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The Bogle dance is a Jamaican-born dance move invented in the 1990s which involves the moving of one’s body in a longitudinal, ocean-wave motion while at the same time raising and lowering one's arms, aiding the wave motion. The dance move was engineered and created by Gerald Levy, a reggae dancehall legend.
Among other opportunities for street dancing and parties, Passa Passa was also the location for the queering of the masculine Jamaican identity. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many Dancehall/Reggae songs started to espouse homophobic rhetoric, such as T.O.K.’s “Chi Chi Man,” while male dance crews were beginning to explode in ...
The dance halls of Jamaica in the 1950s and 1960s were home to public dances usually targeted at younger patrons. Sound system operators had big home-made audio systems (often housed in the flat bed of a pickup truck), spinning records from popular American rhythm and blues musicians and Jamaican ska and rocksteady performers.
Prince Buster performing at the Cardiff Festival, Cardiff, UK. Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture. [1] In the late 1970s, there was a revival in England of the terms rude boy and rude girl, among other variations like rudeboy and rudebwoy, being used to describe fans of two-tone and ska.
Gerald Levy (22 August 1964 – 20 January 2005), better known as Bogle and also as Bogle Dancer, Mr Bogle, Father Bogle and Mr Wacky, was a Jamaican dancehall dancer and choreographer. Beenie Man called Bogle "the greatest dancer of all time" [ 1 ] and he is recognised as "part of the foundation and as an icon inside of dancehall culture."
The 1978 Jamaican film Rockers featured authentic culture, characters and mannerisms of the 1970s Jamaican reggae scene, featuring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace with his wife and children and in his own home, and the Harry J Studios in Kingston.
Live footage and interviews from "Passa Passa" one of Kingston's most popular and longest running parties. Directors bonus footage; Behind the scenes slideshow; The DVD also features a tribute to popular dancer Gerald "Bogle" Levy, who had been gunned down in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 20, 2005- one year prior to the film's release date. [2]
Dancehall is named after Jamaican dance halls in which popular Jamaican recordings were played by local sound systems. [11] It both refers to the music and dance style. [12] It faced criticism for negatively influencing Jamaican culture and portraying gangster lifestyles in a praiseworthy way. [citation needed]