Developed by men who had left their families behind to start a life in Argentina's bustling capital city, the dance expressed machismo, passion, longingand a fighting edge - and was set to an emerging sound rooted in Spanish and Italian melodies, criollo (Argentine-born) verse and Afro-Uruguayan candombe (a drum-based rhythm).
Ms. Meyer, who is Mormon, captures the temptation, the mix of longingand self-discipline, felt by passion-swept young people trying to make the right choices for the right reasons.