| Seven of the world’s best pairs are going to battle it out to see who is the funkiest on the planet. This funky stop and start dance called Locking was created back in the late 60s by Don Campbell and pioneered by the dance group ‘The Lockers’. A small but highest calibre line up, Locking is probably the least well known of the streetdances so expect to be surprised by some incredible dancing, some incredible routines as well as some incredible outfits! |
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Kenzo & Takashi: Shuffle Boogie
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Lock & Lol
Lock and LOL - Korea's finest, two sisters making it to the World Championships this year, they've been dancing over 7 years, been credited as hardest working ladies in the underground dance scene here in Korea. do not underestimate these ladies cus they have plans, plans to make the right moves. |
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Jay & Bin
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| MARK-O-FLEX & YARED - SWEDEN |
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Mark-O-Flex & Yared
Juste Debout Finalists, Sweden’s own Funky 4 Brother Mark-O-Flex together with another well know Swedish locker Yared. They were the winners of the UK Champs Nordic Europe qualifications and will be making some noise from North. |
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Pop C & Diva J
Pop-C & Diva-J are a brother and sister duo, dancing since 2005. Between them they have won over ten competitions within different dance organisations. Only started locking in the last year, they became runners up at UK Hip Hop locking battles which qualified them to Worlds in Las Vegas, the only kids there! Pop-C reached the last 8, competing against over 28 lockers. They qualified for the World Finals by coming through the Regional Conflict Eliminations in July. At only 12 and 9, they have a funky fresh dance style in the old art of Locking. |
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LMC Lockers
Lock Lee and Chamba Lock are Cyprus’s and Greece’s finest 2 lockers. Do not underestimate them cause of their age. They are regional champions at only 14 years old and have been travelling the world to gain more knowledge dance wise. Representing the label ‘Locking 4 Life” they’ve been in major competitions like the French Juste Debout and the Balkans B.O.T.Y. True to the art form of Locking they are here to upset the set up and surprise everybody with their moves. Look out cause here come the new generation wave of Lockers. |
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| FUNKY ASPARAGUS & WILLOW - FRANCE/SWEDEN |
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Funky Asparagus & Willow
Funky Asparagus been locking for 8 years, with the help of Rob One, Funky 4 Brothers, Charlielock and others built up the Locking scene in Scandinavia. Last year he attended the UK BBoy championships with A-Ttrain and this year he teams up with Willow. Character, funk, musicality and explosive movements describes his style best. Always tryng to bring something new to the table but still stay true to the form of Locking.
Student of Lady Del, Willow became in 4 years one of the best french lockers. In 2006 he was finalist of the bboy summit in Los Angeles, and after that he wins and judge many more battles and TV shows in Europe. During the Juste Debout he meets Funky Asparagus, and now they team together to burn the dancefloor. Member of the Lockness Crew, he stays funky and original everytime he gets down.
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DIR (Billy & Sunny)
Billy is originally from Guangzhou city, China, but has been studying in the UK for 6 years & is now based there. He has been locking for 7 years. He is one of the original funkstyle dancers in China and one of the first people to start popping and locking there, when he was a popper in the B-Boy crew "X-Style".
Sunny is from Shanghai city, China. He has been locking for 9 years. He was one of the dancers in the famous Chinese hip-hop dance company "Dragon Dance Studio". Sunny has a masters degree & works an office job, but he still enjoys locking and never wants to give it up!
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