Van McCoy’s 1975 disco mega-hit “The Hustle” empowered dancers around the world to “get in line’ — line dances with simple moves gave everyone the chance to become disco stars. You don’t even need to wear snazzy nightclub clothes to disco dance! Proof in point — “this video” of prisoners in the Phillippines shows us how it’s done.
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Do the Hustle
Disco music was nothing without dance, and disco dancing was fantastic. The music’s multiple layers of horns, keyboards, cascading background vocals and futuristic sound effects conspired with the ever-flashing lights on the nightclub floor to make dancers soar. The best disco dancing was acrobatic and inventive; the best dancers improvised and impressed, weaving in moves from almost every genre from breakdancing to salsa to swing. But disco dancing was also inclusive. Group dancing became one of the most energizing features of the disco scene. Dancers would line up in rows and follow well-known routines that featured much jumping, twisting, swaying of hips and whole a lot of pointing to the ceiling. You don’t have to be John Travolta — or even Van McCoy — to “Do the Hustle.”
