Prima Ballerina Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Game Idea
• Game Preparation
• How to Play
• End of the Game

Contents

• 1 ballerina
• 12 ballerina cards with upper part of body (pink back side)
• 12 ballerina cards with legs (light-blue back side)
• 1 game guide

Game Idea

Have you always wanted to be a ballerina and dance ballet? Now's the time! Practice the various positions and figures with the other players and at the end it's "Curtains Up!" for the new prima ballerinas!

Game Preparation

1. Sort the ballerina cards according to the color on the back of the card. Depending on the number of players, you need varying amounts of cards:
   • For two, three and six players, seven cards of each color.
   • For four players, nine cards of each color.
   • For five players, 11 cards of each color.
2. Return any extra cards to the game box.
3. Shuffle the pink and light-blue cards separately and place them face down in two rows. One pink card and one light-blue card are always placed directly above each other and create a pair.
4. Turn over the first pair and begin your dance with this ballerina! Place the wooden ballerina beneath this pair.

How to Play

All players look closely at the ballerina that has been turned over and then imitate the position shown. Play in a clockwise direction. The child who has last worn a tutu begins first.

Next, this same player turns the first pair of cards back over, face down, and moves the ballerina figure to the next pair of cards. Turn over both cards. Now, by memory, recreate the dance of the first pair of cards and then imitate the dance shown on the face-up cards. If you are successful, your audience claps! If you're unsure or make a mistake, the other children can help you.

Now it is the next child's turn. First, place the open cards face down again and move the ballerina to the next pair of cards. Turn the cards over and imitate the dance of the new figure as well as the one that has been turned face down. So, two dance positions always need to be imitated during each turn during the game.

Warning: Once the ballerina reaches the last pair of cards, and the corresponding figure has been imitated, you can turn over all of the cards.

End of the Game

The game ends when all children have danced the entire ballet together from beginning to end. Take a bow before the audience and enjoy the thunderous applause! If you want, you can perform an encore.

Tip:

You can extend your dance interlude by dancing all the movements shown on the cards that have been turned over since the beginning of the game, instead of just the previous dance position and the new position.

Or you give a name to your performance and dance the corresponding movements. For example: clumsy as a bear, elegant as a princess, singing like a bird, slow as a snail, cheeky as a monkey, stiff as a robot.