I can’t resist a story about Strong Female Characters and this week’s batch of comic releases offers up two excellent new ones: A sleeping beauty who is betrayed by her prince and must rescue ...

Aurora means dawn. At New York City Ballet, there are Auroras — the princess at the heart of “The Sleeping Beauty” — and then there is Indiana Woodward, a dancer of inherent lightness and joy.

Above the small Hessian town of Hofgeismar stands the mighty Sababurg, dating back to the 14th century. Located in the heart of the Reinhardswald Nature Park, it is often associated with one of ...