Gogo Brothers

The today well-known Gogo Brothers are a duo, actually containing real brothers, called Yuu and Rei. Their father Tony was one of the pioneers in Locking and also one of the cofounders of the original Gogo Brothers. When he moved to Japan, he continued to teach and develop a new style of Locking called "Lock Fusion". Having trained his two greatly talented sons, the name Gogo Brothers continues to live in the second generation, making their Dad proud. They learned from the best not only their father but also from Greg Cambellock jr. and the Electric Boogaloos.

Hilty & Bosch

After so many new style artists, I would like to introduce some of the oldschool dancers as well. These wonderful young men are Hilty and Bosch. Jin and Yu are from Japan. They quite look alike, although they are not brothers. But they dance very similar using the same technique because they have been locking together since the age of 15.

In this video, they start of with popping and continue with locking.

Oldschool Hip Hop Dance Styles

The styles of oldschool hip hop dance are Popping, Locking and Electric Boogaloo.

Locking is traditionally danced to funk music such as James Brown. The inventor of locking is Don Campbell who did it by accident when pausing during the funky chicken and not performing fluently because he forgot the next steps. Since his audience enjoyed his performance, he started to incorporate it into his further shows. Locking is a comical dance, which is also shown in the names of several moves such as "Scoo B Doo", "Skeeter Rabbit" or "Stomp the Cockroach".

Popping was also created at about the same time (1960-70s). The technique is based on quick muscle contractions and relaxations.

Electric Boogaloo is a fluid leg-oriented style which is closely connected to Popping.