My apple has no worm

August is something of a desert for dance performances. Ok, I missed a Flamenco show on Saturday at Talento Bilingue de Houston that sounded great, but Saturday night I didn't even have the energy to watch the movie I rented, much less go to a performance. I do however, plan to be at the FrenetiCore performance at Barnevelder this Friday. Boldly going where no other dance company goes, FrenetiCore is presenting Deviations on August 12, 13, 15, 19, and 20. If you think you know fairy tales, think again; poet Anne Sexton retells some of the tales collected by the Grimm brothers in her book Transformations. FrenetiCore presents its interpretation of this poetry set to music by Two Star Symphony and Robert Thoth of FrenetiCore. It's powerful stuff:

If you danced from midnight to six A.M. who would understand? [...] The insomniac listening to his heart thumping like a June bug, listening on his transistor to Long John Nebel arguing from New York, lying on his bed like a stone table, would understand.

Sounds like some rehearsals I've been to. By the way, if you've ever asked yourself, "Self, how did the Barnvelder Movement/Arts Complex get its name?", the answer, a quote from the link above, is, "Barnevelder is a Dutch breed of big range of chicken and a city in the Netherlands." Ask a silly question....