For the Community: The Perspectives of Artists and Audience
How many variations of the fairytale, Cinderella , can you name? There’s Rhodopis from ancient Greece, Ye Xian from ancient China, Perrault’s Cendrillon and Walt Disney’s Cinderella , to name a few . This familiar rags-to-riches story has inspired each generation to find a new “twist” in the story to make it resonate with their local audience. With its multicultural history, it’s easy to continue to adapt a story like Cinderella, which has undergone many variations over time, yet somehow still manages to hold its plot and structure. However, it is a much greater challenge to reimagine a work, like [...]