Helsinki Tango

[Bob Ramsey-Turner <bob.ramsey-turner @quicksilver.net.nz>]

John wrote:-
(On a recent visit to Helsinki I had some lessons in the Finnish tango. I
asked how it came to lose its figures, as there are a great many in
Argentine tango and the ballroom tango consists of nothing but figures. I
was told the Finnish tango had never had figures. Is it possible that
Finland has preserved the original tango in its pristine purity? Does anyone
have any comments?)

Just a couple of years ago a TV NZ programme did an article on Argentine
Tango in Helsinki. If it was typical of Tango in that country,  it had lost
much more than its figures, it could have perhaps been suffering  from  a
mutation of "Mad Cow Disease"


With kind regards

Bob Ramsey-Turner
bob.ramsey-turner @quicksilver.net.nz