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The Electric Boogaloos are a street dance crew responsible for the spread of popping and electric boogaloo. The name "Boogaloo" came from a song called "Do a Boogaloo" by James Brown, which was also adapted as a Boogaloo street dance done from Oakland, CA. [1] They were founded by Boogaloo Sam in Fresno, California in 1977. [2]
Popin’ Pete is a first generation member of The Electric Boogaloos, joining the group in 1978, Pete began to learn the popping style. According to Pete, he learned to pop first because Boogaloo was too difficult. Boogaloo Sam [4] as a creator of the group taught basics to the members of The Electric Boogaloos. As all the members were very ...
Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier boogaloo cultural movement in Oakland, California. As boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as "robottin'" in Richmond, California ; strutting movements in San Francisco and San Jose ; and the Strikin' dances of the Oak Park community in Sacramento , which were popular through the mid ...
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In the early 1970s, dancers from the Black Messengers group innovated a new Boogaloo technique called "Posing Hard". They would end their Boogaloo poses and dime-stops with a hard "hit" - freezing in place until their muscles vibrated. This technique would influence the modern day "popping" technique within the Popping dance form. [20] [13]