Norwegian dancers Ulf Arne Johanssen and Margit Myher moved the Dhaka audience through the colourful by folk dance recitals.
Thirsty 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.
Dancers, sometimes in groups, sometimes in pairs and sometimes in solos, presented different types of traditional Norwegian dance forms.
The programme also featured a traditional Santal dance form of Bangladesh, composed by local composer Sharmila Bandapadhyay, in which the Norwegian dancers also performed.
The event began with traditional a Norwegian dance recital called as Polka in which couples holding each other’s hands danced in circle. All the performers participated in the piece and exchanged the pairs by rotation.
Another attraction of the evening was Springer, a very old yet popular dance in Norway, which was also presented in pairs following the tradition. But, what they modified in the tradition was the infusion of the rhythm of the Bangla dhol instead of the western wind instrument accordion.
The rhythmic movement in circle while presenting Rainlander, which can be performed in pairs or by four in a group, also earned audience acclaims.
Another attraction of the evening was 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. Myher with the merit of her melodious voice earned warm response from Dhaka audience by presenting a Norwegian song.
Johanssen, on the other hand, spelled on the audience by presenting a traditional piece called as Holly, a solo dance style performed by males to impress females.
-With New Age input
