How did we ever think Hans Christian Andersen is suitable for children? The Red Shoes is a real Texas Chainsaw Massacre of a story, dark and bloodthirsty - and very, very scary. But of course, that's ...

Then a superb ballet of the Red Shoes, based on a Hans Andersen fairy tale, is staged with breathtaking beauty out-classing anything that could be done on the stage. It is a colorful sequence ...

It’s a tale of vanity, pride and desperate mutilation – all over a pair of little red shoes. Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 children’s story The Red Shoes contains all the dark ...