{{Short description|Canadian children's television series}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = | alt_name = | caption = | genre = children's dance | creator = | developer = | writer = Marian Waldman | director = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Canada | language = English | channel = CBC Television | first_aired = {{Start date|1959|04|01|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1959|06|24|df=y}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Neil Harris | editor = | location = Winnipeg | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | related = }}{{use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} '''''Dancing Storybook''''' is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television in 1959.
==Premise== This Winnipeg-produced children's show featured performances from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, who previously performed in CBC's ''Toes in Tempo'' series.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1eYxAAAAIBAJ&pg=7288%2C6229107 | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | date=28 March 1959 | page=TV Guide 9 | title=Program Previews | accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> The series plot involves two youths, Woody (Wally Martin) and Sue (Sheila McKinnon), who look for a patch from their father's magic jacket.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=thwxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5567%2C2430317 | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | date=11 April 1959 | title=Program Previews | page=TV Guide 9 }}</ref> Eric Wild, principal conductor of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at that time, was the series musical director.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Dan.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Dancing Storybook | publisher=Queen's University | year=1996 | accessdate=7 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114075939/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Dan.html | archivedate=14 January 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Scheduling== The half-hour series aired on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. from 1 April to 24 June 1959.
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Category:CBC Television original programming Category:1959 Canadian television series debuts Category:1959 Canadian television series endings Category:1950s Canadian children's television series Category:Black-and-white Canadian television shows Category:English-language Canadian television shows