The 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.^[1] Their original name was the Electric Boogaloo Lockers but "Lockers" was dropped the following year.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Electric Boogaloos Group History". http://www.electricboogaloos.com/history.html.

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The Electric Boogaloos official homepage
Popin Pete Pioneers Breakin Convention 2008 on YouTube
History of the moves in ELECTRIC BOOGALOO on YouTube

Hip-hop dance

Main styles

Breaking · Popping · Locking

Derivatives

Krumping · Jerkin' · Turfing · Memphis Jookin' · Studio/New Style · Lyrical Hip-Hop · Jazz Funk

Movies

Wild Style · Beat Street · Breakin · Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo · The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy · Honey · Honey 2 · You Got Served · You Got Served: Beat the World · Step Up · Step Up 2: The Streets · Step Up 3D · Step Up 4ever · How She Move · Planet B-Boy · Rize · Save the Last Dance · Feel the Noise · Stomp the Yard · Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming · Boogie Town · StreetDance 3D · Beat This: A Hip-Hop History · Saigon Electric

TV shows

Soul Train · The Grind · Dance Fever · Dance 360 · The Wade Robson Project · America's Best Dance Crew · Dance on Sunset · Shake It Up

People

Jeffrey Daniel · Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon · Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell · Christopher "Lil' C" Toler · Kenneth "Ken Swift" Gabbert · James Brown · Salah · Toni Basil · Dave Scott · Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost · Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli · Darrin Henson · Hong 10 · Steffan "Mr. Wiggles" Clemente · Michael Jackson · Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo · George Sampson · Shane Sparks · Mona-Jeanette Berntsen · Harry Shum, Jr. · Laurieann Gibson · Detlef Soost · Carter "Fever One" McGlasson · Alyson Stoner · Adil Khan · Jon Chu · Hassan "Haspop" El-Hajjami · Poppin' Hyun Joon · Sofia Boutella · Adam G. Sevani · Akai Osei

International champions

Battle of the Year	JinJo Crew- b-boy crew

UK B-Boy Championships	Vagabonds - b-boy crew · Morris - b-boy solo · Kite - popping solo

Freestyle Session	Killafornia - b-boy crew · Seioshi - locking solo · Green Tec - popping solo

World Hip Hop Dance Championships	Plague - hip-hop crew (adult) · Sorority - hip-hop crew (varsity) · Bubblegum - hip-hop crew (junior) · J Boogie - Hip-hop solo · Bionic - Popping solo · Tiffany Bong - Locking solo · Fallen Kings - B-boy crew

Juste Debout	B-boy Thesis - toprock solo · Les Twins - hip-hop duo · Gucchon & Key - popping duo · Hurican & Firelock - locking duo · Toyin & Sacha - house duo

Red Bull BC One	Roxrite - b-boy solo

R16 Korea	JinJo Crew - b-boy crew

Related topics

History of hip-hop dance · Hip-hop culture · House dance · Funk styles · Street dance · African American culture · Funk music · Hip-hop theater · Rock the Spot · Breakin' Convention · Vibe Dance Competition · Urban Street Jam · Into the Hoods · Bounce Streetdance Company · Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory · The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers · So You Think You Can Dance · Electro dance

v d e Street dance

Hip-hop dance	B-boying (Toprock, Downrock, Freezes, Power moves) · Bounce · Crip Walk · Dougie · Electric boogaloo · Jerkin' · Memphis Jookin' · Krumping · Locking · Robot · Popping (Floating · Gliding · Strobing · Tutting · Waving) · Turfing · Uprock

House dance	Baltimore club · Footwork · Hustle · Jacking · Lofting · Tecktonik · Vogue · Waacking

Rave dance	Liquid and digits · Hardcore · Hakken · Jumpstyle · Melbourne Shuffle · X-Outing

Jazz dance	Boogie-woogie · Cabbage patch · Cakewalk · Charleston · Lindy Hop · Swing · Tap dance

Other / Misc	Boogie · Calypso · Flexing · Folk dance · Grooving · Moshing · Punta · Reggaeton · Salsa · Salsaton · Soca · Pogo · Headbanging

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