While Hansegård's group is solidly rooted in Norwegian folk dance traditions, lausdans is just the beginning of what you'll experience in a FRIKAR performance. Hansegård's influences also include breakdancing, ballet and martial arts. Check out FRIKAR's YouTube channel to see dozens of clips of FRIKAR performances, including their winning "Fairytale" performance in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
Amy Boxrud is editor of Viking magazine. She lives with her family in Northfield, Minn., where she’s a member of Nordmarka 1-585.
2 comments:
Wow; the Norwegian folk dancing I learned as a kid was nothing like this! He is so good and talented. I loved watching him dance.
Very interesting! At first I thought the dance was inspired by break and hip-hop ha ha~ But that is quite a different folk dance.
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