[Tango-L] The history of the 21st century tango? - PLAIN TEXT

[Steve Littler]

On 4/21/14 9:36 PM, jan bares wrote:
> An oversimplified explanation of the current doldrums
Yes I would agree that Salsa has become more popular with the young 
people because it is far easier to learn and far easier to get dates.

But also I would add that in Buenos Aires the economy has deteriorated 
so badly over the last 14 years that most people can't afford to go 
dancing very much and the young people there have no jobs or money to 
take lessons or go out often.

But I would also say that Nuevo didn't catch on because it is even 
harder to learn than traditional and the music gets boring to dance to 
after a while (longer monotonous songs) and not that much good Nuevo 
music was created after the initial popularity.

~ Steve in Gainesville