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  OMG! WE’RE GONNA LEARN THE MOONWALK!

  1 CommentsPosted on: Monday, March 8th, 2010

  It’s the first move everyone wants to learn, and it’s usually the first thing people will ask you if you can do. It’s…. the MOONWALK.

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  The Hidden Realms of the Boogaloo

  0 CommentsPosted on: Monday, March 1st, 2010

  
  Ahhh…. That sweet sweet boogaloo. It’s like the epitome of funk. When I see boogaloo done to classic funk music, it makes me think that the music was made just so that people could dance like that. The rolls, the groove, the attitude, that’s what boogaloo is. But let’s dive in a little deeper.
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  Figure Out How YOU Want to Dance: Make Your Perfect Dancer

  3 CommentsPosted on: Monday, February 22nd, 2010

  These days, there are so many styles of popping it’s almost bewildering. Back in the days, it was simple. Popping, waving, tutting, gliding, robot. That’s pretty much it. Now, you’ve got not only tutting but finger tutting, not only waving but snaking, cobra, liquid, and digits, and not only popping but strutting, banging, and boogalooing. It’s overwhelming!

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  5 Steps to a Better Robot Through Isolation

  6 CommentsPosted on: Monday, February 15th, 2010

  When I started dancing, I didn’t understand the importance of isolation. I saw waving and boogaloo and liquid and thought that the point was too be loose and floppy and look like water. What I discovered over time is that in order to look like water, you actually have to have a lot of CONTROL over your body. You have to be able to ISOLATE different parts really well.
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  Attack the Beat, Ride the Beat, Freak the Beat, Love the Beat

  0 CommentsPosted on: Monday, February 8th, 2010

  The beat made popping. It’s that simple. Without the beat, there’s no pop. Without the bass, there’s no boogaloo. And without the keys, there’s no wave. The reason the whole dance exists is because of the beat.

  And your job as a dancer is to fall in love with the beat, let her tell you what she wants you to do to her, and then do it. Read the rest of this entry »

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  5 Ways a Dimestop Makes You Dope

  5 CommentsPosted on: Monday, February 1st, 2010

  

  The dimestop is like the crazy insider popper knowledge. Once you know what a dimestop is, what a good one looks like, and how to do one, you’re pretty much halfway there to being an insider. To being one of the real poppers.

  Cuz before you know what a dimestop is, you’re just a raver, or a hip-hop dancer, or an amateur. The dimestop is what separates the men from the boys kiddos. It’s what makes somebody go HOT DAMN that boy is NIIIICE.

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