By the end of the 60's, swing dancing was firmly established as part of the ballroom dance family. In the early seventies, there were the abundant freestyle dances, holdovers from the sixties, many of which remained popular with a lot of dancers through the decade. With the advent of the disco movement, however, dancing reverted to the formal tradition of touch dancing. Disco Disco began as an underground movement in Puerto Rican and black dance clubs in New York City and Miami before moving into the mainstream. The New York Hustle is to the hustle dancer what the Lindy was to the swing dancer 50 years before.
History has a way of repeating itself.
Some people consider Hustle as a modern day member of the swing dance Family. TV dance shows such as Dancing Disco in Boston, Disco Magic in Miami, Disco Fever, American Bandstand, and Soul Train in Los Angeles helped to popularize Hustle dancing from coast to coast. Dance studios also promoted Hustle dancing and helped to create new variations such as the Rope Hustle, American Hustle, Triple Hustle, Disco Swing, Latin Hustle, Street Hustle, Sling Hustle and Line dances. Different parts of the country had their own variations of Hustle, and this non-standardization may have been what led to its decline in popularity by the end of the decade. Dancers used the new music which was great for West Coast Swing and more and more dance contests were won with swing moves.