Salah Benlemqawanssa (born June 26, 1979 in France) is an award-winning competitive hip-hop dancer who specializes in popping. In 2006 he won France's Incroyable Talent competition in its first season.] The same year he won a 2-on-2 popping battle with teammate Iron Mike at Juste Debout, a French based international street dance competition. In 2008 he starred as himself in Beats Per Minute, an independent film about a French popper who discovers he can rewind time with his dance moves. He calls his personal dance style P.A.B.E. which stands for Popping, Animation, Boogaloo, and Effects.
Salah started dancing in 1996 after he saw a French dance crew practicing their moves in front of the mirrors of the Théâtre national de Chaillot. Salah specializes in hip-hop but he has also studied other forms of dance including African, salsa, tap, contemporary, and belly dancing. Although he is best known for popping, he is also skilled in locking and b-boying. In 2009, Salah served as a judge at Battle of the Year's (BOTY) international one-on-one b-boy battle in Germany. BOTY is a dance competition exclusively for b-boy crews; however, to celebrate their 20th anniversary they had a competition for b-boy solo dancers. He was also a judge at Red Bull BC One 2009 in New York City.
Salah is a member of both Vagabonds and Massive Monkees b-boy crews. He is also a member of the contemporary dance company Montalvo-Hervieu.
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Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses.[1]
Popping is also used as an umbrella term to refer to a group of closely related illusionary dance styles and techniques that are often integrated with popping to create a more varied performance, such as the robot, waving and tutting. However, it is distinct from breaking and locking, with which popping is often confused. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a popper.
As one of the earliest funk and street dance style, popping is closely related to hip hop dancing. It is often performed in battles, where participants try to outperform each other in front of a crowd, giving room for improvisation and freestyle moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with other dancers and spectators. Popping and related styles such as waving and tutting have also been incoroprated into the electronica dance scene to some extent, creating new styles such as liquid and digits.
Locking (originally Campbellocking) is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing in the same speed as before. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs. The movements are generally large and exaggerated, and often very rhythmic and tightly synced with the music. Locking is quite performance oriented, often interacting with the audience by smiling or giving them a high five, and some moves are quite comical in nature. A dancer who performs locking is called a locker. Lockers commonly use a distinctive dress style, such as colorful clothing with stripes and suspenders.
Locking was originally danced to traditional funk music, such as that produced or performed by James Brown. Funk music is still commonly favored by locking dancers, and used by many competitions such as the locking division of Juste Debout. Locking movements create a strong contrast towards the many fast moves that are otherwise performed quite continuously, combined with mime style performance and acting towards the audience and other dancers. Locking includes quite a lot of acrobatics and physically demanding moves, such as landing on one's knees and the split. These moves often require knee protection of some sort.
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Salah Tamtam montrealby Uptik17,419 views
where is the bboying , popping and locking ?
chucky9208 4 months ago
I LOVE YOU " SALAAAAH " A LOT <3
T19951230 6 months ago
" SALAAAAH " Je t'aime <3
T19951230 6 months ago
AWW !! , He is sooooooooooooo CUTE !! ;D , " SALAAAAAAAAAAAAAH " Je t'aime <3
T19951230 6 months ago
Dance is an art expressing some kind of story ?help me with this one.
TheHeadcoolin 6 months ago
@macrul3z you got to be kidding :) watch this at 1:17 :
/watch?v=7cbJ-EtsMwc&feature=related
Emomoz 6 months ago
he's so dope !!!!!!
54321ade 6 months ago
i'd love to meet my hero some day
aplayaz2000 6 months ago 2
Cool salah cool freestyle comme avant :D
OppaDance 6 months ago
OMG LOLOLOL
Juntahh 7 months ago