Dancing

[luka]

ive never seen anyone in this country attempt it thankfully just seen the videos

 

[catalog]

You've never seen any live dancing in your life never mind footwork

 

[luka]

oh right. thats weird.

 

[version]

 

[chava]

i spent my saturday night watching dance videos on youtube and drinking wine, realizing that since clubs have closed i haven't been dancing. and thinking what that means and if it could be one of many reasons why the city seems to be so particularly grumpy. me and my friend ended up dancing to some fast paced chicago ghetto tech mix.

here's some video's i liked:

Great great great. Love the track as well, weird tool/bridge-like.

 

[yyaldrin]

 

[woops]

beyonce has that dancer who is a contortionist, i suppose he's banned from this competition^

 

[Corpsey]

. he dance's very much in the portly jamaican uncle at a barbecue vein, whereas i opt for the kurdish militiaman who's just liberated a village from isis style.

😂I miss Barty😭

 

[luka]

theres something suggestive about the slow dissemination of african american 1980s dance styles through europe and into asia. it must mean something.

 

[william_kent]

over the last few days who can describe the joy I have felt from watching pensioners OG's popping and locking


45 and older popper part1 | OG POPPERS PICNIC | 20150711


45 and older popper part 2 | OG POPPERS PICNIC | 20150711


Original Boogaloo Reunion BBQ 2019 - OG Circle part 4 (The Battle)

OGs don't be playing
they be practicing
at home


The Legendary L.A. Boppin Crew at the 2017 O.G. Poppers Picnic in the Park


Poppers 50 & Over getting down at the 2017 O.G. POPPERS PICNIC in the Park

I showed this to a guy at work and at 0:42 he burst out laughing and said "he looks like my grandad, flat cap and all', but I bet his grandad couldn't pop and lock like this tubby dude, and then about 3 minutes in he was on "who sampled who" trying to figure out if it really was parliament sampled on that de la soul tune just like I told him it was

 

[WashYourHands]

@simonsilverdollar might know the lass lost on the speaker here

 

[qwerty south]

soon to be an Olympic sport

 

[william_kent]

sort of obsessed with OG Scorpio at the moment

he is a master

of sorts


OG Scorpio - OG Bopping Scorp


robot / pop / lock / animation / 3D / Bruce Lee

"straight outta the 'D"

all bases covered

edit: I like how the "formless form" tries, and fails, to steal the thunder

edit: OG Scorpio specialises in "BOP", it originates from the chest, it's Qi Gong in dance form

 

[william_kent]

he only leaves the chair for about a second

no "dance" in the conventional sense, but even sitting down he "moves"

total control

THIS IS A MASTERCLASS


OG Scorpio - his story

total control of every muscle, every tendon, A GRAND MASTER

even although he is sat in a chair, I'm in total awe

I like the way the european interviewer yelps and moans at his moves, she provides a certain "frisson"

oh, and the cat is cute

 

[william_kent]

OG Scorpio. / Bop style

wow

"phenomenal"

^ not my words

^^ when he leans back! and returns to verticality around the 3 minute mark.... !!!!

a grand master


words of wisdom from the OG Scorpio:

that's how I know i can defeat my enemy
in my own style
in my own way

I use:

Dragon Form
Tiger
Snake
Leopard
Crane
Preying Mantis
Phoenix Eye

All the above

And then I go into the BOP style

You've got to hit with the music
Every beat

Everything

See, I'm not using no music
but it's all in my mind

I can do that because
I'm

OG

 

[william_kent]

i want to know the backstory here

the youtube title insinuates this guy is "unhoused"

I'm sure he can rustle up enough cash for a "stone" or two "based" on his moves


Part 1: Homeless man-Diamond D "Red" original Oakland boogaloo popper 52 years old

one of the best OG popping and locking / boogaloo dudes I've ever seen

amazing


especially about 2 minutes and 15 seconds in when "a dj saved my life" fully kicks in and he catches fire


he's dancing, he's not rolling out some set routine, he is in tune to / at one with the music

macigcal

 

[william_kent]

OG Poppers Picnic 2023 (1hr of Dancing)


two best dancers are wearing NASA tees, go figure

highlights:

22:10: OG SCORPIO! a casual display of ability, he's just turned up at the park, he hasn't even had time to unpack his MJ cosplay outfit, after this warm up he wanders off and helps himself to the free links. ( edit: tune ID? )

46:06 ish: some Asian ( as in Far Eastern heritage ) - popping and locking!

57:13: BREAKDANCE!

SPIN ON YOUR BACK!
And spin on your knees
Stand on your hands
And then freeze!

( watch out for the second guy at 58:16, in the NASA tee shirt....must be double jointed! he lodges his leg behind his head.... )

I can't timestamp the moment, but The Formless Form AKA The Master of Illusion takes the floor and is hurried off due to killing the vibe

the DJ deserves a mention, when I win the lottery and have a red light strobe lit dry ice drenched low ceiling basement devoted to debauchery I'll fly him over for an early hours set ( edit: I'm getting nostalgic, even teary eyed, at memories of my youthful acid fuelled peak hour airings of the streetsounds electro albums, as far as I can recall LSD & electro works so well... )

youtube search is crap so I can't find the URL for Scorpio and Sensei Bop in formation at the Poppers Picnic 2023, so here's some of the LA Bopping Crew from the Poppers Picnic 2016


^ OG Scorpio, Sensei Bop, Karma, Earthquake (? or is it Midnight? I get confused sometimes, anyway, he loses the plot, you can hear the crowd laughing, "He forgot the routine! Go home already!" )

( scrappy routine, someone hasn't been practising, but OG Scorpio saves the day at 1:14 )

OG Scorpio in full on Bak Mei Cosplay:


^ OG Scorpio Poppers Picnic 2016 ( grandmaster style! )

oh I just found the OG Scorpio in full on MJ cosplay in combination with OG LA Bopping Crew member Sensei Bop


Poppers Picnic 2023

 

[william_kent]

Flat Top

Universal studios

busking

to SADE


Flat Top - SADE

"Have you ever seen anyone get funky to Sade?"

( I've fast forwarded it, but previous to this he gets frustrated because the punters don't "get" electro and he says "do I have to lower myself to dancing to Michael Jackson" but then he fucks with them and plays Sade instead )

 

[william_kent]

for my own amusement


OG SCORPIO, KARMA, ROBOT PRINCE on The Tammi late show

worth watching for the "MJ phoned me up" anecdote

I'm sort of still obsessed with OG SCORPIO ( from "the BIG D" )

total control of every muscle, every sinew, every tendon, a grand master

 

[version]