Workshops.
Through experiencing our workshops, you can embrace the Cornish
culture and heritage. We’d love to run a workshop for your organisation!
It’s a wonderful way to develop team spirit and enjoy the company of
your work colleagues in a different environment.
All ages can benefit from the art and fun of dancing. We can tailor our
delivery to your needs. Be it an hour, half a day or longer, let us know
by completing the form below and we can discuss your requirements.
Displays
Let us bring a dash of colour and culture to your festival or heritage day,
craft fair or special occasion: large or small, we will entertain your
guests!
The display lasts from 20 to 30 minutes, and we are happy to perform
several times during the event if you so desire.
We also offer historical dance displays, in full period costume: please
follow this link for images and more information.
To make contact, complete the form below.
Mummers Plays
Fancy something a little bit different to get your party started? A riot of
slapstick, music and dance, all combined in a colourful chaotic piece of
traditional theatre, will entertain you and your guests, with the
opportunity to join in if you so desire. Mummers Plays are lively and
embrace the spirit of community, historically performed to celebrate
special occasions especially Christmas and Twelfth Night. Experiencing
a Mummers Play will evoke a sense of revelry, creativity and definitely
Ceilidhs
We offer an accomplished band of musicians and a caller to ensure the
success of your special event.
Whether it is a wedding, special birthday, fund-raiser or any other
celebration, Penzance Guizers will entertain and guide you and your
guests through the dances. Ceilidh dancing will appeal to all your guests,
yet at the same time the music doesn’t drown conversations in the same
room!
Our caller has experience in Cornish ceilidhs, Scottish ceilidhs plus a
mix of Barn dances to suit your requirements.
Band line-up; Melodeon, fiddle, guitar/clarinet and drum/bodhran.
Caller is Helen: Dancer teacher and practitioner/workshop leader and
Bard of the Gorsedh.
Together we will make your event go with a swing….……a polka, reel, jig
and waltz too! Bad knees??? Sit back and enjoy the live music.
Contact us below for a quote for your celebration ceilidh..
Education in schools
From a one hour workshop to a full day, we can provide a professional
experience for your students. Within Penzance Guizers are educational
practitioners alongside other skilled individuals. Do you need support
and enhancement within your Cornish curriculum? We can offer dance,
art and drama linking into your individual scheme of work.
“Children dance all the time if they’re allowed to, we all do,” Sir Ken
Robinson said in his seminal TED talk. “We all have bodies, don’t we?
Did I miss a meeting?”
Read more at https://inews.co.uk/news/education/creativity-schools-arts-education-sir-ken-robinson/
Contact us using the form below.
Community
We have played and danced with a wide range of groups within the
community, including Farmers’ Markets, Feast Days, Craft Fairs and
running workshops for Brownies and WI groups. Exciting plans are
afoot to bring a Cornish dance display and workshop to a village near
you!
“There is evidence to show that cultural participation can contribute
to social relationships, community cohesion, and/or make communities
feel safer and stronger. Research has found positive links between
cultural participation and improved social skills and engagement with
the wider community, and evidence that culture can play a role in
tackling crime.”
Department of Culture Media & Sport The Culture White Paper, 2016
Interested? Contact us below.
Historical dance
In 2014 Penzance Guizers were an integral part of Penzance’s Charter
Day anniversary. This celebrated the granting of the Royal Charter by
James I to Penzance in 1614.
On this special anniversary the group added colour to this important
celebration, delighting the audience, and have since performed in
various venues to great praise.
Our fabulous costumes will add a sense of occasion to your event and we
are more than happy to mingle with your guests and talk about
Jacobean/Elizabethan entertainment.
Please contact us to discuss any future project.
Collaborative projects
In 2016 Penzance Guizers were involved in a thrilling project to
celebrate and support an exhibition of paintings by the artist
Ithell Colquhoune with Penlee House Gallery and Museum.
This collaboration was something that we all enjoyed a lot and
would love to work with other art forms in the future.
Recently, we performed in the Hard Rock Museum at Geevor,
a World Heritage Site, and have provided entertainment at various
fairs throughout the region. These performances have been met with
enthusiasm.
We are confident that we can enhance your project, be it an exhibition,
craft fair, open day or a theatrical performance, with our repertoire of
music and dance, traditional and historical. Please contact us using the
form below to discuss your requirements.
See the report on the Gorsedh Kernow Award for the Tan Tewl a Gernow video by clicking on the button below.