Deerhoof Ballet Available on DVD

My high school plays were mundane performances of Oklahoma and Annie, but students at the North Haven Community School are, luckily, a little more original. They created a performance based on Deefhoof's Milk Man album, and a DVD of the show is available now.

Students and teachers at the NHCS joined members of the community to perform an art show/concert/ballet to the music of the 2004 album.

An orchestra consisting of local band the Toughcats, NHCS students and others played Milk Man as a backdrop for a performance art piece featuring dancing, flailing and a bowling ball bizarrely rolling across the stage.

The three members of Deerhoof showed up in Maine in time to catch the last few rehearsals, as well as the sold out shows, which took place on October 23 and 24 of last year.

Proceeds from the DVD will go to the North Haven Community School Building Fund, a campaign to build a new school on North Haven.

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