Wow just want to say thank you all for the recent comments. Although I posted this video many months ago I’m surprised for its recent amount of numerous comments. Thank you all for the support! ❤️😌

“To all the little girls out there...” Girl, I’m in my late twenties and I still love the hell out of this movie. PROUDLY.

The moment I heard the “A AA AA AA, A AA AA AA” I had a throwback

this makes me sad. i miss these kind of barbie movies, i wish they'll make more barbie movies like this

Maria officially retires from the New York City Ballet this October, when she has her final show. She’s the company’s longest current member. She really was our childhood and I wish her the best.

I miss Barbie being a ballet.

No wonder the older Barbie movies were amazing. They were made into perfection and used real dancers.

Can we actually give Maria Kowroski a big thank you. She made our dreams of ballet become real life, she still dances and now teaches at NYC ballet studio, fun fact On Pointe, that is stream on Disney+ is the dance academy where she works ( correct me if I’m wrong ) but she literally made our childhood become more magical and meaningful! Love you Maria! Thank you

petition to turn this into an actual ballet with variations and everything. imagine how magical it would be with the orchestra and beautiful costumes and dancers. I would love to see this in a theatre

I now see why they named their children alphabetically,easier choreography numbering

I miss when barbie was all about magic and fantasy with ACTUAL romantic stories and SUCH GOOD MUSIC. Now it’s just girly power and the power of friendship with dialogue that seems like it was levelled down a bit too much. Like when I was watching some of the older movies their words were so much more elegant but now it’s too bubbly. :(

So that is why Barbie always got good ballet, not like other children's movies. Impressive!

I just found This and it makes me wanna break out the dvds and watch them ALL

just hearing the “a, aa aa aa" gives me goosebumps-

The opening music to this movie is so gorgeous

I love how he said the guy was playing “ken” not “Derek”

I've worked with Maria, never realized she danced for barbie. I adore her teaching style and her kindness, it was an honor to experience her coaching.

Despite the older movies not having the technology from today for some reason there's more detail in the older ones than the new ones which are filled with bright pinks and purples, only the older ones had some realism with fantasy if that makes sense

I remember when I was a child, I would dance and step on our floor tiles to see if a magical portal would open 😂

I really admire how there are teenagers and adults that still enjoy watching these movies. Y’know, most people would say, “ew, you watch Barbie? That’s for kids!”, but we like watching them to revisit childhood nostalgia and just for the fun of it. *It proves that everyone is a kid at heart no matter how old they are.*

Insane to think they were doing mocap for a direct to DVD release in 2006. Shows the dedication and maturity Mattel had for their audience despite being for children.

Am I the only one who didn’t know they used actual people to act the scenes out??!😳

I MISS THIS BARBIE I WANT HER BACK

me in my twenties, crying as I see the choreography

Considering that a lot of late-90s, early-2000s animation was a bit trash (unless you were Pixar), I'm always surprised at how well made these direct-to-DVD Barbie movies are. The animation, design, and general artistry that went into them is still obvious 20 years later and I love that-- nothing was half-assed, and they still hold up today because of it. Even as an adult, I still like watching them. I really wish they would remake or adapt some of these for a large theatrical release or a stage musical. With just a few tweaks and a bigger budget, I think they could really rake in some money.

I'm 19, on quarantine, watching this because the almighty algorithm brought me here. The algorithm did well, this was my favorite Barbie movie and still is till this day.

irrelevant but just imagine how hard this will hit; old Barbie movies, HD AND on Netflix

I'm 26 year old now,and i'm still love watch old Barbie movie especially the all song really nice,the song 'Shine,and on top of the world' is my favorit

Motion capture ballet dancing is out of this world!

why did this get recommended to me now

“To all the little girls out there” my 15 year old self watching this: 👁👄👁

I hope she realizes how much she’s influenced us all. To this day I still try to do the dances and movements. These movies made my childhood, so much so that I’m now 18 and listening to this and all the music at 1am and crying because nostalgia 😂

The fact that she lived and did all of the romantic dances barbie did 😭😭😭💗

This barbie movie has THE BEST soundtrack. If anyone wants to know: it's shine by arnie roth

That's awesome that they used the same lady to do barbie's dances in all 3 of those movies! I love the ballet movies and i wish they had made a few more of them. There's just something so classic and elegant about them.❤

She is the luckiest ballerina in the world! Being able to portray barbies dancing in her films is a dream!!!

9:00 IM SOBBING 😭😭😭😭😭 this makes my soul so happy and I feel like a little girl again. this scene and song are literally imprinted in my brain and it brings me so much nostalgia and joyyyyy.

I’m 18 and I watched this movie when I was little and I NEVER knew people danced to the song like I would always thought that the animators were the ones who did but this is so cool!! Like she dances beautifully!! I love this movie and the song is amazing love ittt!!!

This girl not only made her dreams come true but she also made mine and I'm sure 3/4 of the children who grew up on Barbie movies,'s dreams come true and fantasies come to life hahahahaha it's just so amazing to see that the magic encircling this magical dance by Genevieve and Derek was actually real!

This movie made me wanna be a ballerina ever since I was a little girl. I’m 20 and still never done it but I’d LOVE to do it for fun. I’m not very athletic and I definitely don’t have the body for it but it is SO beautiful and I feel like I’d cry dancing properly like a ballerina idk

"there are so many things that i think little girls are going to love about this movie" I'm 22 and still love this movie. I watched it when it first came out when I was 6

the dislikes are from Duchess Rowena, Desmond, and Brutus having multiple accounts

Sis is explaining the plot like I don’t already have the whole thing memorized

Not only little girls, even now I find inspiration from Barbie. It is for girl & women for every age. To face every difficulties chin up and to believe in your self. Barbie taught me self love, self respect & a determination of never giving up in childhood. I'll always love Barbie. ❤

These barbie movies meant so much to me as a kid. i begged my mum to take me to ballet class because of them and I'm still dancing 15 years later

“Little girls” bold assumption lady HAHAAHHAAHAHAHA when you’re 18 and you still love ur childhood memories

Actresses: wear the pointe shoes correctly Animators: let’s put the ribbons all the way up the legs.

My teenage daughter is a talented, inspiring and hard working ballerina who grew up with this movie. She showed this video to me today, and it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you.

Well, this made me cry. I used to rewatch this over and over as a little girl because it inspired me so much to follow my dreams.

This teleported me back to a world I forgot existed

I'm gonna cry ugly tears when Maria retires, she's such a gorgeous dancer and great role model.

I would absolutely die to see this as an actual ballet

it’s the year 2022 and this still makes me cry so hard.

ok wait. am i the only one who HAD NO IDEA THEY USED ACTUAL DANCERS???

As a dancer, I remember watching these and wondering why it seemed Barbie was so accurate to actual dancing, especially when compared to other animated or even live action movies. I never thought that back then they would’ve actually made them in this way and put in this much effort to get accurate dancing

Can you image how amazing barbie would be with updated technology if they kept making movies like this? I never noticed how much attention put behind the movies and how many talented people work on it. It's also makes me kinda sad that they don't make movies like this anymore and barbie is just a... actor, influencer, vlogger...tiktoker now :(

OH MY GOSH I REMEMBER HOW I WAS LITERALLY ADDICTED TO THIS DANCE

I like the fact that in the new barbie films show more races and Barbie isn’t perfect but I still wish they made movies where barbie is an actress or maybee they could make them dreams instead? Or like in the diamond castle where they were telling a story. The old Barbie movies just made me so happy it just has that certain vibe. I hope they make more of theese fantasy oldy kind of Barbie movies along with the new ones

Wait so you’re telling me all the Barbie movies had actual actors and were not just pure animation????? So my whole childhood had just been a lie??? What about the little girls and boys then?

One of the favorites movie of my daughter when she was a child

I loved this kind of Barbie, where imagination would flow through every music and whenever I would hear it again I would get nostalgic chills but I wondered what happened and what gave them the idea to change it...

I like the older barbie movies way better then the ones now

Everyone hating on Barbie but they forget THIS barbie and how iconic and badass she is!!!

i'm almost 20 and Barbie is my whole childhood, it's actually crazy how much i remember abt this movie and how great this movie is

As a guy who grew up with these movies, i love the effort that gets put into them. It's also one of the reasons why i love dance hahaha

The nostalgia is hitting me like a truck-

Damn this woman literally put stars in my eyes when i was little

I love that they filmed this behind the scenes to show this amazing talented woman talking about becoming a ballerina and her dreams coming true because YEAH THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF BARBIE AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT THEY INCLUDED THAT MESSAGE

I first watched the movie 10 years ago. I remember trying to make a book cover titled "The 12 dancing princesses" and pretended that it would open a magical world. I have loved ballet since then and now I have the chance to dance every day. Dreams do come true. This is my all-time favorite Barbie movie! I love my childhood.

Fact : You dont search this. Its popout on your recommendation.

I’ll never regret growing up with classic Barbie movies. I still remember how I collected almost every single Barbie movies and sing their soundtracks almost every single day. Ughh the nostalgia ;’)

Even just watching how they did the dancing scenes feels magical. I can feel the passion that was put into making this.

this little extract is literally what got me into starting ballet, and now I’ve been doing it for 15 years 😭

The year is 2020, I'm almost 21 years old and I'm crying like a baby while watching this video, because this is one of my favorite Barbie movies, and I just got a bit emotional. Thank you for dancing so perfectly and for bringing Barbie's movements to life.

My God I missed old style Barbie. Full with hope and fairytale

Oh, so that's why the dancing always looked so human! I always wondered why it looked so much better than the rest of the motions in the movie!

I just remembered myself at 8 years old watching these extra scenes on the DVD and it's so nostalgic and emotional. It was part of my life and I will keep it forever in my heart.

KZfaq reccommended this to me, was not disappointed. Opening song gave me nostalgia, And learning that they actually _danced_ for the scenes made me appreciate the older barbie movies more

why did I cry? with just hearing the music

Who else rewatched these movies during the pandemic because these truly brought us joy! I watch these and forget everything that’s going on!

man this makes me so nostalgic (and kind of emotional lol), this movie was genuinely magical to me as a kid

I wonder how this woman feels knowing how she changed lives♥️

This literally brought Barbie to life and tears to my eyes :'D When I was younger and watched these movies thinking it was 'impossible' for someone to dance like that. And now as a grown up and seeing this video, the motion capture was pretty freaking good for that time and just made Barbie all the more realistic, it's SO heartwarming to watch this video :)

I just want to thank Maria for making my childhood so magical and memorable. She is such a beautiful ballet dancer and I remember growing up the Nutcracker was my favourite cause of ballet and she is the one who brought that to life. I love the part when she says ''to all the little girls out there who are dreaming of becoming a ballerina princess like I have it can come true, follow your heart and dreams just know that if that's what you want to do it can become a reality and I want all of you out there to believe in yourself and make your dreams come true '' I feel it's so inspirational.

Watching Barbie movies teleports us to the times we used to watch it and the happy childhood we did have, i can’t explain it but it makes me feel so nostalgic and the fact that we realize how the time flies so fast is just crazy, it makes me laugh how nowadays kids say how come an adult like this movie.. this ain’t just a movie kid, that’s our whole childhood. I still watch all the old barbie movies till today and I will keep doing that to remind myself how good was my childhood days :)

Just hearing the opening music, brings me back to the days when I would be home sick from school, and my mom would put on a barbie movie (like the 12 dancing princesses) and i would just lie in bed watching the movies. It always cheered me up!! I LOVED the movies as a child. I dont hate the newer movies but I prefer the older ones, theres something about it that is just so magical!!

this literally brought tears to my eyes. besides princess and the pauper, 12 dancing princess is one of my fav barbies.

I got emotional watching this. This movie holds so much nostalgia and love for ballet that I still have as an adult. Thanks for sharing :)

12 Dancing Princesses is my favorite Barbie movie to this day! I’m 15 now and I’m working hard towards my dream of being a professional ballet dancer!

I never knew that they used real dancers! The animators are crazy talented.

Omg I'm crying so much because of all those memories that came back while I watch the video. What the girl explain is exactly why I wanted to become a dancer when I was a young girl, and that's why I still want to become one even if I can't dance anymore 😭😭

This is my most favourite Barbie movie ever... And to see the "behind the scenes" was just amazing... Kudos, Kudos and more Kudos to all the hard work and effort that all of them put into this to make this movie such a memorable one for all the people 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Seeing this again warms my heart. When there’s a documentary showing behind the scenes, you can genuinely tell that this project meant something to the artists behind it 💗

I got into ballet after watching this, 13 years ago 🥰❤️

Old Barbie movies were more about fantasy, fairy stories, princesses stories etc, now they are normal lifes and mermaids sometimes Edit: Mom I'm famous 😎 (Also if you are going to hate on me, save it hunny) Edit 2: Why is there 2 goku battles on my comment answers?

the way barbie’s ballet documentaries made me who i am >>>>>>>>>>>>

This is so nostalgic im crying

I need to share something, forgive me. I started ballet last year. My dream has always been to dance, not as a professional, just as the sensitive person I am. Things always seemed difficult and I couldn't start at a young age. Although, I tried my best to keep myself in shape even if I thought I'd never accomplish it (so many times). But you never know who would you meet, the right person that persuades you to try harder than ever and make it real. None of my friends knew I wanted to do ballet, neither my parents for years. Just my boyfriend, who bought my first pair of flat shoes five years ago (and those that I keep). I started doing ballet last year and I never thought I had to work so hard. But when the music turns on and the lights turn off, I can feel every single note in my heart. Sometimes I just want to cry when I realize that I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to. .I hope you all find what you deserve, what really makes you happy.

No one: KZfaq recommendations: Here you go one of your childhood favorites 😭

I'm currently on the verge of my last week in second term as a third year design student, I'm feeling incredibly burnt out and stressed, and I've reached a point where I'm doubting if this is really what I want to do, but this video has inspired me to give it that final push, that last shove of fullhearted motivation. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for this video.