Don campbellock campbell biography
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Don “Campbellock” Campbell, creator of the dance style “The Campbellock” aka “Locking,” dies at 69
Legendary African American creator of hip hop’s first street dance and cofounder of dance troupe, “The Campbellock Dancers” aka “The Lockers,” Don “Campbellock” Campbell died of cardiac arrest at his Santa Clarita home on March 30 at the age of 69.
Campbell was known for creating the style of dance called “The Campellock” or “Locking.” The style utilizes Campbell’s signature dance move called "The Lock,” which dancers then use to produce creative dance expressions of their own.
According to his website, the dance gained national attention in the ‘70s after Campbell was featured on the television show “Soul Train,” one of the first television shows with a primarily black cast and national audience.
“My father is one of those people that you’d hope that they’d live forever,” said Dennis Danehy, Campbell’s son. “He wasn’t a religious man but [he’d say] his gifts [came] from the man up
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Campbellock (Don Campbell)
Dancer Campbellock (Don Campbell) was born January 7, 1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri and raised in South Central Los Angeles.[1] As a child, he had a strong passion for drawing and enjoyed sketching trees, insects and people’s hands and faces.[2] Campbell eventually pursued a career in commercial art when he decided to attend LA Trade-Technical College, but ended up discovering and falling in love with another art: dance.[3] In the late 1960s, he began practicing avidly and created a new dance that he called “The Campbellock” (later known as “locking”) bygd accident.[4] “Locking” can be defined as “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.”[5] The dance is very performance oriented and often involves playful audience interaction mixed with humor.[6] Campbellock amazed club crowds with his unique s
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Originally from Saint Louis, Don "Campbellock" Campbell is best known for creating the campbellock dance, which later became known as "locking."
In the early 70s, Don became a member of the Soul Train cast when the program came to Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer until 1973, when he was remove from the program for asking that the dancers get paid. Don then recruited other dancers who loved and copied his dance, some of whom were also removed from the program for the same reason. He created a song titled "The Campbellock" to go with his new high-flying, groundbreaking new dance.
Don's group, known then as the "Campbellock Dancers," appeared on the popular Carol Burnett Show. The group name was later changed to "The Lockers." They appeared on other shows including "The Tonight Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Grammys," "The Oscars," and "Saturday Night Live" as the first non-musical group to ever perform on the show.
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