Category: Freestyle Popping
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Being a Dancer Doesn’t Guarantee Originality
Written originally in English. 中文译文在英文版后。 A long time ago, I read a YouTube comment on a popping competition video along these lines: the quality of dance has deteriorated compared to the skills of the OGs who invented everything in the 70s and 80s. What makes this argument notable is our usual assumption that things are…
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Sitting in a pocket in freestyling
I found the oldest footage of MT Pop on YouTube. This is 13 years old. It shows why MT Pop is able to sit in a pocket of a style or moves and seemingly create unlimited number of variations – he practiced using one style throughout an entire song, and the song is over 4…
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About “having fun”
I asked Kyle: “how do you do your character or story-telling when you build on a concept or a move in a round?” He answered: “to have fun and play around within the moves!”. I take this to heart because I am not used to having fun, as strange as it sounds. And I think…
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How to wow the crowds
Spectators love SURPRISES! You want the crowds to react to your freestyle, simply throw surprises to them. There are a few ways to build surprises: Importantly, as a reminder to self, expecting hypes in the process of building, as in building to a climax or simply showing off my techniques, will inevitably lead to disappointments…
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Poppers in Open-style battles
I was told by Chris Kaku a year or 2 ago that poppers are at a disadvantage in open style battles. I think there is truth to it in that the music in open style battles is generally less consistent in rhythm/beats, tho I won’t say less funky, and popping moves are generally less flashy.…
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