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 met some young Portenas at our tango festival in 2004. I am guessing they grew up in the 1980s. None of them knew how to tango. "That's old people's stuff." They were only there to listen to the music. Today, (IMHO) tango in Argentina is gaining in popularity while it is fading in Finland. But, that's nice, isn't it? The tango stars are always bright in one hemisphere or the other. I think much of the slow decline in tango's popularity in Finland is attributable to the passing of Finland's "war generation." R -----Original Message----- From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <[email protected]> To: Tango-L <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 1:53 pm Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango marathons I met someone (under 30) the other night from Finland, who was a friend of a anguera. We naturally tried to coax her into learning Argentine tango, but she efused because in Finland, tango was for "old people". Even though she knew here was a difference with Argentine tango (and our community has a lot of oung people that she met), her mind was set. I'm guessing that means that as t used to be in Argentine tango, young people are not interested in learning innish tango. Trini de Pittsburgh --- On Tue, 7/20/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> rote: Looks like somebody has beaten me to publishing a link to my footage of Finnish tango competition. My blog is here: http://finnishtango. logspot.com which will tell you possibly more than you want to know. ______________________________________________ ango-L mailing list [email protected] ttp://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
