Where Do Stories Come From? (fun vanen nemen zikh di mayses)
KlezKanada
Chutzpah! joins with leading Canadian Jewish arts organization KlezKanada to create and present a new live interdisciplinary collaboration through music, poetry, visual art, and storytelling.
This world premiere concert presents new musical and visual settings for three Yiddish poems by celebrated Canadian women writers, with accompanying visual artwork in the form of “crankies” - a centuries-old art form in which an illustrated scroll, evocative of the Torah, is wound across spools set in a viewing window. Featuring performances by composer Sarah Larsson, the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir, and participatory community chorus - the audience will be taught the song so that we can all sing together. Crankies made by artists Cesario Lavery, Ava Berkson, and Benny Ferdman will accompany the music.
During the week prior to the concert, the community is invited to join in art-making workshops for all ages and abilities and an exhibition in the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery in which participants will create and illustrate their own stories through this unique art form. A digital crankie gallery lets participants share their art and stories with the community.
This project is supported by the JCC Association’s Making Music Happen program.
Chutzpah! Festival music programming is supported by AmplifyBC’s Live Music Presentation Fund.
Eligible for ChutzPack pricing
