POPPING
POPPING
Popping is a street dance and one of
the original funk styles that came
from Fresno, California during the
late 1960s–1970s. The dance is
based on the technique of quickly
contracting and relaxing muscles to
cause a jerk in the dancer's body,
referred to as a pop or a hit. This is
done continuously to the rhythm of a
song in combination with various
movements and poses.
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HISTORY OF POPPING DANCE
Origins of dance styles can get tricky, because OG’s have different
accounts and interpretations of that story according to their regions
and circles of influence.
While there are several moving parts of Popping's history that
sometimes conflict or overlap, one clear part of the dance style's
origin is that it started among groups of teenage friends in
deindustrializing parts of the city.
The dancers would come up with moves, practice them, then show
them off at clubs or in dance battles.
In addition to being a hobby, Popping dance gave dancersan
escape, an identity, and a family.
Over time, the word “Popping” (which is also often referred to as
“hitting,”) started being used to describe the collection of moves
and techniques invented by the OG Poppers.
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KEY MOVES IN
POPPING DANCE
ANIMATION
► Animation was
ANIMATION
inspired by
the Dynamation films by Ray
Harryhausen. It is meant to
simulate an animated character
moving frame-by-frame.
The technique involves abrupt
tensing of the muscles to create a
stop-motion illusion.
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THE BOOGALOO
The Boogaloo, invented by Boogaloo
Sam, is a loose, fluid motion that
gives the impression of the body
having no bones.
It incorporates isolated circular
rolls of body parts.
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THE ROBOT / BOTTING
When you imitate a robot or
mannequin using several
different Popping dance
techniques.
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DIME STOP
Moving at a steady pace, then
coming to a clean halt without any
shaking or reverb.
The effect comes from being able
stop suddenly and seemingly out of
nowhere, or "stopping on a dime".
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GLIDING/FLOATING/SLIDING
Footwork techniques that
create the illusion that your
feet are moving smoothly
across the floor.
The backslide (which people
commonly confuse as the
Moonwalk), is a move that
incorporates this technique.
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HITTING
► Flexing
your muscle groups
suddenly. You can hit continuously
to a steady rhythm, combined with
different poses and pathways.
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ISOLATION
When you keep the rest of
your body still while you
separate and move a part
of it.
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MIMING
Inspired by classic mimes,
miming is when you utilize
isolations to create
pictures and illusions of
an object or scenery that
isn't actually there.
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SCARECROW
► Moving
and hitting with
pictures that imitate a puppet
or scarecrow with strings
attached to your joints.
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SNAKING
► Fluid
rolls of the chest and body.
It's a style that involves full body
waves as if you're slithering
around with your body like a
snake.
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STROBING
Moving and stopping your
body quickly in steady
increments using dime stops
to make it look like you’re
moving within a strobe light.
Poppers common use
pedestrian movements (such
as walking) with strobing.
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STRUTTING
Struttin' is a dance style
that originated from San
Francisco. It involves
hitting angles with your
limbs as you hit.
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TICKING
Ticking is a series of
hits. You break up
your pathway of
movement into small
increments and
hit/pop at each one.
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WAVING
Fluidly move your body or
parts of your body to
imitate literal waves in
the ocean.
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TUTTING
Tutting or ‘King Tut’ is when the you
create angular shapes and pictures
with your body parts, usually your
arms or hands.
Its name and moves were inspired by
ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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