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Popping

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Part 2: Diamond D “Red” Interview

Original Oakland boogaloo popper 52 years old. Diamond D is currently homeless.

OG Bay Area, Gentlemen of Production Uncut

Gotta post this piece of our History! Full performance footage.

Official Strutters’ Room Website

Inside look on the Bay Area Styles and also purchase BRS & Strutter’s Room DVD documentaries here.

Dance With Ceech: Private & Semester Courses at Mission College

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Popping with Invent (SPC) at City Dance SF

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WiiPop: Dance Game?

Check out the beta version of a cool new popping game concept that utilizes the kinect & wii together. Featuring Prince Mio, Christain Loclair, Animatronik Crew.

Link (Elite Force) & Popin Pete (EB’s) Showcase

One of our favorites from the last KOD featuring two of the greats.

Black Resurgents member Diamond D aka “Red”

Footage from Oaktoberfest 2011 of OG boogaloo, popper, at 52 yrs old. Courtesy of Mooncricket films.

Remote Kontrol: “Harry”

Dope performance by Chibi, Nonstop & iGlide aka Remote Kontrol

On The One 2011 Footage

Check out the finals from On The One 2011. Crew popping, 1v1 locking, popping, and jack & jill.

The Robotters’ Room Trailer

Film Director Brad Carr, along with Dance Artist/Choreographer Ralph “Plik Plok” Montejo delve into the history of the “Robot Dance” culture in the Northern Bay Area’s City of Richmond, California USA

R-16 USA Funkstyle Elimination 2011

1v1 Popping, 1v1 Locking. Winners will receive Round trip Tickets and all local costs to participate at R-16 Finals that take place in Korea on July 2nd – 3rd

Bay Area Popping/Locking Dance Coverage by Funk’d Up TV

Been seeing these folks at all the jams recently. Subscribe to their channel now. Don’t forget to sign up for their Cyber Cypher Online Dance Challenge as well. More details here

Oldies but goodies series: Kids from Osaka, Japan. Homeland clips.

Oldies but goodies series: Talented kids from Osaka, Japan showcase performance at the Homeland Battles in Long Beach July 18, 2009. Just a few of some of our favorite clips during the event.

Bboy Summit 2010: Boog vs G Style Battle

Boog vs G-Style battle with Jazzy J & JRock vs Slick Dogg & Tempo. You be the judge…

Granny & Robotroid, Inc. 1976

Vintage clip from the 1976 Chuck Barris Gong Show. This clip is like GOLD!

Hilty & Bosch ft. Co-Thkoo Showcase

We said we’d be posting some of our favorite all time dance clips. Regardless of how old they are, we’ve noticed that not everyone has seen them yet.

Elite Force Show 2010: Taiwan @ Spark 101

Performance by Buddha Stretch, Henry Link, Loose Joint, E-joe Wilson, Brooklyn Terry, Bobby Mileage.

One One Zero

Back from 2007, check out this clip featuring Mio, Claw, Robozee and Storm from Germany

D-Efeitos – Prólogo [Oficial]

Here’s a great clip coming from one of our favorite dancers, Bidu out of Brazil. It’s their new crew called, D-Efeitos.

Culture Shock October Company Class

Culture Shock October Company Class (w/Havic, April Bambao, Ace, Jet Li) – Taken this class before? Rate it here! (*you have to be a registered user to rate)

World of Dance San Mateo 2009 Recap

World of Dance Tour returned to the Bay Area, this time at the San Mateo Expo

Origins of the Moonwalk

I can never get enough of vintage tap dance footage. Footwork so smooth and so much finesse. Here is a clip titled, Origins of the Moonwalk. 0 people like this post. Like 

One Cypher’s Called Out Dance Comp from 2006

So I’m going over some of the documented footage from our Called Out Dance Competition from 2006. It was a lot of fun spending…

Everything Remains Raw – Dance Documentary by Moncell Durden

One of the best dance documentaries on street dance by far. To be released soon!

Interview with OG Hip-Hop Dancer, Legendary of the Soul Brothers

Legendary talks about his recently produced Hip-Hop dance documentary, Suns of James Brown

Soul Sector vs. So Cal All-Stars @ Body Rock 2006

Read the post event recap from Bionic

Interview with J Rock of Animated Beat Mechanics

J-Rock gives us a little ABM history and some viewpoints on the dance scene

Interview with Affion Crockett of MTV's Wild N Out

Also known as Hip-Hop emcee, Oskamill.

Interview with Medea Sirkas aka Demons of the Mind

Bay Area Boogaloo, Robotting, and Strutting OGs

Interview with Michael Chambers aka Boogaloo Shrimp

Also known as, Turbo of Breakin I & II.

3rd USA & World Hip Hop Crew Championships (aka Hip-Hop International)

Event recap for the 2004 Hip-Hop International (formerly World Hip-Hop Crew Championships)

Interview with The Groovaloos

Interview with Bradley “Shooz” Rapier

Popping, Boogaloo, Robot, Strutting, Fillmore, etc

A breakdown of contributions from various dancers on the styles mentioned above.