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O.G. DANCE MASTER, CHOREOGRAPHER, URBAN DANCE SCHOLAR AND HISTORIAN. As co-founder of the O.G. Dance Group Chain Reaction, T-Bopper helped pioneer the Locking and Popping that has influenced generations. The creator of "Seven Levels: The Chain Reaction System,™" he is also founder/Sr. Director of the International Urban Dance Master Association and has both choreographed and appeared in countless TV shows, videos, commercials and film projects, including "Fame," "Salsa", "Xanadu" (with Gene Kelly) and many more. The dance company he formed in 1984 called the United Street Force featured Chain Reaction, Electric Boogaloo and Blue City Strutters. It was the only Urban Dance company to have ever performed at the White House. In 1996 he directed and produced the feature documentary, “Underground Dance Masters: History of a Forgotten Era™”. This film is respected as the definitive study on the history of Urban Dance world-wide. It was in 1999 he wanted to give other a chance to experience what it really takes to be a part of the legendary dance group Chain Reaction. He created the Urban Dance Training Camp™. This hard-core event exposed others for the first the time to the highest level of locking and Popping. By sharing his secrets he hopes that Urban Dance can evolve even higher. He now sits on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the American Heritage Dictionary after winning a nine year battle to get "Locking," "Popping," "B-boying," "Rocking," "Break" and "Urban Dance” added. He continues to tour the world teaching the history and leading the future of Urban Dance.

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O.G. Dance Master, Choreographer and co-founder of the influential O.G. Dance group Chain Reaction (est.1974), Paul “Cool Pockets” Guzman-Sanchez is both a master and an innovator of Popping and Locking. The creator of "Seven Levels Of Popping - The Chain Reaction System," Cool Pockets has been featured in many TV shows, video’s, commercials and film projects, including Michael Jackson's "Thriller," "Fame," "Xanadu" (with Gene Kelly) and Rod Stewart's "Young Turks" (which was the first music video to ever feature Popping). He danced as a member of the United Street Force in a 1984 command performance for the President of the United States at the White House. Also he co-starred with his brother Thomas in Sugar Ray's hit music video, "Every Morning." His life story has been featured in the film documentary “Underground Dance Masters :History Of A Forgotten Era”. He is now currently a Director in the International Urban Dance Masters Association. As evidenced by his internationally celebrated instructional video’s, intensive workshops and Urban Dance camps, Cool Pockets is committed to preserving the Urban Dance heritage he helped pioneer with Chain Reaction and to establish the highest level of dance to future generations throughout the world.