The Battle of the Currents, from Electric Company's BRILLIANT!

Thomas Edison (played by David Hudgins) and Nikola Tesla (Jonathon Young) compete in a dance-off to determine the superior electrical current: Tesla's AC versus Edison's DC. From Electric Company Theatre's 2003 production of BRILLIANT! THE BLINDING ENLIGHTENMENT OF NIKOLA TESLA, performed in Vancouver Canada at the Firehall Arts Centre. Since 1997, BRILLIANT! has played in theatres in a variety of incarnations across Canada, in California, and in Scotland. Written and performed by Jonathon Young, David Hudgins, Kevin Kerr, and Kim Collier. Electric Company is one of Canada's pre-eminent creators of live theatre rich in spectacle and adventurous in form. For more information about their work, visit www.electriccompanytheatre.com.

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[phoenixpsicorps]

it's funny, because even in other roles, you can tell that Jonathon has movement training if not a significant amount of actual dance training.  He just has this great physicality, very graceful...

[DuchessAliana]

He was BORN to play that part, I swear. :D

[EternalDensity]

What does the kitten say about the alternating current's voltage?

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

[EternalDensity]

Who doesn't love a kitten? Or Jonathon Young?

[ladypola21]

It wash funny seeing him dance but he is hilarious. I love him as a stage actor and a movie actor as well. Wow, I wish we have a lot of actors like him in our country.

[skritka]

This is literally a love at first sight... Washington DC :D Shame I'll probably never get to see an ECT performance, but hey, a girl can dream, right?

Btw this is a way better moustache than the one they gave Nikola in Sanctuary in The Five *thumbs up* ;)

[chayar1991]

OMG!!!

[scescuba]

Love JY! I want to meet him so bad! I guess I will have to go to one of his plays!

I do not see how he can play Nikola Tesla so good! Seriously playing him on screen and off. Wow!

[StarSancFar]

What was all this about!! whats tapp dancing got to do with electricity?! Anyway! I love random! He was literally born to play TESLA!

[TeslaJacksonFan]

Ohmygosh, JY is the BEST!!!!!!!! I love him so much and Tesla is my hero! Thanks for uploading this great vid!!!!

[MissstarlightX]

Jonathon is my favorite actor :) He is a pretty good dancer too.