Latin Hustle at Mai Tais in Detroit

Kevin "Flash" Collins and friend. December 27, 2007.

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Music

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• Detroit
• Latin
• hustle
• kevin
• flash
• collins
• dance
• Mai
• Tai

[vaughno04]

what's with all of the trolls on this video? This is the same dance you see all over Youtube called latin hustle, and wether or not it's a variant doesn't matter, just enjoy the dance and dancefusion doesn't even do a latin hustle video and should just sit his stiff self down somewhere and stop hating. lol joking but still seriously, Kevin is great and has taught various styles of dance over the years, and the best you can come up with is "this is not latin Hustle"...get out of here.

[GordonBeckles]

@tirrafriday Sorry Tina... didn't know I was in your profile

[GordonBeckles]

@IX19UT80 Sorry to be the third person commenting but I have to agree with jonibaloney2003 and Dancefusion... there definately was a variant of Hustle that we called "Latin" Hustle in the mid to late 70's. It does look different than what we called "Rope" or "Street" Hustle and like Chicago Steppin' and West Coast Swing it contained a distinct tap step 123 123 (feelin like WCS). Mary Adams from You Can Dance (Toronto) taught me the "coaster step" variant. It does feel different than 3 count.

[tirrafriday]

@IX19UT80 Sorry to be the third person commenting but I have to agree with jonibaloney2003 and Dancefusion... there definately was a variant of Hustle that we called "Latin" Hustle in the mid to late 70's. It does look different than what we called "Rope" or "Street" Hustle and like Chicago Steppin' and West Coast Swing it contained a distinct tap step 123 123 (feelin like WCS). Mary Adams from You Can Dance (Toronto) taught me the "coaster step" variant. It does feel different than 3 count.

[jonibaloney2003]

@IX19UT8O There WAS such a thing as "Latin Hustle" it was a name copyrighted by the Arthur Murray Franchise chain in the mid 70s for their "Touch Dancing" Syllabus. It is/was related more closely to both the East and west Coast styles of swing.

[Dancefusion]

@IX19UT8O not true, plenty of historical documentation to disprove your statement. Hustle did evolve from jazz based partner dances of the swing family, primarily Eastern swing, Smooth Lindy/aka early WCS, and Foxtrot. However, there are clear differences in movement characterizations and foundation elements.

[sharonb7323]

very nice.........

[IX19UT8O]

There is no such thing as a "latin" hustle. You may want to add latin to it but it is still the hustle a variation of the swing. The dance was first started in the disco era of the 70's and early 80's. Initially the steps where simple and easy to learn (similiar to the basic swing steps) and it made it easy for a non-dancer to do especially to the disco beat. Later syncopation and other more intricate steps and movements were added. Albeit, this is good dancing, it is still just the hustle.

[rahulrojwerdews]

You can grab the audio-mp3 of this vid at grabaudionow doht cohm.

[melmac313]

@DHOODvsop ------>the song playing is "Bravebird" By.. Amel Larrieux