Abdiel Jacobsen (“Abdiel” professionally) spent the majority of their young life trying not to be “too much” for the dance world. Growing up, Abdiel trained in ballroom dance, where a man always “led” ...

CLUB CLASSROOM ISN’T exactly a speakeasy, but it helps to know people who know people, even just to find the joint. First you have to locate a door on the southwest corner of Red Square, at the ...

SEATTLE — Hustle dance, which used to be popular in the 70s, is now back to life in Seattle. A former ballroom dancer and principal dancer at Martha Graham, Abdiel Jacobsen — known by their ...

The front and back cover of Joey Carvello's "The Boston Hustle." (Courtesy Palmetto Publishing) Fifty years ago, a streetwise East Boston tough kid named Joey Carvello, tossed out of the Army for ...

In 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony topped the charts with the song “The Hustle.” The disco/dance song was released on April 18, 1975, and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 26, 1975 ...

3 She Can't Move Her Body. She Just Danced a Solo Anyway. The music of Latin Hustle originates with fast yet smooth-moving tunes, typically danced through disco’s 4/4 beat in music. Most dancers on ...

John Travolta wasn't the first guy to point at the sky on the dancefloor. When Saturday Night Fever hit theaters in 1977, people had been doing that for years. That iconic image -- hip to the side, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Abdiel Jacobsen, a former Martha Graham dancer, found freedom in hustle, which offers a progressive, gender-neutral vision of partnered social dance.