Finnish tango

[la guacha <lamasguacha @HOTMAIL.COM>]

I don't know much about the figures in Finnish tango. I only know that I
shared a beautiful dance with a man in Berlin at a milonga. They played a
Finnish tango and he led me in some unfamiliar 'figures' but I was able to
follow them quite easily. I experienced  an incredible connection within the
dance and afterwards, during the cortina he talked about the history of the
Finnish tango and I was quite impressed. Afterwards, I bought some of the
music and I was very struck with this description (which I will quote from
the text of the c.d.) It seemed to describe the emotional quality of the
connection I felt while dancing with him.

"Without a doubt the tango did find a new home in Finland and its origins
are hardly recognizable today. No filigre bandoneon that 'wails and pants
and sets aggressive accents' but instead the stout accordion cries and
consoles. The syncopations were crossed out. The key is always minor. And
the dancing of the couples is far away from any eroticism or obscenity, no
'eternal fight of man and woman in the act of love' but a 'melancholic
togetherness' knowing that we are all 'prisoners of the ground'. ...No 'sad
thought that can be danced' but a sad life that has to be lived."
-from text of Finnischer Tango Tule  Tanssimaan

a beautiful and different take on the tango.  One I will not forget.
-la guacha




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