As a consequence, there’s a much weaker incentive to go to dance halls (since apparently a big chunk of the value was getting to listen to music). So people do that less, and the dance hall scene becomes niche.
Yep. This is my thesis.
I’m not clear on why you can’t keep doing the “teenagers go dancing” thing, just with recorded music instead of live music.
It can be done, and most partner dance scenes these days do use recorded music most (if not all) of the time. However, the strongest communities and greatest draw are, by far, the live music venues.
Yep. This is my thesis.
It can be done, and most partner dance scenes these days do use recorded music most (if not all) of the time. However, the strongest communities and greatest draw are, by far, the live music venues.