At Coke Studio’s first-ever live concert in Dubai, Wahab Bugti met Quick Style, the Norwegian dance group that danced to the Balochi song “Kana Yaari”.
Quick Style
n June this year, clips of a motley crew of boys hot-stepping it to a medley of mostly Bollywood hits at a Pakistani wedding in Oslo, Norway, went viral on TikTok and Instagram.
While song-and-dance celebrations are a mainstay at most South Asian weddings, the group’s sheer skill, the finesse of their moves and their boundless energy proved addictive to watch, propelling them to worldwide fame.
The diversity of the dancers — all Norwegian nationals but from different ethnic backgrounds — made for some curious but fascinating viewing. Their effortless blending of differing cultural identities into a universally appealing performance also turned them into a pop culture phenomenon.
But the boys themselves were no ordinary wedding guests. They are professional dancers and choreographers who go by the name Quick Style and were performing at the wedding of one of the group's founders, Suleman Malik.
Quick Style will perform as part of Coke Studio Live in Dubai on Friday. As a run-up to their Middle East debut, the group did one of their famed “city takeovers” in Dubai on Sunday, during which they performed their viral Kala Chashma routine at the foot of Burj Khalifa, with hundreds of adoring fans cheering them on.