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What is this Swedish Bugg dance doing in Finland?

Written by Petri

In dancing houses and pavillions in Finland the swing dances are more and more popular. One of such dances, called Bugg, has developed into its current form in Sweden. Bugg is a brisk dance that fits well with music that has fast beat, all the way from Swedish Abba to American country music. The basics of this dance are easy to learn, and still, the dance provides you with a learning challenge for many years to come.

The video clip below is a quite good example of what Bugg looks like when the Swedes give their best. The style in Finland does considerably differ from this, but over time may develop to be more closer to its Swedish cousin. The video is from a competition, so even in Sweden the dancing in dancing houses may not be on this level. Anyhow, most of us just dance for fun, leaving competition to other types of sports.

Who play Bugg music

The right answer must be, any Swedish orchestra. However, in Finland most of the orchestra's have not really understood the potential of bugg music. Bugg is fun and very energetic dance, and it has especially lured regular dance-goers to learn it. Too often the only bugg you dance, you have to dance to Finnish "Humppa" music. However, there are positive exceptions to the rule.

Finnish artists and orchestras worth mentioning are Charles Plogman and Tommys, and Charlies. Also Finlanders has realised the demand for Bugg, and they usually have a couple of bugg songs in their set. Music that can be danced as bugg, can usually be danced as traditional foxtrot. So everybody can enjoy the music and dance as they like.

How to find more information

Wikipedia has Bugg page in both Swedish and Finnish.
There are plenty of good quality videos from Swedish bugg competitions at Video archive of Nackswinget.
In Finland check your local dance schools.

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Bugg
Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 20.01.2010 18:58

Hienoa katsella kisoja. Olisi vaan hienompaa, jos saisi nettiin jonkinlaisen opetusjutun, koska kaikilla ei ole mahdollisuuksia käydä kursseilla.
Tanssin myönteistä kevättä JM

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Opetuksesta
Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 20.01.2010 19:03
Moi,

jossain olen kyllä ihan buggin opetusvideoonkin törmännyt, tosin ruotsinkieliseen.

Sen verran monta tuntia on harjoituksissa tullut vietettyä, ennen kuin buggi on sujunut, että sanoisin käytännön harjoituksien olevan paras keino tämän tanssin opetteluun.

Tampereen suunnalla esim http://tanssis.fi antaa hyvää opetusta. Sitten on myös näitä kiertäviä kurssiviikonloppuja, esim. http://boogietour.com jos ei aikatauluun vakituiseen harkoissa käynti sovi.

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