POPPING

- This dance style is characterized by sudden tensing and releasing of the muscles ("hitting") to
the rhythm of beats in music.

Key moves to popping

ANIMATION
The technique involves abrupt tensing of the muscles to create a stop-motion illusion.

THE BOOGALOO
is a loose, fluid motion that gives the impression of the body having no bones.It incorporates
isolated circular rolls of body parts.

THE ROBOT / BOTTING

When you imitate a robot or mannequin using several different Popping dance techniques.

DIME STOP
Moving at a steady pace, then coming to a clean halt without any shaking or reverb.

GLIDING / FLOATING / SLIDING

Footwork techniques that create the illusion that your feet are moving smoothly across the floor.

HITTING / POPPING
Flexing your muscle groups suddenly.

ISOLATION
keep the rest of your body still while you separate and move a part of it.

MIMING
when you utilize isolations to create pictures and illusions of an object or scenery that isn't
actually there.

SCARECROW
Moving and hitting with pictures that imitate a puppet or scarecrow with strings attached to your
joints.

SNAKING
involves full body waves as if you're slithering around with your body like a snake.
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.

STRUTTING
It involves hitting angles with your limbs as you hit.

TICKING
Ticking is a series of hits.

WAVING
Fluidly move your body or parts of your body to imitate literal waves in the ocean.

TUTTING
when the you create angular shapes and pictures with your body parts, usually your arms or
hands

BRIEF HISTORY
-started in the late 1960’s and 70’s.
-started among groups of teenage friends in deindustrializing parts of the city.
-Popping dance gave dancers escape, an identity, and a family.
-“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.

LEARN POPPING HERE:

https://www.steezy.co/posts/how-to-learn-popping
https://youtu.be/boaOCt267iQ

DANCER
Boogaloo Sam Solomon, 58, from the westside of Fresno and is known by dancers across the
globe for pioneering the Boogaloo dance style in the late 1970’s.
Boogaloo is commonly associated with Poppin’ but actually features a different type of body
movement performed by the dancer that differentiates the two styles.
-central to the development of hip-hop dance and culture.
- Innovated popping and the EB Boogaloo dance style from Fresno.
SAMPLE PERFORMANCES
https://youtu.be/75QbxcR5q5o
https://youtu.be/A5EEX6ykjjw

References:

https://www.steezy.co/posts/what-is-popping-dance