Link to the calendar of Phoenix Hustle lessons, dances and events: http://dance.meetup.com/421/calendar/

Join us for Saturday Night Fever with the Hustle Crew!

every 4th Saturday is Saturday Night Fever

New York Style Hustle Lessons: 7:30 pm
Beginning Hustle: Robert Blair and Laina Ferris
Intermediate Hustle: Val and Lynde Hunt

Hustle Dance : 8:30 – 12 midnight
DJ Girl Wonder spins the very best of Hustle and Classic Disco, Funk and R&B
mixed with West Coast Swing, Salsa, Cha Cha, and Night Club 2-Step

Admission : $10 includes lesson, dance and refreshments
VIP Holders: $7 after 9 pm
(VIP cardholders: you must show your card for discount)

Hosted by the Hustle Crew: Val + Lynde Hunt, and Laina Ferris

Website : http://phoenixhustle.blogspot.com /
Email : phoenixhustle@gmail.com
Info : (480) 707-2004 for The Hustle Crew
(623) 693-2855 for Robert Blair, studio owner

Ambiant Dance
16597 N 92nd Street Suite 105
Scottsdale AZ 85260(623) 693-2855

map

If you live in the Southeast Valley-Tempe, Chandler or Gilbert and want to carpool, email phoenixhustle@gmail.com and we'll try to arrange it. Some of us usually meet at Broadway Rd. and 101 in Tempe to carpool.

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Grand Pacific Dance Championships, San Jose, CA Aug. 20-23, 2009

Grand Pacific Dance Championships

San Jose, CA

Aug. 20-23

Packages for PhoenixHustle:

Valerie Hunt has been assigned the task of collecting the Phoenix area Registration and Payments. She will send them in on the morning of July 6, and August 4.

Download and print the Registration and Competition forms

To Register, pay with check, cash or credit card:

Snail Mail or fax Valerie Hunt the Registration form after you have paid online at www.tuesdaynightfever.blogspot.com (PayPal account not needed). Or mail a check with the Registration form, payable to Valerie Hunt.

SELECT FROM TWO PACKAGES, then click PAY NOW button

Full Event Pass, before 7/4/09 $165.00 Weekend Pass, before 7/4/09 $100.00 Full Event Pass, between 7/5/09 and 8/4/09 $185.00 Weekend Pass, between 7/5/09 and 8/4/09 $110.00

Name on registration form

Phone or email (required)

(FYI: The PayPal account is with Cliff Anderson)

If you are going to compete, attach the Competition Registration form along with your check, and mail with the Registration form. You can sign up for Jack and Jills at the event.

Get ready for a Soul Train Line!

Here is what it looks like:

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In addition to Phoenix Hustle events, we meet ocassionally at restaurants, bars, private homes, dance studios to dance, sometimes with lessons, sometimes free. These announcements are not sent out via the main Phoenix Hustle email list. Announcements are sent automatically through the Meetup site (shown below). So sign up if you’d like to come hustle dance with us!

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The Phoenix Hustle and Disco Dance Meetup Group!

The Phoenix Hustle and Disco Dance Meetup Group meets ocassionally at niteclubs, bars and restaurants to dance hustle. The announcements are sent out automatically through the Meetup site, and are not sent out via the Phoenix Hustle email list. Join us for this as well!

The best dance night ever!

FUN!!!!
This is such a fun night, the teachers are great, the music is alive and full of so much energy. I would encourage everyone to try out this night!
Ginger Actina

Hosted by
The Hustle Crew:
Laina Ferris, Lynde Hunt
and Valerie Hunt
(aka DJ Girl Wonder)

National Hustle Conventions and Links

IHDA sanctioned hustle conventions:

early Feb - Hooray for Hollywood
Los Angeles http://www.hoorayforhollywooddancefestival.com/index.htm

early March - MadJam

Washington, DC http://www.atlanticdancejam.com

April/May - International Hustle and Salsa Competition
Miami Beach http://www.hustleandsalsa.com/

July 4-6, 2009 - DISCO AMERICA
Philadelphia http://www.discoamerica.com/

Oct. 2009 - WORLD HUSTLE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
New Jersey http://www.hustledanceworld.com/2007worldhustlehome.html

Aug 2009 - Grand Pacific Dance Championships
San Jose http://www.grandpacificdance.com/

Labor Day weekend -NEW YORK HUSTLE CONGRESS
http://www.nyhustlecongress.com/

Oct 2009 - Puerto Rico Hustle and Salsa Festival
Puerto Rico puertoricohustlesalsafestival.com

Nov (end of) 2009 - The Big Easy Dance Classic
New Orleans http://www.bigeasydanceclassic.com/

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Favorite Links:

The Hustle Lounge - The Hustle Dancers Destination

The International Hustle Dance Association: http://www.i-h-d-a.com

DJ Girl Wonder: http://djgirlwonder.blogspot.com/

AZ Latin, Swing & Ballroom Dancers http://azlsbd.blogspot.com/

Hustle San Diego: http://www.hustlesd.org/

Arizona Salsa: http://www.azsalsa.net

Hustle on Television

CBS Sunday Morning Show, May 2009: Mo Rocca did this piece on hustle at the International Hustle and Salsa Comp. in Miami:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQevRpaCeY

Hustle featured on "So You Think You Can Dance"

2009 Update: Will we see Hustle on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2009? How many times do we have to stomach Doriana Sanchez's "Disco" choreography? Hopefully, viewers realize that her version of "Disco" is NOT related to HUSTLE!

The dance called "Hustle" (a partner dance) was featured on July 11, 2007 on the hit television show "So You Think You Can Dance", choreographed by Maria Torres.

For a number of years, Hustle dancing has not received its dues on national television. Since the days of Dance Fever, Soul Train, Disco Step By Step, Soap Factory, Don Kirshner, Soul Alive...... television has forgotten Hustle. In many cases, it has been misrepresented. Some viewers relate Hustle to a dated form of Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta polyester suits and poses, afro wigs, or line dancing.

"So You Think You Can Dance" recruited Hustle Hall Of Fame members Maria Torres along with Kenny Gonzalez to teach and choreograph a New York Style Hustle routine for two of the remanding 14 contestants. The routine was awesome! See it: Lacey and Kameron hustle

See the choreographers dance a Hustle routine: Maria Torres Hustle

Also see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7si0E2g3OVY&mode=related&search= featuring Maria Torres with Nick Lotierre performing an impromptu Hustle demonstration.

This is big news for the Hustle Community!

"Hustle 101"

The Origin and History of Hustle
Why was this dance named "The Hustle"
Hustle Dance Syllabus (preliminary, from IHDA)
Mary Angelo's Disco Step by Step TV show

Hustle Clips that we found on YouTube:

Map to Ambiant Dance:
16597 N 92^nd Street Suite 105
Scottsdale AZ 85260
(623) 693-2855

Located on the southeast corner of 92^nd Street and Bahia Drive, across the street from the McDowell Mountain Medical Center (the 3 story building).

The studio suite is in the center of our building, facing Bahia Dr. We are 2 doors west of the Young Chefs Academy.

Traveling North on the 101:

Exit Frank Lloyd Wright. Continue north on the access frontage road past the West World entrance to Bahia Dr. Turn Right (east) on Bahia and continue past 92^nd Street. Make a right into the first driveway. The building is on the southeast corner of 92^nd St and Bahia Dr.

Traveling South on 101:

Exit Frank Lloyd Wright and stay in the extreme left-hand turn lane. U-Turn under the freeway and head north on the access frontage road. Continue north on the access frontage road past the West World entrance to Bahia Dr. Turn Right (east) on Bahia and continue past 92^nd Street. Make a right into the first driveway. The building is on the southeast corner of 92^nd St and Bahia Dr.

Map to Shall We Dance:

Shall We Dance Phoenix
3163 S. McClintock Dr Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 491-2393
shallwedancephoenix.com

Map to Arthur Murray Mesa:

Arthur Murray Mesa
2111 S Alma School Rd

Mesa, AZ 85210 (480) 287-5590
http://www.blogger.com/www.arthurmurraymesa.com

Exit US 60 at Alma School, go south one major block to the SE corner of
Baseline + Alma School (just south of Applebee’s in south end of shopping center)








Map to Paragon Dance Center:

Paragon Dance Center
(SE corner Rural and Elliot)
931 E Elliot Rd
Tempe, AZ 85284-1578
(480) 777-8877

www.paragondance.net

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Past Hustle Workshop Weekends and Dances with The Hustle Crew:

Tuesday Night Fever

Was held every Tuesday from July 2006 to November 2007 at Club Red, Layalena, Paragon, BS West and Arthur Murray Mesa

Your hosts:

DJ Girl Wonder, Stud Wonder and the Hustle Police

Raul Ante and Wendy Dalal (from San Jose/Bay Area, CA)
Sept. 21-23, 2007 at Paragon




Disco Dave in the Desert (from LA)
July 2006 and 2007
at Paragon






Billy Marti (from NYC)
Feb 29-Mar 2, 2008
at Ambiant Dance








Carl Charles (from NYC/South Florida)
July 10, 2008
at Suite 301 on Mill Ave, Tempe