz, classical, and ethnic.
Series celebrates music and songs and brings to life many forms of dance for Angelina including ballet, tap dancing, jazz, classical, and ethnic.