Noze looan

noze looan

Noze looan is a style of Cornish-Celtic dance, and associated music and events similar to the breton fest noz. Noze Looan is late cornish for "happy night."

Noze looan is a relatively recent developement in cornish music and could be seen as a reaction to the more formal approaches of traditional dancing. It places greater emphasis on the simpler dances such as serpent dances in order to increase participation.

The movement has enjoyed a fair reception amongst the youth of the region, But has been criticised by some traditional dancers.

Whilst noze looan is essentially a dance style, an associated style of music has grown around it which is generally more progressive than many folk bands,possibly to appeal to a younger audiance. It also places perhaps more emphasis on rythyms and longer songs in order to produce the tribal "trance" like state associated with the repetitive dances. The largest band in the style is probably Dalla.