Electric Boogaloos
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The Electric Boogaloos are a street dance
crew responsible for the spread of popping
and electric boogaloo
. They were founded by Boogaloo Sam in Fresno, California
in 1977. Their original name was the Electric Boogaloo Lockers but "Lockers" was dropped the following year.
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...
crew responsible for the spread of popping
Popping
Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit...
and electric boogaloo
Electric boogaloo
Electric boogaloo is a style of funk dance and hip hop dance closely related to popping. It became the signature style of the dance group started in the 1970s, the Electric Boogaloos...
. They were founded by Boogaloo Sam in Fresno, California
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
in 1977. Their original name was the Electric Boogaloo Lockers but "Lockers" was dropped the following year.