is the clearly stated date for the start of tango in Finland. That day a Danish couple/three French couples had a dance performance at a restaurant in Helsinki presenting the newest steps from Paris; the Tango!
There are some others claiming that the tango was presented earlier by a Finnish dancer and the fact that music came earlier sounds reasonable too.
This early succes was not enough to establish the tango in the whole nation and it took years, until the second world war to hit to the roots of the Finnish soul. It is said that when the Argentine tango was combined with the Slavic romances and coloured by German march rhythms the whole country did open their hearts to this new music.
This is the result! Filmed at the Frostbite festival February 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SIqnLmoNS0&list=PL1D0272D95EA04EAA
no Milongas but Dance evenings!
There is not specific tango evenings but tango is one dance among the 8-12 other kind of dances during an evening. This is the case even for the biggest tango gatherings in the country - Tangomarkkinat - which has around 100 000 visitors during a weekend. Two tangos, 8 other dances (two same kind of songs for each) and then tango again even there!
no YouTube but Competitions!
It has been nearly impossibly to find any clips in youtube and Finns don't post anything today either. The clips on line are posted by foreigners mostly by johnofbristol. In Finland the feedback is received from judges in the countless competitions! Here a posting from a competition, semifinals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5BqKCFLIic
How it was to grow up with this kind of tango?
The feeling now is that I was virtually surrounded by tango, but not actually.
http://leadingladyl.blogspot.se/2011/01/another-kind-of-tango.html
New York times has visited the Tangomarkkinat, the Finnish festival.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/world/europe/finnish-tango-the-passion-and-the-melancholy.html?_r=0
A blog posting at Tango Voice - Finnish Tango is worth reading if you like details too!
http://tangovoice.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/finnish-tango-tango-finlandia/
Neatherland Radio is talking for 30 mins about the tango and tango history in Finland.
What is the difference between A and F tango? If you kill your wife's lover can you sing about it?
http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/tango-minor-key
John Wards blog gives you a continuous contact to the Finnish tango culture; enjoy!
http://finnishtango.blogspot.se/
If you plan to visit Finland, you can find the tango information in Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5555248820/?fref=ts
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