Electric Boogaloo (dance)
Electric boogaloo (sometimes mistakenly referred to as electric boogie) 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. Along with electric boogaloo they also popularized popping and many of its related styles.
It is characterized as a fluid leg-oriented style danced to funk music, utilizing rolls of the hips, knees, legs, and head, which was later combined with popping.
Today, boogaloo is often used as a synonym for the electric boogaloo, except in the Bay Area where boogaloo refers to an Oakland creation of street dance that remains to this day.
Read more about Electric Boogaloo (dance): The Founding Members of Electric Boogaloo, Moves
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“That’s the down-town frieze,
Principally the church steeple,
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