What Makes This Dancer Great? Ep.30 MR WIGGLES

Today we explore the dancing and legacy of one of the greatest street dancers of all time MR WIGGLES!
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[@noikfkzn5305]

There is no OG and dancer in this earth that still dance right now archive and create more than mr wiggles, no one man, his contribution not only in popping also bboy and hiphop is undeniable man. He also do all of hiphop elements like graffiting,djing and other stuff. 60% of what greenteck have today is from mr wiggle and many other popper. Really glad u post this video respect to u robert

[@racerx1189]

I wholeheartedly agree with you my man.

[@vitalyaafonin3544]

Legendary man and dancer. Thank you for the video

[@GrowingDownUnder]

Young wiggles was a beast back when he had healthy knees

[@noikfkzn5305]

He still beast until todaybro look at that 52 tuts

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@noikfkzn5305 young wiggles>old wiggles...I prefer his old style when he was still doing ground moves and had healthy knees but can't do that anymore and had to change his style. Still dope now just different style

[@noikfkzn5305]

@@GrowingDownUnder ofc bro i just say he still a beast until today even we know mr wiggle prime is untouchable.

[@SlickRick4EVER]

@@noikfkzn5305 - Mr. Wiggles from the early 1990s would smoke everyone popping today. There is no comparison! I had a homie back in 2002 who was the very best in my region that told me that he battled Wiggles (mid to late 1990s) and got smoked by him. You may have been too young to understand, but Wiggles was OUR popper, of that pocket era in 1997-2004. Ask any popper of back then if they were influenced by him or not. Perfect example, Tommy Boy.

[@pamelahargrove1918]

For a dancer to be able to still move the way he does despite his past injuries is Golden to recreate. Mosr dancer with great knees can't do half of the stuff he does, can you? Not even the young, and he was part of creating it....So stand up and SALUTE....The greatest.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

What’s great about wiggles is that he truly LOVES2 DANCE so many dancers just run through a series of memorize choreograph sequence of“ moves“. Wiggles always seems like he’s inventing the stuff on the spot I know he practices them but I get the feeling He’s so connected to the music and in the moment that he invented on the spot. Even in the areas where he was technically weak like in my opinion tutting He covers his shortcomings well. I’m not hating because I’ve heard in interviews with his criticized himself for his” DUCKTUTS”

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

Such a great marketer so ahead of his time. He realized early that he was a brand and he represented himself well. I purchased those DVDs in the early days and could not believe it he was giving this information away and he was the only one out there doing that! So many other dances regarding their secrets selfishly not realizing in the process they were making themselves broke while he was helping to build his financial base. That was so shrewd and so New York! L O L all about the Benjamins using your skill to get it. Of course I support him being in New York or myself. I had the pleasure of attending one of his New York seminarsAnd it was informative and productive we spoke afterwards and I found him to be for real I’ll never forget what he said to me keep dancing dance and keeps you young

[@marcosatchiherrera8997]

Amazing... Don't forget he was on Beat Street that makes him not 90's but 80's Hip Hop dancer [he performed with Pop Master Fabel on Xmas scene .

[@majorpwner241]

This series is really growing on me. I love watching killer dance moves and it's great hearing some of the background on things and some of the names of moves from someone who knows.

[@llmrfantasticll]

Word thanks for sharing!

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

Actually wiggles credited ballet dancer Mikael Baryshnikov has being the one who inspired his signature wiggles walk move. Wiggles mentions that he was watching the movie, and “the turning point,“ and saw the ballet dancer performing that maneuver which he practiced himself and modified. That’s a bit of information he didn’t have to comment on as many people probably would not have even looked at a ballet movie but he mentioned that he investigated all forms of dance movement to see if he could find something to incorporate which proves he was dedicated to the art of dancing and also that he was humble enough to credit who influenced him. Wiggles is awesome also because he hadThe street art called jail house or the 52 into his dance movement which he also mentions in another interview

[@followtheboat]

I'm coming late to your series but I'm really enjoying it. What I find interesting is your reference to Mr Wiggles and the 90s. To those of us old enough he was very definitely a dancer from the 80s, and not even the late 80s. Remember Wild Style came out in '82 and I was copying his moves (badly) in the school canteen circa '85. I guess all this only goes to show just how influential he's been, not just to b-boys today, but literally to generations. There's something quite special about seeing these older b-boys still at it... and he's still got it.

[@raphaelbenischke9708]

I met him once. What can i say. Just the Aura and the Pure Attitude and everything was like overwhelming. This guy is the REAL OG !!!! Absolutely amazing and an Idol for every Dancer !

[@THE.PAN.AFRICAN.PARTY.]

the best to ever do it in NYC.. the man is untouchable

[@thestray]

I had a Mr. Wiggles VHS tape back in the day, pre-internet, and I was shocked and amazed to find him on instagram like a year ago and see that he's still killing it. Like you say, there's not a lot of OGs doing still doing it at a high level after decades. Very inspiring.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

Wiggles gives a lot of credit for his dancing but he was also a serious graffiti artist and I think he did many of the backdrops on his video himself. He was totally immersed in hip-hop culture he lived it which is only natural that he came from the birthplace of it

[@francescaa8331]

Great to watch. Love all the history, how he influenced upcoming dancers. Another good episode.

[@ral_f_n3186]

That’s awesome Robert I wish I can order some of your t-shirts I think some of your performance dancing is awesome 👏👍🏼😷✌️Lol Who is perfect at dancing not me

[@kenytiger36]

"Pop N Taco" is the Legend. It is so hard to find his footages. I would appreciate it a lot if you can do that !. Also Hugo aka Mr.smooth. Would be really cool if you can do "Gucchon", "Popping J"

[@richardalanbarnett1039]

PopNTaco is legendary, but Wigz is 'the' legend.

[@tumater729]

Robert, back when you started this series it inspired me to go on a Wiggles history binge! Wigs was really setting the bar high 30 years ago. He is to break dancing what Rodney Mullen is to skateboarding. The great Greenteck probably watching this and learning. I think they are still trying to get what Wiggles got! Ha! :)

[@Haggan514]

I appreciated the bio. Mr. Wiggles was one of the people who inspired me too

[@roozdes]

Thanks Robert...But we want MICHAEL JACKSON next! :)

[@DJLongLastin]

Hot take: I don't think MJ was as good a dancer as the people who inspired him.

[@noikfkzn5305]

@@DJLongLastin yea u r right

[@roozdes]

@@DJLongLastin Les Twins, Poppin John, Salah, Tight Eyex and many more, are inspired by MJ...and those are already Legends themselves....what are you talking about?!

[@akshaychandran5332]

Valid request mahn

[@justanotherone685]

@@roozdes poppin taco, poppin Pete... they inspired MJ.

[@quietsparklez11]

Awesome episode! Respect to Mr Wiggles and to you as well

[@richardalanbarnett1039]

Clemente(Wigz) is without doubt THE BEST popper in hiphop history. The master of a hundred styles and a thousand moves, Mr. Wiggles is without equal.

[@kk-ec9rt]

I love wmtdg videos! I wish you made more of these!

[@llmrfantasticll]

Might have to start making season 2

[@kk-ec9rt]

@@llmrfantasticll that would be amazing! please do when you have extra time amd energy:)

[@bootsbailey5857]

if they were both in their prime who wins? Popin Pete or Wiggles?

[@kingkoiroi]

When limewire was a thing, I found a Mr. Wiggles video in a battle doing tuts and knee spins. That was the first time I seen a popper.

[@dorarie3167]

Robert, thank you for this and all the other videos you've created in this series. You cover a nice variety of styles and throw in a few OGs as well. Wiggles is a beast and he's been around for everything in the past forty years. He's like the street dance version of Zelig. (I'm probably dating myself with that reference.) A couple of questions. First, in your opinion, who are the best overall dancers with skills in more than one style? Wiggles obviously has B-Boy and popping skills, but who else would you throw into that august company? Second, I know people like yourself and Otis Funkmeyer are students of dance, whether street or other styles, but are there any efforts being made to write down street dance history or videotape interviews of different style OGs in an effort to create an archive for posterity. There are KZbin videos but it's all a bit piecemeal. I am afraid that although there are many threads of information, mostly anecdotal and word of mouth, there may not be any authoritative history of street dance available for future dancers and dilettantes like myself.

[@racerx1189]

Thanks for this Robert. You're a mench bro. ✌🏾

[@llmrfantasticll]

😎

[@brothaman007]

Shame Marie Poppins does not get the love. She isnt really a street dancer, but hits hard like one

[@llmrfantasticll]

Yup

[@BigE_310]

Love your channel bro. You got a new subscriber

[@JUALIJU]

The King Mr.Wiggles Thanks 🙏

[@Poppingaditya]

Way ahead of his time🦸‍♂️👑

[@kleinhocico9915]

Your are the best dancer, Robert

[@llmrfantasticll]

Thank you!

[@CuddlyJay]

Class series mate, hope you make more

[@llmrfantasticll]

Thank you, I just might

[@anon_chill1818]

Battle with bluprint dragon house...

[@araspoppin2492]

respect mr wiggles ❤️❤️ we like your dance man mr wiggles and respect for you man Robert

[@digitalmojofpv6217]

First time I saw wiggles in the 90s he inspired me to become a better dancer. I own all of his videos. Funny you talk about liquid pop collection.. I use to know some of those guys and have battled some of those guys back in the day at some raves in ATL and here in Charlotte NC. Boy those were the days. The dance scene was so good then around here. These kids now days have no clue how to dance.

[@Truth_absolute86]

I dont think that a Hip Hop artist exist today with the passion of wigz! He is Hip Hop!!!

[@llmrfantasticll]

Word

[@Wisteriablight4408]

Wait the Jaywalk was bit from Mr Wiggles? I had never heard of him before and it’s nice to learn about dance history

[@llmrfantasticll]

Kids Wright jay walk is a straight bite

[@noikfkzn5305]

That guy "jay" i sont know who, is straight bite without give any credit to mr wiggles

[@americanyoda6764]

Can't wait for this, also Buddha Stretch , Ejoe , Super Dave would be dope 🙏🏾

[@llmrfantasticll]

Word!

[@noikfkzn5305]

please make it

[@rachelbuchanon8630]

Yes that NY dance that drew The Elite Force they are the best also

[@naniyabo2442]

Dude make a tutorial on backward lean plz

[@gus_573]

Love this series man. Could you possibly make an episode on Dykens? That would be great. A good video to take a look at is the battle he did against chey at I Love This Dance. Thanks in advance! =)

[@wheresmyrooptoff4056]

man it's such a shame that his knees gave out imagine what type of wild moves he could still be doing up till now if his knees stayed healthy

[@tyreclarke2248]

Any plans on doing something for Don Campbell???

[@llmrfantasticll]

Detoxing Male with Nox Crowley have to!

[@bryoneramirez9066]

LETS NOT FORGET .. Legendary "Boogoloo shrimp" aka turbo from the movie breaking. Along with "Poppin taco"

[@rainhavik000]

You should do MT POP bro. Or MoneyB. Great Strutters and Poppers!

[@ikeluddy8844]

With your humor, I think it would be interesting to see you cover Bruk Up. Or maybe Nugget or Slick since you bonebreak. I’d just love to see you cover someone from the bruk up or flex world, such as Storyboard P, Slicc, or Havoc

[@jomdoot]

"What Makes This Dancer Great?" deserves Poppin Hyun Joon

[@Devious1Funk]

Legend!! Also the wigz forums was the sh*# back in the day.

[@backyardbirderhd4562]

Love your vids Robert! Do KUJO next!

[@michelmbomio2741]

Salah and hoan the Best

[@dallymac3519]

What is your opening intro beat/song?

[@sppindrgreen1981]

OK I'mma need u to do a vid on Cheerito and Bboy Junior

[@llmrfantasticll]

Did one on junior!

[@floorgasming]

i just realized you have yet to do a breakdown on one of the best and most imitated, Bionic Man Jon Bionic.

[@kingliu6708]

Thanks man Rubix when you can please he's improved leaps and bounds recently 😤

[@sebastianalfaroleon1117]

Could You make a vídeo for "Mesie" he is the best Popper here in mexico, Nice video

[@shanttt]

We miss your reacts Robert !!

[@llmrfantasticll]

🥲

[@uesdripp843]

Still waiting for diablo

[@teokatoia1651]

Please one on Rochka

[@llmrfantasticll]

Ok

[@codyrichardson5505]

BONES THE MACHINE

[@llmrfantasticll]

Mhhhmmm

[@BobRobie1]

A robot boys video would be sick!

[@vincentmansell5374]

Completely off topic, but what kind of camera and lens do you use? Great quality! Sure the lighting has a lot to do with it too! I do love the videos btw!

[@llmrfantasticll]

Panasonic LUMIX GH5 with a Leica Summilux 15mm (my ‘go to’ lens) and yes your standard 3 point lighting system 😅

[@vincentmansell5374]

Robert Muraine got it, thank you!

[@xiaolongyang5198]

2:36

[@jonnathankiss]

The Godfather. 🌟🌟🔥🔥

[@DRAGON-ni5im]

React to 1)rubix 2)Kefton 3)slavik (dope upcoming dancer) 4)zyko

[@Apologia5]

Slavik is super cringe

[@sse2186]

Wonder why Go Go Brothers and Coothko don't feature in your list of greats??

[@llmrfantasticll]

I hadn’t heard of em, can you recommend some clips?

[@sse2186]

@@llmrfantasticll kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH6md6J4oLN6e8k

[@sse2186]

Coothko kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnO4lIuDeZKriaM

[@boneyjoseph7]

Finally 😁

[@llmrfantasticll]

Extended episode :D

[@boneyjoseph7]

Be like Wigz😄

[@GumballTutting]

React to Tabo pleaseeeee

[@unravel6189]

Bouboo please

[@deebreezy246]

Epic battles request: Konkrete vs Ruin

[@oldschoolsang93]

Krump is not FUNKSTYLE but pussystyle

[@skategeezer1810]

Are you going to cover Robot Vall?

[@llmrfantasticll]

Maybe…

[@codyrichardson5505]

Turf

[@TheRobinRedbreast]

I don't know why you even mention Greentechk's name in this video. He is NO WHERE NEAR Mr. Wiggles and never will be. In order for him to obtain Mr. Wiggle's level of awesomeness Greentechk would have to be willing to learn how to be much, much, much better. That will never happen because he already THINKS he knows everything. "You can never learn anything if your head is already full." --- Avatar

[@joaopaulouchoa4342]

You should pick Gucchon!

[@60seconds..]

💐

[@isaacdutes]

He’s right greenteck is a modern Mr Wiggles 🔥

[@SlickRick4EVER]

Lol... Wiggles at his prime would make Greenteck look like serious welfare.

[@isaacdutes]

SlickRick4EVER umm how when he basically embodies what mr wiggles does. It’s like a Kobe and Jordan thing.

[@PantherCrane]

@@isaacdutes Nope!

[@isaacdutes]

@@PantherCrane it’s like Kobe and MJ concept. There is no other dancer like the one and only Mr wiggles but greenteck replicates his movement.

[@cletus9944]

@@isaacdutes i like the comparison wiggles/jordan and greenteck/kobe

[@ThomasConnolly]

Hey Robert, I just watched a few weeks ago a funny video from KZbin channel RedLetterMediait's. This video was part of their Best Of The Worst series, which is where cast members of the show watch randomly selected bad/awful VHS and DVD from the 80's-2000's!!! This Best Of The Worst Episode involves Mr. Wiggles - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmS7layAg8SbiJo

[@Truth_absolute86]

🐐

[@SikeNawGaming]

You should do a vid on "MT POP" dude is amazing!

[@llmrfantasticll]

I most def will!

[@mathbles703]

Can you check out a dancer from a k-pop band named J-HOPE? He came up a underground street dancer and has really refined his art

[@noikfkzn5305]

Of all my respect to u, i have to said that is better tell the og that influance korea and j hope more that him coz he is still not good enough not only in dance but also influance in street world man.

[@freaka3316]

Robert, look at bboy Benji he really original :)

[@Giggidygiggidy12]

How about Les Twins?

[@llmrfantasticll]

Did one on them!

[@khurramsaleem1207]

Do Blondy!

[@llmrfantasticll]

I should

[@looserkid8143]

Do shmateo or kida the great💯💯

[@PantherCrane]

What makes this dancer great? Ken Swift should be the next video! ✌🏿

[@llmrfantasticll]

Maybe so!

[@PantherCrane]

@@llmrfantasticll Thanks brother

[@76Patilac]

Please review MT Pop. Check him out.

[@akshaychandran5332]

U danced on you think u can dance and became a legend

[@llmrfantasticll]

Haha 🙏

[@mateosaavedra1007]

Make a video "whats makes this dancer great?" of Sean Lew

[@cloud8639]

react to bboy cloud plz

[@llmrfantasticll]

Def will get around to him!

[@mekanix1968]

Any kind of bad p.r. that puts Mr. Wiggles or anyone connected to him in a bad light, he'll get salty about it and be vindictive. Especially if it's true. If you wouldn't have posted it , someone else would. I know I would. Lol!

[@llmrfantasticll]

😂

[@cleeefi]

So no one has suggested “boogaloo Sam” lol... it’s crazy... should be the first one on the list

[@liamdonnelly1816]

Juicy drama

[@llmrfantasticll]

🤷‍♂️

[@stx.3572]

react to mtpop