10/3/08

Some shaky footage of a very solid performance

The Born Out of Pleasure Special Events got off to a really great start this past Wednesday night when some young folk from Camp Naivelt performed at the Power Plant. There was a lively introduction by Ester Reiter, who is a professor at York University, researcher of the secular Jewish Left, and cabin owner at Naivelt. Then Sean Frey, who organized this event and is an all-round terrific fellow, gave a brief talk about the project, and then the young people - Shifra Cooper, Helah Cooper, Eli Cooper, Zoe Jenkins, Sierra Michaelides, Kay Michaelides, Asha, Shayle, Abby Cope, Simone Pflug-Taylor, and Dylan Tate-Howarth - came out and blew our minds with their take on life on a Russian Children's Commune.

(Be prepared for some not-so-great sound and lighting quality, a very small screen, and a not-so-steady hand holding the camera - but it's totally worth it to see them scrubbing the gallery floors, walls, and shelves in the background while Sean was introducing them...they had even brought in bags of leaves to spread around the floor of the Power Plant so they'd have work to do. And then they sang, danced, and played the recorder and accordion - so great.)

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