Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
DVD cover
Directed byGreg Richardson
Written byElana Lesser
Cliff Ruby
Based on"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" by the Brothers Grimm
Produced byShea Wageman
StarringKelly Sheridan
Nicole Oliver
Jennifer Copping
Kathleen Barr
Chiara Zanni
Adrienne Carter
Ashleigh Ball
Britt McKillip
Maddy Copozzi
Chantal Strand
Catherine O'Hara
Shawn MacDonald
Christopher Gaze
Edited byColin Adams
Music byArnie Roth
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Studios Home Entertainment[a]
Release dates
  • September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10) (Nickelodeon)[1]
  • September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19) (DVD)
Running time
81 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is a 2006 animated dance film. It premiered on Nickelodeon on September 10, 2006,[1] and it was later released to DVD on September 19.[2]

The film was directed by Greg Richardson and loosely based on the German fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses".[3] It is the ninth entry in the Barbie film series and features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonist. This is the first Barbie film to be distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in North America, to-which Universal's international subsidiary already handled distribution to the previous films under a deal with Entertainment Rights.[4]

Music for the film was composed by Arnie Roth. "Shine", the end title song written by Roth, Amy Powers and Rob Hudnut, was nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award.


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  1. ^ a b "Family favorites". Palladium-Item. September 10, 2006.
  2. ^ "Barbie: 12 Dancing Princesses". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Mattel, Universal Studios hook up on Barbie movies deal". The Globe and Mail. 12 April 2006.