Looking For Something To Do With Your Budding Ballerinas This Summer?

This summer the iconic children’s TV character Angelina Ballerina is being given the 3D treatment for the very first time, and to celebrate Sky is inviting budding ballerinas to special free tea parties with Angelina and English National Ballet, of which Sky Arts are Season Sponsor.

Children will be invited to be the first to watch an Angelina Ballerina 3D performance created exclusively for Sky 3D. The short film is set in Angelina’s dance school, hosted by her teacher and sees Angelina Ballerina and her friends perform a range of ballet routines and dances including a ‘hip hop’ interpretation of ballet and a Celtic-inspired sequence.

Following the exclusive 3D screening, the children will then be able to take part in an easy to follow 3D ballet master class with Angelina Ballerina that has been choreographed by the country’s top professional dancers from English National Ballet. The class will finish with a mini-performance for watching parents, before a tea party is laid out for everyone to enjoy.

What: An Angelina Ballerina family-friendly tea party and 3D ballet dance class, hosted by Sky 3D and facilitated by English National Ballet

Where: The ballet master classes will take place on consecutive days during the first week of the summer holidays commencing Monday July 25 2011. Events will take place in London, Bristol and Manchester

Cost: The Angelina Ballerina 3D tea party is free of charge and open to the general public.* Spaces are limited, for more information and to apply for tickets visit http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/3d/angelina-ballerina/.

For further information and for interviews with a Sky 3D spokesperson or representative of the English National Ballet, please contact the Sky Press Office on 0207 307 3100 skypressoffice@cakegroup.com

Notes to Editors:

An age restriction of six years and over applies for all children taking part.
The events will be held in at the start of the school summer holidays in the following cities:

1.London, Shoreditch Town Hall: Monday July 25th 2-4pm
2.Bristol, The Watershed: Wednesday 27th July 2-4pm
3.Manchester, Bridgewater Hall: Friday 29th July 11-1pm

About Sky 3D

Sky launched Sky 3D, Europe’s first domestic 3D channel to millions of Sky homes on Friday 1 October 2010 with an exciting line-up of movies, live sport and further shows spanning entertainment and the arts. All Sky+HD viewers with a 3D TV are able to receive Sky 3D, as no set-top box upgrade is required. Sky 3D is now available in more than 1500 pubs and clubs across the UK and Ireland following the world’s first commercial launch in April 2010. Sports covered to date include football, rugby union, cricket, rugby league and darts. For more information on Sky broadband, HD TV, 3D or bundle offers please press the link.