Dealing with serious health issues.

(Middle-aged follower)
Not connected to traditional music. (Young-professional follower)
Can’t afford it, feel guilty going to free stuff. (Young-professional follower)
New job with different hours. (Young-professional follower)
Injury. (Young-professional follower)
Busy and prefer other dance styles. (Young-professional follower)
Salsa studio is closer to home. Do aerial silks with boyfriend. (Young-professional
follower)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional follower)
Working on West Coast Swing. (Young-professional leader)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional follower)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional leader)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional follower)
No one dances with me. It’s boring to sit. There are cliques. (Middle-aged follower)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional leader)
Got busy with work. (Young-professional leader)
Injury, physical pain. (Middle-aged follower)
Frustrated because people generally aren’t actively working to get better, not taking
Practicas seriously enough. (Middle-aged follower)
Romantic partner doesn’t dance. Then had a baby. (Young-professional follower)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional follower).
No core group of friends with the same dance goals, committed to regular practice.
(Young-professional follower)
Other dances are cheaper. People didn’t dance with me. (Young-professional
follower)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional follower)
Self-conscious as a beginner, then people corrected me on the social floor. (Young-
professional follower)
Barrier to entry too high, needed more encouragement. (Young-professional follower)
Got married, went a different path away from dance. (Young-professional follower)
Dancing starts too late at night. Need more informal/cheap daytime classes. (Young-
professional follower)
Too impatient for group classes. (Young-professional follower)
Moved to another city. (Middle-aged leader)
Focused on martial arts. Not enough people my age. (Young-professional leader)
Moved to another city. (Young-professional leader)
Busy in life. Tango too difficult to pursue casually. Feel too clumsy when dropping in
infrequently. (Young-professional follower)
Had a baby. (Young-professional follower)
Felt like I plateaued. Tired of classes but not skilled enough for milongas. (Young-
professional follower)
Less technical dnaces like blues/fusion appeal to me more. (Young-professional
follower)
None of my close friends dance tango. (Young-professional follower)
Too much criticism/teaching on the social floor. (Middle-aged follower)
Busy with life changes currently, but I’ll be back. (Middle-aged leader)
Focused on school. (Young-professional leader)
Don’t like competing with other women to get dances. (Middle-aged follower)
Busy starting a business. When I have time I spend it with friends, and they don’t
dance. (Young-professional leader)
Geography, living in northwest is far from most events. (Middle-aged follower)
Reprioritized life for a while, but am afraid to come back now because I’m rusty.
(Young-professional follower)
Frustrated by not being a beginner but still not being good enough for the more
desirable leaders. (Middle-aged follower)
The traditional music doesn’t attract me. (Young-professional follower)
Other dance forms are less demanding. (Middle-aged follower)
I like the body movements (more active hips) in the other Latin dances. (Young-
professional follower)
Too much ranting about scene politics. (Middle-aged follower)
Lascivious behavior from the men. (Middle-aged follower)