Friday, August 31, 2012

Storytelling for All Ages


You think you know them all? Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm collected and wrote down more than 200 fairy and folk tales that go beyond Disney and current TV adaptations.

Grimm After Dark is a project for adults to travel back to their childhood and listen to classic tales all over again and add on the cruel details that were not meant for children's ears.

Did you know...

  • Cinderella's stepsisters cut off their toes and heels to fit in the glass slipper?
  • Snow White invited her Stepmother the Evil Queen to her wedding and made her dance in iron shoes that had been sitting in the fire until they were glowing red until the Queen dropped dead?
  • The Frog Prince was slammed against the wall?

Listen to the stories how they were written and help to carry on the great oral tradition of folk and fairy tales.