But 'Dance' is the category, all those styles sit withon it. You want to attract younger players, you drop the Ballroom categories, and replace them with whole 'categories' of hiphop, Alt Rock, etc..

Most of us older players are smart enough to find the ballroom stuff if we need it, but the kids are NOT going to want something that looks as if designed for a 50+ OMB... Thing is, we NEED these things to remain competitive with WS's and synths, for there to be any more serious R&D and improvement. But labeling the front panel for a NH gig isn't going to attract them.

Hiphop, in case you missed it, is NOT a style in a dance category. It is an entire genre to itself, with many sub genres. It deserves its' own category, as being the most popular, best selling music on the planet. No doubt there was the same blank stare when it was talked about adding 'rock' and 'disco' to the style categories back in the day... Music evolves, moves on, and only the products that acknowledge that evolution survive.

The kids deserve their own categories, not to be shoehorned into some blanket 'Dance' category. My Roland has a Bossa/Samba category AND a Latin one. Strikes me they BOTH should sit in the same one. Ballroom and 50's and 60's could easily be grouped together (they deserve it more than house and hiphop deserve to be in the same one). It's not like there isn't room...

Admittedly, you give Hiphop its' own category, you better have some styles in there that DO sound contemporary, though.