Hustle Dancers--Whoooooooo's Out There?

Phil Owl

Phil Owl

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This Owl wonders how many of you out there enjoy Hustle?

For me, this is my other fave dance besides EC Swing.

What are your favorite tunes to twirl and glide to like there's no tomorrow?

Fave spots to dance?

Favorite moves?

Favorite dancers?
 
We don't have too many places in Atlanta, but I'd love to get something started. I'm curious, do you guys ever do any hustle line dances? I would love to learn some of those.
 
To tell you the truth, I think the only time I've known anything Hustle-like to happen in a line-dance sort of way is in Country dancing these days. I do the partner Hustle myself.
 
You know line dances were a big part of the disco era. I would pay good money for something that teaches the authentic line dances they did back then.
 
You know what, you might try E-bay, use the search term "disco dancing". It seems like there's always a copy of Karen Lustgarden' book on disco dancing, which includes a generous portion of line dances in it I seem to recall. Hope that's of some help
 
List of Some of Our Favorite Songs for Touch Dancing.

I enjoyed visiting this excellent dance site.
My wife and I are big fans of Hustle, but we prefer to dance a 'slot version',
since we also are members of The Atlanta Swing Dancers Club, a great group
of West Coast Swing dancers here in Atlanta.
My wife, Harrie loves EC-Swing too.
I placed a dance song list on my business website where you may view or
download the file: http://www.evectory.com/library/dancesongs.html
Please passalong your favorites too.
Best Regards,

Don & Harrie
DonWagner@evectory.com
 
Hi Don and Harrie,

A warm welcome to you from this Owl! Hope you become regulars here!


Aside from a lot of the standard fave moves (and I also love to improvise moves as well), I love doing a two-handed continuous turn with a good partner. Some women catch onto it real easy, others don't, but that's OK. Here's the description:

Two Hand Continuous Turn (or Touch and Go):

On the "touch and go" the leader holds the girl's right hand with his right and the girls' left with his left. Right hands are placed over left hands.This is the initial position. After that, the leader turns the girl clockwise by lifting both hands. When girl has turned half way, the left hand is released to allow her to go all the way around. When girl has turned a full 360, the left hands touch momentarily as though to give her momentum for the next turn. Thus "touch and go". On the last turn the left hands reconnect at the end. Final position -> left hands over right hands.


A few fave hustle tunes for me (and there's soooooo many) :

More More More, Love At First Sight, Your Love: Kylie Minogue

You've Got The Power: WAR

I've Got The Next Dance: Deniece Williams

Vertigo/Relight My Fire, Instant Replay: Dan Hartman

A Deeper Love: Aretha Franklin

Dancer: Gino Soccio

TSOP - MFSB

Cherchez Le Femme: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

A Different Kind of Love Song: Cher

Murder On the Dancefloor: Sophie Ellis Bextor

a fair amount of House music is great to hustle to as well

A good site:

www.i-hustle.com

www.discostepbystep.com

Also to note, ABC Family is bringing back "Dance Fever"
 
Took a 6 week long class in Hustle a few years ago at a local studio and really enjoyed it. I haven't done much since not much Hustle music is played the dances here as of late. I would like to and will do more though since I do like the music a lot. :)

Say Phil; do you keep owls for pets or have them live on your property? :lol:
 
I don't much care for hustle (yet!), but I'm hearing it played at least a few times a night at the pop-type nightclub I frequent. It's definitely useful to know at least a handful of basics.
 
I do some basic Hustle but I'm not that good at it. If I get a good leader, I actually look like I know what I'm doing. It's a fun dance and I would like to learn more. I was just getting into learning it when I broke my toe (not dancing) and it took a long time to heal (maybe because I refuse to stop dancing) but the Hustle irritated it more than any other dance, so I stopped doing it. I've learned a few more moves and dance Hustle now and then, but like I said, unless I have a good leader, I don't do too well. I'm ready to learn more because they play a lot of Hustle music at all our social dances. (btw-we were at a party last year where the DJ showed all of us how to do the Hustle line dance, but I've already forgot it. It was fun though, I really liked it.)
 
pygmalion said:
dancergal said:
when I broke my toe (not dancing) and it took a long time to heal (maybe because I refuse to stop dancing)
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How did you manage dancing with a broken toe? Adhesive tape?
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Yeah, that's about it. I taped it with medical tape to the next toe, took some Ibuprofen, and kept on dancing (we were at a dance convention the very next day. I couldn't stop). It took forever to heal and the doctor finally told me to quit dancing for a month, so I took 2 weeks off. :roll: It helped some.
 
Yeah. Same thing here. Broke a toe (inner toe, fortunately) a week before a performance. Two showcases and three formations. There was no way I could take any rest. So I taped everything up, and kept dancing. My podiatrist was so mad, but then, he wasn't a dancer. Poor thing. If he danced, he'd understand that dancers must dance (Thanks samba ajr! :D :D ) broken toes and all.
 
I love to Hustle . . . love the music!!!!

I'm only at about the 75% level and still learning . . . but I can get through a dance. Care (my wife) and I actually won a Hustle dance contest once at a place called Two Left Feet in Danville, CA. We didn't even know we were in the contest. We walked a 10 seconds before the music started and jumped right in. Surprise, surprise!!!

Hey dancergal, I know you've been there!!!!
 
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