http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076?src=rss The story behind the organization that celebrates the seasons and cycles of human life through performance and participatory experiences across America. Includes background, performance excerpts, and snapshots of Revels celebrations. Copyright 2009 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:30:31 -0800 http://www.brightcove.com/?v=1.0 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid307719429?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338434_asset-1219764562066.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>An Introduciton to who we are. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid307719429?src=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:08:32 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid340457749?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335957_asset-1219765041026.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Revels is best known for its celebration of the winter solstice, but there are Revels celebrations for every season... http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid340457749?src=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:20:47 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid1753200640?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335907_asset-1219764110950.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Learn about our workshops, residencies, and school performances. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid1753200640?src=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid1731276782?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335886_asset-1219763902566.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Revels' production of Benjamin Britten's opera for children(Cambridge, MA: 2004) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729287255/bctid1731276782?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid12812170001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_12807792001_th-174424160-vid12808095001-img0000.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Sydney Carter's modern lyrics to the Shaker Song "Simple Gifts" are here translated into dance using a compilation of traditional English morris dance steps by Carol Langstaff, Martin Graetz and Jonathan Morse. (Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid12812170001?src=rss Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:14:33 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494507001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9494218001_asset-1233281149570.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>This poem, written for Revels in 1977 by Susan Cooper, is a traditional part of The Christmas Revels performances throughout the country. (Cambridge, MA:2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494507001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494512001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9493963001_asset-1233282186863.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A convivial drinking song found in the manuscripts of Thomas Hardy, arranged by Dave Townsend and Charles Spicer.(Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494512001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494505001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9493726001_asset-1233280907698.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A selection of steps from hornpipes, popular competition dances. Hornpipes were danced in many places, by sailors on shipboard, and in the mills of the North country. The tune is "Click Go the Shears." (Cambridge, MA:2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494505001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494508001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9493940001_asset-1233281431191.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>This tune first appeaed in print in 1705. Variations of it are found in village musicians' compilations throughout England. (Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494508001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487609001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9493759001_asset-1233282433093.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A carol for women's voices found in the Hardy family manuscripts in Puddletown, where many of Hardy's kinfolk lived and made music. (Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487609001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487006001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9494248001_asset-1233282735088.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>The famous "luck-visit" tune is first given in a rollicking "street" version reminiscent of "We've Been Awhile A-Wandering", followed by a more modern version for the full company. (Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487006001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487005001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9493954001_asset-1233281772654.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>From "Some Ancient Christmas Carols"(1822), compiled from Cornish manuscripts by the scientist and antiquarian Gilbert Davies, in the original two-part setting. The tune is a variant of the dance tune " Chestnut " or " Dove's Figary." http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487005001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9498650001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9496061001_asset-1233288532790.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>The most popular longways country dance in nineteenth-century England. It is the first dance at Tranter Dewy's Christmas party in Thomas Hardy's novel "Under the Greenwood Tree." (Cambridge, MA:2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9498650001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494552001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9496057001_asset-1233288209379.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>An informal social dance done by working people in the pub rather than in a ballroom. The step and reel is one of the oldest British Isles dance formations. Tunes are "Dorchester Hornpipe" and "Speed the Plow." (Cambridge, MA: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9494552001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487601001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_9494230001_asset-1233281955968.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A poem by Thomas Hardy expressing nostalgia for the religious faith he has lost, and imagining the Christmas story as it might be experienced today. (Cambridge, Ma: 2008) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid9487601001?src=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1365762548?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338415_asset-1219764159697.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Two children's songs from Croatia and Bulgaria, as performed in The Christmas Revels (Cambridge, MA: 2007). http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1365762548?src=rss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:40:33 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1366492537?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338510_asset-1219765422628.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A Serbian New Year bread ritual performed to a church hymn arranged by J. Kindl. (Cambridge, MA: 2007) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1366492537?src=rss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:16:31 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1366492538?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338486_asset-1219765285627.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>An exuberant Bulgarian folk dance, choreographed by Petar Petrov; musical arrangement by Yuri Yunakov and Tom Pixton. (Cambridge, MA: 2007) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1366492538?src=rss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:31:12 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731271964?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338332_asset-1219763543744.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Behind the scenes at The Christmas Revels. Produced by Revels North, Hanover, New Hampshire. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731271964?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731271916?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335947_asset-1219764852087.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A celebration of the winter solstice, with French Canadian music, dance and drama. (Cambridge, MA: 2004) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731271916?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731276831?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338454_asset-1219764959225.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A celebration of the winter solstice, with traditional music, dance, and drama from Scotland and England. (Cambridge, MA: 2003) http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500636/bctid1731276831?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500637/bctid1332234372?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335903_asset-1219764067536.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Highlights from A Celebration of the Sea with Revels Repertory Company and guests. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500637/bctid1332234372?src=rss Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:58:16 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500637/bctid1731271823?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338337_asset-1219763596473.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Our first summer solstice celebration along the Harborwalk at South Boston’s Fort Point Channel. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1716500637/bctid1731271823?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid47118508001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d8/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_47464177001_asset-1257102708054.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>RiverSing (Cambridge, MA:2009). Produced at Cambridge Community Television(CCTV). This sixth annual RiverSing, a community event celebrating the autumnal equinox at the edge of the Charles river-near Harvard Square. Presented by Revels. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid47118508001?src=rss Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:19:33 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid22433471001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_22437974001_asset-1241709137837.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>RiverSing (Cambridge, MA: September 21, 2008) produced by River Run Studios. Revels Inc. held its fifth annual RiverSing, bridging the Charles with voice and light-at the Weeks Footbridge, crossing the Charles River. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid22433471001?src=rss Thu, 07 May 2009 08:13:07 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid1861243759?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1861275555_asset-1224196728557.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>RiverSing (Cambridge, MA: September 21, 2008) produced by Cambridge Community Television. Revels Inc. held its fifth annual RiverSing, bridging the Charles with voice and light-at the Weeks Footbridge, crossing the Charles River. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid1861243759?src=rss Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid1731276702?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338383_asset-1219763939418.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Making music and celebrating the first day of Fall along the banks of the Charles River at the Weeks Footbridge between Allston and Cambridge. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1729364897/bctid1731276702?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1740033292/bctid1743107452?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755335938_asset-1219764692078.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>A photo story chronicling the Pace-Eggers' performance at our Revels community sing welcoming the first day of Spring. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1740033292/bctid1743107452?src=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid50173963001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d8/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_50188223001_Revels-VFTM-t.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Revels Repertory and Tufts Alumni present the story of an American songcatcher and Tufts Alumna, Olive Dame Campbell. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid50173963001?src=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:57 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid413298152?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d2/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_349679368_8d78dd64e54055c39755d67db9fe5e046c7425b3.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>Meet the Hutchinson Family Singers in Revels Repetory Company's post-Civil War era program. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid413298152?src=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:16:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid1731287264?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/174424160/174424160_1755338349_asset-1219763707798.jpg?pubId=174424160"/>In 1907 immigrants from ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe sail together to Ellis Island in this Revels Repetory Company production. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid340430076/bclid1753282774/bctid1731287264?src=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700