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The Red Shoes (other)
The Red Shoes may refer to: * "The Red Shoes" (fairy tale), a 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen Film * ''The Red Shoes'' (1948 film), by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, inspired by the fairy tale * ''The Red Shoes'' (2005 film), a Korean horror film inspired by the fairy tale * ''The Red Shoes'' (2010 film), a love story from the Philippines Other uses * ''The Red Shoes'' (musical), a 1993 Broadway musical composed by Jule Styne based on the 1948 film * ''The Red Shoes'' (ballet), a 2016 ballet choreographed by Matthew Bourne * ''The Red Shoes'' (album), an album by Kate Bush, 1993 ** "The Red Shoes" (song) the title song from the Kate Bush album * "The Red Shoes," the lead single from IU's 2013 album ''Modern Times'' * The Red Shoes, an attraction in the Fairytale Forest The Fairytale Forest (''Sprookjesbos'' in Dutch) is a wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (fairy Tale)
"The Red Shoes" ( Danish: ''De røde sko'') is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling''). Other tales in the volume include "The Elf Mound" (''Elverhøi''), "The Jumpers" (''Springfyrene''), "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" (''Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren''), and "Holger Danske" (''Holger Danske''). The tale was republished 18 December 1849 as a part of ''Fairy Tales. 1850.'' (''Eventyr. 1850.'') and again on 30 March 1863 as a part of ''Fairy Tales and Stories. Second Volume. 1863.'' (''Eventyr og Historier. Andet Bind. 1863.''). The story is about a girl forced to dance continually in her red shoes. "The Red Shoes" has seen adaptations in various media including film. Plot summary A peasant girl named Karen is adopted while still very young, by a rich old lady after her mother's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (1948 Film)
''The Red Shoes'' is a 1948 British drama film written, directed, and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), a ballerina who joins the world renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), who tests her dedication to the ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring). It marked the feature film debut of Shearer, an established ballerina, and also features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, and Ludmilla Tchérina, other renowned dancers from the ballet world. The plot is based on the 1845 eponymous fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, and features a ballet within it by the same title, also adapted from the Andersen work. ''The Red Shoes'' was filmmaking team Powell and Pressburger's tenth collaboration and follow-up to 1947's ''Black Narcissus''. It had originally been conceived by Powell and producer Alexander Korda in the 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (2005 Film)
''The Red Shoes'' () is a 2005 South Korean horror film written and directed by Kim Yong-gyun. Kim Yong-gyun was inspired by the 1845 fairy tale of same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Plot Sun-jae (Kim Hye-soo) leaves her unfaithful husband, Sung-joon, and moves into an old apartment with her daughter, Tae-su. She takes a pair of bright pink high heels she found in a subway car, only to discover that they are cursed. Her obsession grows, arousing envy and greed with nightmarish visions. Tae-su and Sun-jae's best friend, Kim Mi-hee (Go Soo-hee), also fall victim to the shoes, resulting in hysteria and theft. Mi-hee dies after she takes the shoes, and Sun-jae tries to get rid of them. However, the pink shoes always return to Tae-su and further horrifying Sun-jae. With the help of her new boyfriend, In-cheol ( Kim Sung-soo), Sun-jae tries to uncover the mystery behind the pink shoes before it kills her and Tae-su. She discovers that the person who takes them will die with their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (2010 Film)
''The Red Shoes'' is a 2010 Filipino film directed by Raul Jorolan and produced by Unitel. The film uses a non-linear narrative style, using history to frame a tale of lost love and redemption spanning close to three decades, starting in 1981 with the tragic accident in the construction of the Manila Film Center, through to the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the 21-year Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, and finally concluding in 2009, which finds the major characters of the film facing the consequences of the theft of one of 3,000 pairs of shoes of the First Lady Imelda Marcos. The film won the Special Jury Prize in the 2010 Bogota International Film Festival. It participated in the 2010 Vietnam International Film Festival in Hanoi and the 2010 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. The film was rated "A" by the Cinema Evaluation Board of the Philippines and was also cited as Best Picture in the 2010 Catholic Mass Media Awards in the Philippines. Plot On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (musical)
:''This article refers to the Broadway musical. For others uses see The Red Shoes'' ''The Red Shoes'' is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman, lyrics by Norman and Bob Merrill (credited as Paul Stryker) and music by Jule Styne. Based on Powell and Pressburger's 1948 film, it tells the tale of a young ballerina who performs in an adaptation of the 1845 Hans Christian Andersen story. History Prior to the Broadway opening, the producer, Martin Starger, fired the original director, the male lead, featured performers, and the production manager. This resulted in a delay of the opening from December 2 to December 16. Starger, Styne and the eventual director, Stanley Donen, wanted the musical to essentially be a stage version of the 1948 film. However, the original director, Susan H. Schulman, Norman, choreographer Lar Lubovitch, and set designer Heidi Landesman felt that to follow the film closely would produce a "dull, dated show." Bob Merrill was brought in to assist in re-writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (ballet)
''The Red Shoes'' is a ballet choreographed by Matthew Bourne using the music of Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975). It is based broadly on the 1948 film '' The Red Shoes'' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The set and costume designs are by Lez Brotherston. The ballet was premiered on 6 December 2016 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, by Bourne's ballet company, New Adventures. Background Bourne has said that "the image of the red shoes that, once put on, will not allow the wearer to stop dancing has long been a potent one for creative minds, from Powell and Pressburger to Kate Bush to Emma Rice... I have loved the film since I was a teenager...My challenge has been to capture some of that surreal, sensuous quality f the filmwithin the more natural theatre setting." The production uses music written by Herrmann from a variety of his film scores, including those for ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'', ''Fahrenheit 451'', ''Hangover Square'', and '' Citizen Kane''. It does not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (album)
''The Red Shoes'' is the seventh studio album by English musician Kate Bush. Released on 2 November 1993, it was accompanied by Bush's short film, ''The Line, the Cross and the Curve'', and was her last album before a 12-year hiatus. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 copies. In the United States, the album reached number 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200, her highest-peaking album on the chart at the time. Overview ''The Red Shoes'' was inspired by the 1948 film of the same name by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which itself was inspired by the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. It concerns a dancer, possessed by her art, who cannot take off the eponymous shoes and find peace. Bush had suggested she would tour in support of ''The Red Shoes'' and deliberately aimed for a "live band" feel, with less of the studio tricker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (song)
"The Red Shoes" is a song written and performed by English musician Kate Bush. It was the fourth single released from her seventh studio album, '' The Red Shoes'' (1993). The single was released in April 1994 and reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. Background and content The song is about a girl who puts on a pair of enchanted ballet slippers and can't stop dancing until she breaks the spell. It is inspired by a character in the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film '' The Red Shoes''. Release "The Red Shoes" was released on 7-inch vinyl, cassette, and CD on 5 April 1994. "You Want Alchemy" is the B-side song on all formats except the second part of the CD single. The second part of the CD single was released six days after the first part and features a 10-minute remix by Karl Blagan of "The Red Shoes", renamed "Shoedance", as well as remixes of " The Big Sky" and " Running Up That Hill". Critical reception Parry Gettelman from ''Orlando Sentinel'' wrote, "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Times (IU Album)
''Modern Times'' is the third studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter IU. It was released on October 8, 2013, via LOEN Entertainment under its imprint LOEN Tree. Under the theme of "French Black", the album departs from the singer's girlish image which established her as the "Nation's Sweetheart", by attempting various styles of music such as swing, jazz, and bossa nova. Her first full-length record since ''Last Fantasy'' (2011), the album contains guest features and collaborations from several artists. ''Modern Times'' contains thirteen tracks, including IU's number-one hit "The Red Shoes" and her self-composed song "Bad Day". It also features the Korean version of "Voice Mail" from IU's Japanese EP '' Can You Hear Me?'' (2013) as a bonus track. The album was re-released as ''Modern Times - Epilogue'' on December 20, 2013, and contained the single "Friday" as well as the track "Pastel Crayon" from KBS's television series ''Bel Ami'' where IU starred as a lead role. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairytale Forest
The Fairytale Forest (''Sprookjesbos'' in Dutch) is a wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animatronics and buildings. Most of the figures are inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault. History Concept and building The Fairytale Forest was founded on the work of R.J.Th. van der Heijden, Peter Reijnders and Anton Pieck. Van der Heijden conceived of the idea in the 1950s to boost tourism. He asked his brother-in-law Peter Reijnders, a filmmaker and amateur inventor from Eindhoven, to recreate a fairy tale theme park Reijnders built. Reijnders chose artist Anton Pieck, whose visual style had been inspired by Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, to add the artistic elements. The first scenes It took roughly two years to develop and build the first ten fairy tales: The Chinese Nightingale, The Naughty Princess, Sleeping Beauty, The Gnom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
