Modern Living: Together Again

Swiftly and sensuously, the couples glide in and out of each other's arms, their feet stomping to the blare of music with a strong rhythmic beat. The girls and boys are attractively dressed. And they are holding hands. Has the cha-cha come back? Or is it a funky tango from a '40s movie? Though it looks a bit like both, the step that has restored body contact to dancing is called the Hustle, and at big-city discotheques, from Manhattan's Leviticus to San Francisco's Penthouse, it is causing the biggest swivet on the dance floor...

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