GENERAL POPPING INFO
ther r many stylez to this dance. basically, popping can b cut down to different categoriez, but to become a real popper u hav to hav ur own illusionz an own style an make ur own "category"
GLIDING-walkin wid ur feet a certain way which makez u look lyk ur floating/gliding on ice. reaaally nice when done rite. moonwalk, forward strut/glide, backslide, sideslide fall in this category. a great example of this is Animation frum tha Air Force Crew doin nice glidez in tha Run DMC vs Jason Nevins vid.
WAVING/LIQUID-essentially tha same thang. manipulating different partz of ur body to make it look lyk a wave iz traveling thru. takez great persistence an coordination. body wave, arm wave fit in this category. Mr Wigglez does sum phat waving in tha Limp Bizkit -Rolling vid (tha first n second time u see him)
ROBOT-this is mai favorite style. crazy shit. it lookz lyk ur a mechanical robot. to master this u gotta hav good muscle control, an kno wut lookz good an finally this is more of an illusion type thang so u hav to actually pretend/think/move lyk a real robot, u gotta kno wot lookz robot n wut lookz human. if u kno dimestopping n ticking it makez lerning tha robot easier an easier to make look good. lotz of mimez r really good at this.
STROBING-sorta lyk waving, but insted of wavez ther vibrationz. never really seen sum1 good do this an dunno much about it.
VIBRATION-this is pretty kul, iss when u make partz or ur whole body vibrate. use ur muscles an tense them to vibrate.
TUTTING-when u act lyk ur one of those egyptian mummy thangz. mr wigglez does a little bit of this in tha rollin vid.
TICKING-making ur body stop with a short jerk after a movement. based on how a second hand on a clock movez. pretty kullll
DIMESTOPPING-to literally, stop on a dime. sorta lyk ticking i guess, but more precise an quick. i consider this tha same as ticking.
PUPPET-many formz of this, one lyk ur a marionnete (spelling?) u kno, one of those puppetz with a wooden thing on top attached to tha puppet wid stringz.hard 2 make look realistic. tha othr form iz more lyk robot.
ISOLATION-really good lookin style wher u isolate different partz of ur body n only move that part. this takez practice , n lyk all tha other popping movez, good coordination.
POPPING MOVES
COLLAPSE-a phat thang wher u make it look lyk ur body is melting (more liquid) or if it iz suddenly breaking down (more robot). a good move 2lern.
HEARTBEAT-evr see those cartoonz wher one character fallz in luv an ther heart beat bcomez really strong? lyk that. lookz lyk ur heart iz beating so hard that u can see it. 2 wayz of doin this, either puttin one hand inside ur shirt an pushin out(cheap way ;D) or isolating ur upper chest area an tensin it so it sorta popz out. lookz good if u move/glide forward wid each beat, makeit n sync wid tha beat of tha music. once again, Mr Wigglez does a great example in tha rolling vid (and also is credited for popularizing this).
(FYI, IF U HAV A REALLY GOOD INTERNET CONNECTION U CAN GO 2 LIMP BIZKITs SITE AN GO 2 THA VIDEO SECTION N U CAN SEE MR. WIGLLEZ POPPING THRUOUT THA WHOLE VID)
thas it 4 now.
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