Charles wrote: >..few isolated images of tango (not to mention a few isolated >musical phrases) evolved tangentially into something else. It is a bit like >seeing >one or two swing steps and basing instruction on that over a period of fifty >years without checking back to see how it actually continued to evolve in its >country or culture of origin. In a sense that is how ballroom tango happened. >I >have never been to Finland but would be curious about what tango looks like >there, since it is the national dance (no kidding!). They were so enamoured of >the craze that it was completely absorbed into their culture, but whether they >dance like Argentines is another question. >Any Finnish out there to enlighten us? >Cheers, >Charles
Charles, I just wrote a lengthy post about the origins of tango in Finland in November or December. Go to Tango-L website and scroll back to find it. Cheers, JK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
