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Poppinpalooza

madamjujujive — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:51:49 -0800

Japanese-style popping is dope - check out u-min and dancers on the Polysics I My Me Mine. The girl, Strong Machine 2, was only 11 years old at filming. And let's not forget the classic display of popping in Late at Night. But beyond these dancers who've achieved some commercial prominence, check out a few fun and stylized Japanese popping clips from lesser known but great dancers. Of course, here in the US, we're none too shabby when it comes to poppers - David Elsewhere, Mr Fantastic aka Robert Muraine, and Houston's Phillip Chbeeb aka Pacman. And in Europe, dancers like France's incredible Saleh have been representing. For all your popping needs, from upcoming events and videos to forums and tutorials, you can't do better than West Coast Poppin, a really fun site if you enjoy or want to learn more about popping & locking dance styles. And tho I usually would eschew a link to wikipedia, it does offer a good historical overview of popping. If you liked this post, you may also like: Parallels Harder, better, stronger, faster

Pop, Lock and Drop It

bwg — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:54:39 -0800

Remember the awesomeness that is Hilti & Bosch and Co-Thkoo? Well Robert Muraine is right up there with them. Who knew you could pop and lock rubber?

the more things change...

madamjujujive — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:04:22 -0800

Parallels is a 10 minute dance video comparing current B-Boy poppin and lockin to vintage clips of African and global dance, jazz and swing, martial arts, and athletics. It's an excerpt from Detours - An Experimental Dance Collaboration, a video by dancer extraordinaire David "Elsewhere" Bernal. Via beans, beans, good for your heart [more]

lockin and loadin

madamjujujive — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:04:13 -0800

Harder, better, stronger, faster - Hilty and Bosch, often called the masters of locking, pair up with Co-Thkoo to serve up 10 riveting minutes of dance. The routine to Daft Punk's classic starting about midway in the clip is brilliant. [more]