“Dancing saved my life.”
April 10, 2016 10:41 AM Subscribe
Sal “Doc Lock” Barcena is a member of the GroovMekanex, a Bay Area group dedicated to preserving popular local dance styles from the 70’s, like Strutting and Locking which he does with fellow dancer “O.G.” Mike Predovic, a member of the Boogaloo Conservatory. Sal started dancing as a 16 year old in 1978.
- Video of them dancing together in Union Square San Francisco. Choice comment: "it's funny be cause the older guy is my science teacher Mr. Predovic"
- Another performance at The Recess dance class
- More locking practice (this is the first video I saw and I was like "who ARE those guys)
- at the Oakland Boogaloo Conservatory
- Video of them dancing together in Union Square San Francisco. Choice comment: "it's funny be cause the older guy is my science teacher Mr. Predovic"
- Another performance at The Recess dance class
- More locking practice (this is the first video I saw and I was like "who ARE those guys)
- at the Oakland Boogaloo Conservatory
Nothing, NO. THING. is cooler than poppin & lockin with your readers dangling off your collar.
posted by WesterbergHigh at 11:38 AM on April 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by WesterbergHigh at 11:38 AM on April 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
It's always surprising, and usually heartening, when I see people who could be AARP members still doing now what they did when I was a kid and looked up to them. (I still look up to them, sometimes. Depending.) Anyway, this. is. awesome.
posted by not_on_display at 11:43 AM on April 10, 2016
posted by not_on_display at 11:43 AM on April 10, 2016
So the guy who looks like Walter White is a science teacher?
I love this story from the second link:
posted by exogenous at 12:24 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love this story from the second link:
Sal tells the tale of a night when he was far from the Mission, coming out of the Richmond BART station, and six young guys approached him menacingly: “A couple of them even lifted their shirts over their belts; I actually saw they were packing,” Sal remembers.
Then he noticed something crucial –they had a boombox. Sal pointed at the box and fell into a locking move. One of the guys challenged, “You strut, homes?’”
posted by exogenous at 12:24 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is a great thread, and the charmers, so dancing. I respect the concept of curating these arts.
posted by Oyéah at 5:50 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Oyéah at 5:50 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
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