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1981 Tony Basil & The Lockers... street dance...
1981 Tony Basil & The Lockers... street dance...
Item # 721091
October 20, 1981
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 20, 1981
* Toni Basil and The Lockers
* Early street dance - dancing
* w/ Fred Berry of "What's Happening" (Rerun)
Page 73 has a editorial by Sally Banes and headed: "Lock Stready" with photo of the pioneering street dance group.
AI notes: In 1981, Toni Basil, already renowned as a groundbreaking choreographer and dancer, leveraged her experience as a founding member of The Lockers—a pioneering street-dance group co-created with Don “Campbellock” Campbell—to record her debut album Word of Mouth. Though The Lockers had reached the height of their mainstream visibility in the mid-1970s through television appearances and live performances, their influence remained central to Basil’s artistic identity, shaping the dynamic, precise, and funk-infused movements that would define her style. Her work with The Lockers not only helped popularize locking and other street-dance forms but also informed the choreography and visual aesthetic of her upcoming pop breakthrough, the iconic single “Mickey.” In this period, Basil bridged the worlds of street dance and mainstream pop, translating the technical rigor and showmanship of The Lockers into a commercial music context, solidifying her place as both a cultural innovator in dance and a rising pop artist.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete with 120 pages, tabloid size, one fold along the center, nice condition.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.
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Category: The 20th Century
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