Expanding New School Locking

[Boogiewalker]

So, here's yet another question for you guys...

As some of y'all have read my "treatise" on Locking in this forum, you probably know that I'm fairly concerned about the progression of locking as a dance style.

Locking (and most lockers, myself included) seem pretty set about preserving locking's roots and vocabulary, but I want to know:

What are some things you would like to see lockers doing to change it up? What kinds of things do you think would make locking more "New School"?

For example, I'd like to see more lockers playing with speed changes in their dancing and more segmented and broken-down movements (like, taking moves apart, like the Skeeter Rabbit, and putting them back together in different ways...)

peas,

Boogiewalker
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[mslew_who]

Its hard to make locking "new school"- its an old school dance- party dance form- that, for the most part people stick to the technique of it. I agree with you- i like to see people changing up the speed- letting the music carry you, rather then just sticking to one single beat the entire time. i also like to change up the moves- throwing in half a skeeter with a stop and go--or just switching up a stop and go about six different ways. I like the way P Lock is more physical, i guess, with it- using a lot of flips and jumps---even though i know they used to do that back in the day--we all kind of forget to take it there sometimes...so its nice to see that. I'm interested to see what else comes out of other dancers- preserving the technique, but also taking locking to the next level..

[benjaminlibl]

If you've watched any Hilty and Bosch videos you can see that they have alot of moves that aren't old school or in the textbooks, like moving the hands all around the body. Also the way they do it looks slightly more street style. So I guess you could say that's a sort of evolution in locking.

[scramblelock]

to really progress this dance and take things to the next level is VERY difficult. its like you need to learn to walk before you can run and a lot of people are still learning to walk in locking. learning the background and history of the dance and the moves and the movements takes a long time and the ones today who are progressing the dance have done their homework.
in addition i find those who allow their own personality shine when they dance also bring new flavours to locking....no two lockers are the same and it is refreshing to see new characters and personalities/styles develop as well