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Revels North will give six performances of "A Celebration of the Winter Solstice: Music, Dance and Stories of Scandinavia & the Northlands," December 13-16 in Spaulding Auditorium at Dartmouth College’s Hopkins Center for the Arts. This year’s production presents acclaimed musicians and dancers whose artistry evokes the spirit of the Nordic Lands. The Christmas Revels celebrate Yule traditions from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Karelia—with the hypnotic magic of the Karelian Creation story from the great Finnish folkwork, Kalevala. It tells how the universe was born from a clutch of eggs, and of the long-awaited birth of the first man and musician, Väinämöinen. The lively folk music, pageantry, dances and rituals of Scandinavia come to life with the cast of the Christmas Revels, along with a host of special guests. These include the Sattuma Karelian Folk Band, dance champions Karin Brennesvik, Tom Løvli and Sigbjørn Rua from Norway; Småjondølene, a group of seven young dancers ages 15-20 from Norway; Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle) player Leif Alpsjö from Sweden; and Loretta Kelley, the Grammy-nominated Hardanger fiddle (with four or five sympathetic strings running beneath the fingerboard serving to increase its sonority) player. Shows will take place Thursday, Dec. 13 and Friday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 1 and 5 p.m. For ticket information, call the Hopkins Center Box Office at 603-646-2422. ____________ |
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