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.

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, ...

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” ...

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 ...

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of “The Hustle,” a mega hit in the genre, lives on Alice George | Museums Correspondent On April 18, 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City ...

There’s no fog machine, no platform shoes and little polyester in sight. There’s not even a disco ball. And yet, every Wednesday night, the Double H Club at the Hacienda Hotel in El Segundo, near LAX, ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Five, six, seven, eight. Right cha cha step left, pivot. Left cha cha step right, pivot. Got it? Sterling Armstrong calls out his “chants.” Eight couples glide around the dance ...