Locking (dance)
Locking is a dance that originated in the nightclubs of Los Angeles in the early 1970s.
Characteristics of dance
Locking has a clearly defined motion picture, which is characterized by certain steps and movements, the so-called Locks, distinguished. All movements are large, partly exaggerated, and mostly danced very dynamic. These movements originate from the social dances of the 1960s in the U.S., such as Funky Chicken, Jerk, Mashed Potato and Sneak.
The typical locking expression is referred to as "cool " or " comical ". Typical locking movement combinations often bear the names of the cartoon area, what the expression and the intention of the dance again underlines.
Thus, there are terms such as " Skeeter Rabbitt ", " Scooby Doo ," " Tom and Jerry" and " Uncle Sam".
Genesis
The dance in its original form was invented by Don Campbell. Through numerous performances on American television with his group Campbellock Dancers, which changed their name over the years in The Lockers, the dance became known in the United States. The Lockers are still one of the most important representatives of the dance and contributed significantly to its development.
Members of the group The Lockers
- Don Campbell, the real father of the dance style
- Greg Campbellock Jr.
- Leo " Fluky Luke" Williamson
- Fred "Mr. Penguin" Berry, aka Rerun from the television series What's happening
- Shabba Doo, also known as Ozone from the movie Breakin '
- Tony Gogo
- Slim, the robot
- Toni Basil, the only female member of the group
Other co-founder of Lockings
Other dancers of the same generation who influenced the instrumental dance were
- Scooby Doo
- Sambo Lock
- Skeeter Rabbitt
- Buddy Lombard
- Pat Davis
- Dimita Joe Freeman
- Lynn Picken
- Arnetta John
- Shelley Sapata
The proliferation of dance
Responsible for the dissemination of dance in Europe was Jeffrey Daniels of the group Shalamar. He began to teach dancers in London in the late 1970s. Here the dance assumed new forms and developed an independent dynamics. The same thing happened in Japan because of Tony Gogo, an ex - member of the Locker, who lived many years in Fugoka and the dance style taught nationwide. Even in New York City Locking was widespread. There was the " Shack Crew, who developed a typical New York handwriting, and Magnificent Force, who kept the dance before the downfall.
In the early 1990s the dance was almost forgotten. Due to the popularity of the dance style b-boying also Locking won again in importance and is now unmistakable, although already longer existing as Hip- Hop, the most important hip-hop dances. Locker itself but rather describe themselves as "Radio Tyler " because, although much was transferred from the vocabulary in the hip-hop dance, locking himself but to radio music is danced. In Germany, the dance was completely gone over the years, until the group Out of Control, Copenhagen and Berlin choreographer Storm punched at scene events and on television Locking the early 1990s. Both were mainly influenced by British influence and reanimated Locking in Germany and Europe.