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Well things down in Charleston have certainly got busy in a hurry. With the festival starting a few days ago, the town is buzzing with people and posters and performers, and its hard not to get swept up in a bit of the excitement. Last night we went to see Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, a troupe of all-male dancers who performed Swan Lake, an absurdist spoof on John Cage and Merce Cunningham, a Bach revue, “The Swan,” and some other small scenes. The show, lasting almost 3 hours, was greeted with raucous laughter and applause, and its not hard to understand why. It was such a perfect combination of grace and humor, nimbleness and chest hair, that even a non-dance person could get into it.
I also got to see the dress rehearsal of Proserpina, a new opera by Wolfgang Rihm, which features a girl’s choir of zombie-like teenagers twitching as they repeatedly say, “you’re ours, you’re ours, YOU’RE OURS!” It’s bleak, expressionistic, violent, and stark. What’s with germans? Yesterday I played a concert of Rihm music, that was well attended and received! And no one left! The music is engaging but incredibly violent and full of angst, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Charleston crowd. Beyond a few poorly timed sneezes and coughs, it was a terrific audience.
Tonight I’ll go to see the Colla Marionettes perform Haydn’s Philemon and Baucis, which got written up in the Times today. This is also the project that Bella is working on. (Right this instant, she’s shepherding a crew of Italian Marionetteers to the local Piggly Wiggly grocery store so they can create an elaborate Italian feast for some lucky patrons…)
Man there is a lot going on. Lastly we went to see Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at the gallery across the street, and though there was no dancing, it was a wild, vibrant, exciting exhibit. Just really fun to look at, both for the weird trinkets hidden in the suits, and just the eccentricity of the design.
I know, I digress. What have we been eating, you wonder?
Fried Seafood Platter at Dave’s Carry-Out: Captures all my favorite things; Fried food. Eating outside. Scallops. Fries. Deviled and Fried Crab!
We’ve made two trips to a dynamite bakery we found, Wild Flour Pastry: Had a mozzerrella, pesto, and tomato scone with hanging cheese particles, an oozing double chocolate cookie, and a crackly nutella and banana puff pastry.
In other news, our coffee moratorium is officially over.
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