Not to be confused with a breakdancer who has learnt moves off youtube with no understanding of a cultural significance. Bboyin is contextualised by music, which inspires the dancer to intertwine their movement with the beat. Bboyin refers to the whole culture of the dance form in which knowledge of foundation techniques such as footwork and toprockin, form the base for power moves. This is the section of a track which the dancers would favour, who, described by cultural critic Tricia Rose, would execute ‘moves that imitated the rupture in rhythmic continuity as it was hilighted in the musical break.’ This is where the name Break boy came from, which has been abbreviated to Bboy. The term Breaker originates from the instrumental break of a record mixed by DJs, or disc jockeys. Different groups and individuals claim the history was more solidily based in other areas and with other pioneers.Īdditional notables to research when finding out about poppin’ and its styles:īreakin’ is a dance form born out of the Bronx, New York in the 1970’s. The E.Bs say the fundamentals of poppin’ and boogaloo came from them and their peer group hailing from Fresno California, and are made up from approximately 14 fundamental moves and styles: poppin’, ticking, strobing, walk out, twist o flex, neck o flex, master flex, wave, tidal wave, moon walk, back slide, scarecrow, tinman and puppet. One of the most famous and notable groups of early poppin’ is The Electric Boogaloos, led by Boogaloo Sam. There are many conflicting stories about where the fundamentals of Poppin’, boogaloo, roboting and the connected styles all came from, what the exact correct terminology is, and who their founders were. Poppin’ is a funkstyles dance made of many different social dances, local styles and concept dances that came from California.
They went on to huge commercial success in the 70’s performing by themselves and with big names of the time, and their influence on dance is still prevalent to this day. Don Campbell formed The Campbellock Dancers who became The Lockers. Other talented dancers who contributed to the style, include Jimmy “Scooby Doo” Foster who invented The Scooby Doo, The Scootbot and The Stop ‘n’ Go and James “Skeeter Rabbit” Higgins who invented The Skeeter Rabbit. In addition the hat tricks and play with a handkerchief moves were added. This was the birth of Campbellocking later shortened to locking, which developed by incorporating moves including wrist twirls, points, knee drops and give yourself five. Friends would say, “yo Campbell, do the locks” and he would add a sharp stop – the lock. Don’s version was much sharper and was nicknamed the locks.
The dances of the 70’s soul and funk era were usually done in a smooth, loose manner.
As he tried to learn he stumbled on his own unique way of doing them. A young man by the name of Don Campbell was in the cafeteria of Trade Tech University in Los Angeles watching the popular dances of the time such as The Funky Chicken, The Sling, and The Slide. The history of locking can be traced back to 1970.
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