Cuteptember Day 26: Ballerina

Tutu the Superina is here to dance to the rescue!

Katy Keene - Butterfly Ballet Collection

I have never verified this but a part of me wonders if there have been more ballet Barbies than any other genre of Barbie.

Obviously there was the Barbie Nutcracker movie which had a whole host of tie-in dolls - both at the time of the movie's release, and in callbacks to the line over time. After all, it was the first Barbie animated movie and there's plenty of material there to refine and rerelease.

In addition to the Nutcracker Barbies, there have been a number of Barbies depicting characters in other ballets, including Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as other famous ballets like Swan Lake.

But more generally, there have been a great number of Barbies simply identified by variations on "Ballerina" - Ballerina, Ballet Star, Ballet Wishes, Fairytale Ballerina, and so on. To my knowledge the first of these was in 1961, but variations on the line continue into the present day.

Most of these - especially the playline dolls - have been very basic doll releases containing just the doll in costume without a great deal of additional accessories or props,

Probably the one with the most interesting props, to my mind, is Barbie Ballet Instructor, in which Barbie is the dance teacher and her child pupils are able to perform on a working dance stage.

I do find it quite a cute little design.

Another strong contender in a similar line would be I Can Be: Ballet Teacher, also featuring Barbie as the teacher with a Kelly/Chelsea-aged doll as her student.

And of course, it would be remiss to talk about this without acknowledging the Barbie Ballet Studio and Stage Set.

This post feels really long and yet I've not even talked about a fraction of the ballerina Barbies and other ballet-themed playsets there are in the Barbie world. You can see what I mean when I say that I think ballet may just be the most prolific career or theme Barbie has.

(This post is for @plasticoctopus as a belated birthday present!)

Battle of the Barbies! Round 5: Barbie as…

barbie wishes dolls in 2013 - ballet wishes, birthday wishes 🩰🎀

When I was little ( 6-14) I truly loved 🥰 to play with my neighbor girl and her Barbie’s ! The memories of those times are soo precious to me!

Ballet Masquerade Barbie

Stunning

@thescarlettempress look at this! It's Ballet!

oooh i love EVERYTHING about this :D

angelina ballerina edit

New Mom Gracefully Ballet Dances With Her Baby

Cartoon girls + swan tranformations

Forger family taking ballet together #spyxfamily #spyxfamilyfanart #yorforger #loidforger #anyaforger #spyxfamilyanime #forgerfamily #ballet https://www.instagram.com/p/CiQI2PhL_hJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Artistic Cyclist Is a Graceful Ballerina on Two Wheels

I think it’s time I begin to unleash this project unto the world!

this is my dream project, The Nutcracker and the Last Clara. i’ve been working on this for years, and I think it’s finally reached a place design wise that I’m happy with. I have so much more I’ve made for this project, but I’m not about to drop major spoilers! you guys don’t have any clue what’s coming!