| Popping and locking are two funk styles of dancing | | | | So gradually these styles started to spread around the |
| that have been around for many decades now. | | | | country and around the world. It was a small number |
| Locking was created in the late 60's by Don Campbell | | | | of dancers or perhaps even one dancer that would |
| and popping was created by Boogaloo Sam in the | | | | start the motion in each area that they would go to. |
| 70's. | | | | Many of the dancers would also offer to teach others |
| During the 70's and 80's both styles were very popular | | | | that wanted to learn to dance like them and begin |
| in the eras that they grew up in and they still remain | | | | teaching dance classes or just show others on an |
| popular to this day. Popping is probably the style which | | | | informal basis. And thus more dancers would take it |
| is practised more worldwide of the two. | | | | up. |
| So what has changed in these dance styles over the | | | | Each area would have its identity because the OG |
| years? One thing that you will notice with these styles | | | | dancer that exposed people to the style of dance in |
| is that there are many ways of doing them. For | | | | the first place would greatly influence the dancers |
| example if you see a dance battle in either style you | | | | around him in that precinct. |
| will see that the dancers look very different. | | | | The thing was that nobody knew what was going on |
| Both these styles came out of their neighbourhoods in | | | | in other areas or what they were dancing like. They |
| California in Fresno (popping) and LA (locking) and | | | | only knew how things were where they were, and |
| were mostly known to the local people. | | | | they had their own idea of how to dance the style. |
| Dancers other than those who were the creators of | | | | And so each area developed a characteristic style of |
| these styles would start doing these moves and | | | | locking or popping. The effects of this are still seen to |
| copying the dancers as they became more popular. | | | | this day and you can see variations in style throughout |
| So in their habitats these dance styles thrived. | | | | the world. |
| As these dancers moved out of the neighbourhood | | | | The difference is now there are all these battles and |
| and travelled to other areas, these new areas too | | | | events that bring people together from around the |
| would become exposed to these dance styles. They | | | | world and so it is possible to see how the different |
| too would then copy these moves that they were | | | | people across the globe dance as they share the |
| seeing. | | | | same stages together. |
