Yo, Tony. Remember The Hustle? The dance that defined the disco era, the one that had silk-shirted men twirling high-haired women under a mirrored ball? It’s baaack! Twenty years after John Travolta ...

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” ...

For Santa Rosa teens in the late 1970s, Fourth Street Annex was a late-night disco dancing hot spot. The disco ball twinkled in the night. Fog emanated from the dance floor. Glamorous strobe lights ...

If you lived the relatively brief era when it ruled the world in the late 1970s, it’s hard to remain unbiased about disco. For some, it was the soundtrack of their coming-of-age years. Others ran as ...

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 ...

Had anyone in the late 1970s predicted that either Richard Nixon or disco — then both widely disparaged — would one day be held in considerably higher regard, they would have been promptly laughed out ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — From Christian Bale's burgundy velour blazer to Amy Adams' plunging sequin halter dress, "American Hustle" is a cinematic romp through the over-the-top styles of the 1970s. Set in New ...

On stage, above the dancers and high steppers, DJ Pete Rendon built a steady beat like a chef bringing a savory dish to a boil. As he spun songs from disco divas, couples started getting up out of ...