The world of ballet is filled with fairy tales. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Red Shoes,and Hansel and Gretel are just a few fairy tales that have been told through dance. Peggy Finlayson, a former dancer, is hard pressed to choose her favorite fairy tale. “Tchaikovsky’s music for Sleeping Beauty is gorgeous,” she said. [...]
Dana Cavanaugh’s favorite fairy tale is the perennial favorite, Cinderella. Of all fairy tales with a princess as the protagonist, Cinderella has inspired more interpretations in movies and books than any other. Although Dana did not have much exposure to fairy tales as a child, she came to loveCinderella through her daughter and her students. [...]
Tara Lazar came on the scene with her fun and zany book, The Monstore. She is continuing the fun and humor in two more books to be released later this year, I Thought This Was a Bear Book, andLittle Red Gliding Hood. With these two, Tara has proven to be queen of the fairy tale [...]
Rachel Fisher is a documentary filmmaker whose most recent film, co-produced with Rachel Pasternak, is Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent, an official selection at four prestigious international film festivals. Rabbi Prinz’s story of lifelong activism, first for Jews in Germany, and later for African Americans in the United States, has many elements of [...]
