We are doing a junior ballet theme of "What's in the Secret Garden". We have 7 classes ranging in ages 3 - 9 years. Each class will need to be a different thing and have a different piece of music. So far I was thinking the 3 year olds could be fairies, another group could be flowers.... what else though?

My idea is to have 2 drama students be children who have gone exploring and they come across each group of ...(whatever the kids are).

Any character ideas or song suggestions?

Thanks!

I don't have any song suggestions but here are some character ideas:

Fairies (you could do two kinds: Ones with large wings and flowy dresses, and more of a 'trickster-pixie' type wearing Unitards in pretty colors or with mismatched stripey clothes and no wings or really tiny wings can look cute.

Flowers (once again, you could have a few very different kinds with different 'feelings': dandelion puffs (hopeful, wishing), sunflowers (happy, bight), tulups (silly, bold), roses (elegant, romantic), etc.

Also:
Dragonflies
Bumble bees
Falling leaves
Frogs/turtles
Mushrooms
Ladybugs
Birds
Snails
Squirrels
Caterpillars

Hope that helps!

Try using music from the musical Secret Garden.
If I Had A Fine White Horse
Come to My Garden
It's a Maze
The Girl I Mean to Be
these are my favorite pieces that you could use as ballet for young girls

You could do a statue number, because I always picture statues in gardens.

Maybe the sun and clouds.