Hustle (dance)

The Hustle is a catch-all name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. In the late 1970s, Bump, Hustle, Watergate and Spank were popular. It mostly refers to the unique partner dance done in nightclubs to disco music. Hustle has steps in common with Mambo and Salsa and basic steps are somewhat similar to Euro dance style Discofox, which emerged at about the same time and is more familiar in various European countries. Modern partner hustle is sometimes referred to as New York hustle, however, its original name is the Latin hustle. A source for research on the origins of the Hustle is a book written by Willie Estrada, one of the original pioneers of the Latin Hustle, The Dancing Gangsters of the South Bronx (Rise of the Latin Hustle).