Rebecca French Co-Artistic/Executive Director
modern dance, ballet, jazz, folk (African, Middle Eastern), ballroom, tap, hip-hop, and gymnastics. She is most
interested in highly theatrical work that entertains while expressing profound truths about the human condition. If
it doesn't move an audience to revelation, anger, joy or action--it's not worth doing.
Rebecca has received numerous grants as an individual artist as well as for FrenetiCore. In both 2004 and
2008, she was awarded an individual artist grant for choreography from the Houston Arts Alliance through the
city of Houston.
Robert Thoth Co-Artistic/Technical Director
As a filmographer, he prefers guerrilla filmmaking at unconventional locations to lend each performance a unique
color and character. Robert works alone with small inexpensive cameras, steadicams, cranes, and R.C. helicopters
to achieve a balance between intimate performance and filmic quality. He has filmed dance in an abandoned
federal building, houses gutted by fire, industrial warehouses, countless train yards, shopping malls, Wal-Marts,
forgotten and decrepit recycling plants, the 100-foot tall dunes of a concrete crushing facility, and empty
beaches. A deep love for urban architecture in decay paints his works in forlorn, poetic strokes.
As a composer, Thoth prefers to record himself playing numerous instruments, then electronically layer and mix
the various samples into cohesive works. Thoth sings in styles ranging from gospel to metal, in addition to
playing guitar, piano, clarinet, bass and accordion.
As a director and conceptual artist, Thoth pulls from life experiences and theatrical training to create and design
shows that are professional, powerful, and innovative. Writing the script, storyboarding, shooting and editing the
film, composing and performing the music, and directing the cast onstage are all part of his skill set. His
passion for creating new work fuels FrenetiCore's mission to present exciting dance theater to Houston audiences
and beyond.
Mollie Miller Marketing Associate
- Rebecca French has been dancing and choreographing since 1995, when
she began her ballet and modern dance studies at the University of
Houston. She joined Richard Hubscher's Easy Credit Theater in 1998
and performed for two years under the direction of the former Houston
Ballet dancer. Hubscher's work was often dark and disturbing, and
impressed upon Rebecca the importance of avoiding the 'safe' route in
dance. She became determined to tell her own stories with
choreography, and after meeting composer and filmmaker Robert Thoth
in 2000, Rebecca became interested in the idea of multi-media dance.
The two formed FrenetiCore in 2000 and began performing original
dance/film in small venues in the Houston area.
- After incorporating as a non-profit organization in 2003, FrenetiCore
established a company of dancers and began mounting larger
performances. From 'The Sacred Harp,' a multi-media southern gothic
morality play with live Shape Note Singing and simulated human
sacrifice, to a film/dance theater recreation of George Orwell's '1984'
with break-dancing Thought Police in gas masks, to 'Zomberina!' a full
length dance-on-film about zombie ballerinas who exact revenge on the
world of competition dance, FrenetiCore's productions challenge
modern dance, ballet, jazz, folk (African, Middle Eastern), ballroom, tap, hip-hop, and gymnastics. She is most
interested in highly theatrical work that entertains while expressing profound truths about the human condition. If
it doesn't move an audience to revelation, anger, joy or action--it's not worth doing.
Rebecca has received numerous grants as an individual artist as well as for FrenetiCore. In both 2004 and
2008, she was awarded an individual artist grant for choreography from the Houston Arts Alliance through the
city of Houston.
Robert Thoth Co-Artistic/Technical Director
- Robert Thoth is a self-described dilettante, a hands-on-everything auteur who
fuses multiple disciplines to form lyrically broken dreamscapes.
- Thoth co-founded FrenetiCore Dance Theater in 2000 and has since been
creating film, narratives, and music for dance. Thoth's work with FrenetiCore
has been deemed controversial and maligned by the conventional dance
community due to its dark content, subversive undercurrents, and use of
graphic/psychological violence. Thoth is a self-styled composer, multi-
instrumentalist, filmographer, writer, graphic designer, and new-media artist.
As a filmographer, he prefers guerrilla filmmaking at unconventional locations to lend each performance a unique
color and character. Robert works alone with small inexpensive cameras, steadicams, cranes, and R.C. helicopters
to achieve a balance between intimate performance and filmic quality. He has filmed dance in an abandoned
federal building, houses gutted by fire, industrial warehouses, countless train yards, shopping malls, Wal-Marts,
forgotten and decrepit recycling plants, the 100-foot tall dunes of a concrete crushing facility, and empty
beaches. A deep love for urban architecture in decay paints his works in forlorn, poetic strokes.
As a composer, Thoth prefers to record himself playing numerous instruments, then electronically layer and mix
the various samples into cohesive works. Thoth sings in styles ranging from gospel to metal, in addition to
playing guitar, piano, clarinet, bass and accordion.
As a director and conceptual artist, Thoth pulls from life experiences and theatrical training to create and design
shows that are professional, powerful, and innovative. Writing the script, storyboarding, shooting and editing the
film, composing and performing the music, and directing the cast onstage are all part of his skill set. His
passion for creating new work fuels FrenetiCore's mission to present exciting dance theater to Houston audiences
and beyond.
Mollie Miller Marketing Associate
- Mollie Haven Miller received her Bachelors of Science in Dance from
Texas State University where she also studied Mass Communications.
While at Texas State Mollie served on the artistic staff of the faculty
sponsored student dance company, received choreography scholarships
and had the opportunity to present work at American College Dance
Festival. After graduating magna cum laude in 2007, Mollie returned to
Houston to begin teaching and choreographing. After a few years as a
full-time dance educator, Miller decided to begin dancing again herself.
She is a FrenetiCore company member and also serves as Programs
Associate with Dance Source Houston and teaches at studios locally.
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Houston, TX 77011
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Houston, TX 77011
832.426.4624
Photo by Anthony Rathbun
Photo by Anthony Rathbun
