Inside a dimly lit rehearsal studio, a dozen dancers move in deliberate silence. The music hasn’t started yet, but the rhythm is already there — in the slide of ballet slippers across the floor, in ...

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Those Disney endings where the prince and the princess end up blissfully married? Yeah, they don't really happen in the original stories. To make sure kids go home happy, not horrified, Disney usually ...

The term “fairy-tale” (conte de fees) was first used in the 17th century by French author Madame D’Aulnoy to describe a story with one foot in reality, and the other in fantasy. Both the imaginative ...