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Summary: Learn about popping press in hip hop dance in this free dance lesson video.
Safi A. Thomas is the CEO and co-founder for Blade Dance Entertainment in New York City, creator of the Blade Technique (R), and the artistic director for the world's only Hip Hop...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Safi Thomas from the hip hop dance conservatory. These are our dancers from the hip hop conservatory and we are going to teach you how to pop. So what we are going to start with it a technique called the popping press. There is always a little bit, in everything in relation to hip hop there is some type of not controversy but like where did that come from. How did that happen? Well popping press was introduced to me and it is introduced to many other people from Mr. Wiggles. Mr. Wiggles who is an excellent popper, Boogaloo artist and just pretty much master of the foundation. So the popping press you are going to bring your arms up and what you are going to do is breath in, take a deep breath and you are going to blow out 2,3,4 and in. 6,7, pop, 8. Remember that pop is just that contraction and release, contraction and release. Let's do it again 6,7,8, down ,1,2,3,4, in ,5,6,7, pop. "
eHow Article: Popping Press in Hip Hop Dance