Faroese chain dance

Painting of 1904 on a stamp of 2003.
Faroese chain dance in Sjónleikarhúsið in Tórshavn on Ólavsøka 29 July 2011.

The Faroese chain dance (Faroese: Føroyskur dansur, Danish: Kædedans) is the national circle dance of the Faroe Islands, accompanied by kvæði, the Faroese ballads.[1]

The dance is a typical Medieval dance medieval ring dance. The dance is danced traditionally in a circle, but when there are many dancers, they usually let it swing around in various wobbles within the circle.

  1. ^ "Faroese Chain Dance". Faroe Islands.fo. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2020.