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The Hustle is a catchall name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to the unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs to disco music.〔Shell, Niel and John P. Nyemchek, Hustle, Nyemchek Dance Centre, Pearl River, New York, 1999. ISBN 1-929574-00-2〕 It has some features in common with swing dance. Its basic steps are somewhat similar to the Discofox, which emerged at about the same time and is more familiar in various European countries. In the 1970s there was also a line dance called the ''Hustle''. Modern partner hustle is sometimes referred to as ''New York Hustle''. People still do this dance today. == History == Early Hustle, the very first Hustle, was created in late 1972 and did not even have the name the "Hustle." It was a 5-step count with no turns. Most people believe it was created in the South Bronx among Puerto Ricans and was originally done at house parties, hooky gigs and basements club dances in the South Bronx. By 1974 it became known as "Spanish Hustle" and in 1975 the Fatback Band made a song with that name. It was also known as the "Latin Hustle"; they were both 6 step counts to the beat of the music. In about 1976 it became known as the New York Hustle, the later it became known as just the Hustle, when the dance became commercialized after the release of Saturday Night Fever in 1977, which was a fictional story about an Italian dancer named Tony Manero from Queens, who was not actually a dancer at all, but a very popular kid from the neighborhood. Early pioneers of the Spanish Hustle were dancers from the Latin Symbolics Dance Company, founded by George Vascones, who also served as President until his death in 1993. The best of the best during the early days of the Hustle, were Floyd Chisolm, Dante, Jose Dominicano, Willie Estrada, Eddie Ramundi, Willie (Wip) Rivera, Debbie Benitez, Gladys Rodriguez, Maggie Solis, Sara Silva, Denise Florentino, all of whom were members of the Latin Symbolics Dance Company, based at 333 East 149th St. in the South Bronx. It was at the Latin Symbolics Studio where Tony Manero, who John Travolta played in the movie Saturday Night Fever, was taught to do the original Spanish Hustle, by the Latin Symbolics Dance Team, for a special showcase Tony was going to be doing in Las Vegas in 1977 after gaining popularity after the release of Saturday Night Fever. The biggest names of Hustle dancers in the late 1970s were Eddie Vega who won the Ed McMahon Star Search competition with his partner Lisa Nunziella Hockley, Floyd Chisolm and Nelly Cotto who won the National King and Queen of the Hustle on the Merv Griffin show, and Billy Fajardo & Sandra Rivera who became two time world Champions at the height of their careers in the early 1980s and Franc Reyes and his partner Debbie, who were members of the World Renown Dance Team called the Disco Dance Dimensions. They were all from the Bronx, with the exception of Lisa Nunziella Hockley, who was from Brooklyn, but was trained by Hustle Dancers from the Bronx. Maria Torres and Kenny Gonzales who won the World Championship in Hustle. Maria Torres was instrumental in bringing back the hustle, ballroom competitions, television and The MidSummer Night swing series. 1994 Maria went on to create Hustle USA Dance Championships along with Cofounders Debra Hampton and David Sarul. The competition brought together over 1000 dancers from around the country. In 1975 music business entrepreneur, Marty Angelo created the first all hustle dance television show entitled, Disco Step-by-Step. Each one hour show featured top hustle dancers and two 10 minute hustle dance instruction segments that allowed viewers to learn how to hustle dance in the privacy of their own living rooms. One of the first shows featured a young Billy Fajardo and the Disco Dance Dimensions. Many of the shows video clips can be found on YouTube. Marty Angelo also created the Hustle Dancers Hall of Fame online list of dancers in 2000 that he eventually turned over to Ron Bess and Mark James. (See external links below.) === Van McCoy's song === A line dance which was called Hustle became an international dance craze in 1975 following Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony's song "The Hustle". Tipped off by DJ David Todd, McCoy sent his partner Charlie Kipps to the Adam's Apple discotheque of New York City's East Side. The forthcoming album was renamed ''Disco Baby'' and McCoy was named "Top Instrumental Artist" of 1975.〔Jones, Alan and Kantonen, Jussi (1999). ''Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco''. Chicago, Illinois: A Cappella Books. ISBN 1-55652-411-0.〕 When released, the song reached the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart the week ending July 26, 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hustle (dance)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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