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Carols for Dancing
 WGBH and PRI present Carols for Dancing, a public radio holiday
program that combines music performances by the band Renaissonics with the storytelling of
Sound & Spirit's Ellen Kushner. Together they explore the intimate connection between
traditional Christmas music and medieval and Renaissance dance.
 Ellen Kushner's storytelling brings to life the origins of many of our familiar
carols, which sprang up as dance songs in European courts, villages, and churches.
 The award-winning musicians of Renaissonics, an improvisatory Renaissance dance band from Cambridge,
offers new instrumental arrangements of these carols, noels, and villancicos. Their engaging
performances highlight the joy and spirit of the midwinter holiday dance tradition. (Photo: George
Mastellone)
Carols for Dancing is a holiday presentation from WGBH Radio Boston and PRI, Public Radio
International.
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Hear It Anytime
Enjoy Carols for Dancing online (58:49)
Buy the
CD
Purchase Renaissonics recording
Playlist
All the villancicos, noels, carols, and dances from the radio
program
About the
Music
Composers, sources, and stories about
the carols
Book
List
Sources for the stories, texts, and music of
the carols
The
Musicians
More about members of Renaissonics
The Dancers
Some of the dancers in the live performance
Buy the Transcript
Purchase the written transcript and read Ellen Kushner's
commentary
Ellen
Kushner
Find out more about the host of
Carols for
Dancing
Sound &
Spirit
Ellen Kushner's weekly program of music
and ideas
exploring the human spirit
E-mail Us
Questions? Contact researcher/writer
jeff_nelson@wgbh.org
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