Norwegian folk dance staged in Dhaka

Norwegian dancers Ulf Arne Johanssen and Margit Myher moved the Dhaka audience through the colourful by folk dance recitals. Local dancers also performed with the Norwegian duo at the programme on Sunday at the Sawkat Osman auditorium of the Central Public Library on Sunday, which was basically an output of a five-day workshop on traditional Norwegian dance conducted by Ulf Arne Johanssen and Margit Myher.  

The programme also featured a traditional Santal dance form of Bangladesh, composed by local composer Sharmila Bandapadhyay, in which the Norwegian dancers also performed. Dancers, sometimes in groups, sometimes in pairs and sometimes in solos, presented different types of traditional Norwegian dance forms.

The event began with traditional a Norwegian dance recital called as Polka in which couples holding each other’s hands danced in circle. Another attraction of the evening was Springer, a very old yet popular dance in Norway, which was also presented in pairs following the tradition.

They also performed Ring dance in which artistes formed two rings, one within another, and danced synchronised with the melody of accordion played by Ulf Arne Johanssen. 

Ulf Arne Johanssen and Margit Myher also performed a solo dance and a solo music respectively.