With Melbourne holding separate 9 and 20 hour celebratory tango marathons
(including dancing, performances, competitions) in the next few months, I
wonder what is the longest marathon you have ever been too and what were
your experiences and thoughts about it all?
Personally, I think it is an
Until recently, I would guess the annual Tangomarkkinat in Seinajoki, Finland.
When I was there in 2004, it ran for five days, 10:00AM to 4:00AM daily. Most
of the music was live, too. Very strange to dance so close to the arctic
circle, too. It never really got dark.
Sorry to report the
What is Finnish Tango? What does it look like? Are there really red and
green lights? People are always asking me what the difference is.
Lois Donnay
Minneapolis
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDwCWl3mu0 Fin Tango competion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxZoV3t61c 60 minutes report, examples
start about 3:10
Looks ballroomy, from what I can tell from Youtube videos has big
orchestration with horns and percussion, marchy sound.
El Stevito de
Looks like somebody has beaten me to publishing a link to my footage of
a Finnish tango competition. My blog is here: http://finnishtango.
blogspot.com which will tell you possibly more than you want to know.
John Ward
Bristol, UK
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hyvä!!!
Christian
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Hyvä paiva! Mita kuulu? Tangodansi, tangotoimisto, tangokatu,
tangoargentainen, suomentango and all them other funky Finnish tango words.
:-)
-R
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I met someone (under 30) the other night from Finland, who was a friend of a
tanguera. We naturally tried to coax her into learning Argentine tango, but
she refused because in Finland, tango was for old people. Even though she
knew there was a difference with Argentine tango (and our
Yes, it's interesting, isn't it? I've spent quite a bit of time in both
countries and tango seems to have waxed and waned in both of them. In the
1950's and 1960's, tango in Argentina seems to have been in decline in
Argentina; but, this same is the rising golden age of tango in Finland.
I
Subject: Tango marathons
Vince Bagusauskas wrote -
With Melbourne holding separate 9 and 20 hour celebratory tango
marathons.
Personally, I think it is an opportunity to have people from across the
country come together and enjoy not only the dancing but the also the
socializing.
It is
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