The series is produced by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Grand Slamm Children's Films, and aired on CITV for two seasons from 2001-2003, with three direct-to-video specials following afterward.

[2] The series centres on a young mouse named Angelina Mouseling who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.

Plush doll sets by American Girl were released and produced around the early 2000s in tandem with books by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig.SD Entertainment and HIT Entertainment produced a new CGI series called Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps which ran from September 5, 2009 to November 13, 2010.

The series was criticized by fans of the original for the redesign or removal of several characters including the setting and format, among other things.

[7] In October 2015, during the MIPCOM, Mattel, and 9 Story Media Group announced a long-term business alliance for a second revival of Angelina Ballerina, intended to air in 2017 alongside a revival of fellow HIT Entertainment program Barney & Friends.