# Ballerinas & Funk Dancers: 70's SNL Short Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040 "2007-05-22T05:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/1 "2007-05-22T05:46:59Z")
I vaugely remember a short film shown on Saturday Night Live in the late 70’s in which film of ballerinas dancing was mixed in with dancers in baggy clothes doing some funky dance moves. It could have been to Swan Lake. Does anyone else remember this (or even better have a link to video)? What style of dancing would this be? It kinda looked like 80’s popping if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Border\_Collie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@Border\_Collie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Border_Collie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/2 "2013-03-23T12:36:27Z")
Saturday Night Live, Season 3, episode 18 (Steve Martin, Blues Brothers), the skits starts at 20:50 I’ve never forgotten it - it’s a wonderful idea that’s stuck in my memory for decades. Border Collie PS: The break dancers are the group “The Lockers” [The Lockers - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lockers) Wanna watch it again? The episode is on Netflix, but here is the dancing clip: [The Lockers@Saturday Night Live - The Swan Lake - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmF480OiNiI) ---
**Author:** ![Border\_Collie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@Border\_Collie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Border_Collie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/3 "2013-03-23T12:42:35Z")
PPS, here is a different dancing skit from The Lockers on SNL - [http://www.thelockersdance.com/vid\_preview.swf](http://www.thelockersdance.com/vid_preview.swf) Border Collie ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/4 "2013-03-23T13:11:52Z")
I thought I saw all of the SNLs from the '70s! I don’t remember that film. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/5 "2013-03-23T16:16:15Z")
> [@Border\_Collie](#): > > Wanna watch it again? The episode is on Netflix, but here is the dancing clip: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmF480OiNiI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmF480OiNiI) By the way, the Toni you hear speaking at the beginning is Toni Basil, four years before she became very famous for _Mickey_. She appears in your second clip, too. ---
**Author:** ![Border\_Collie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@Border\_Collie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Border_Collie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/6 "2015-02-04T04:39:18Z")
The youtube clip from SNL was removed for copyright claim. But here is a similar performance (but not as good) from teh Smothers Brothers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pbBzyTJPt30/hqdefault.jpg "Toni Basil's Swan Lake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbBzyTJPt30) ---
**Author:** ![Seer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Seer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/7 "2015-02-16T07:59:19Z")
[http://www.mydanceclip.com/watch/the-lockerssaturday-night-live-the-swan-lake](http://www.mydanceclip.com/watch/the-lockerssaturday-night-live-the-swan-lake) The style of dancing is called Locking or the original name Campbellocking named after the creator of the Style, Don Campbell. It is not called Breakdancing. Many people incorrectly identify this style of dance as many other names but it would be incorrect to call it anything other than Locking or Campbellocking. ---
**Author:** ![Seer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Seer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballerinas-funk-dancers-70s-snl-short-film/405040/8 "2015-02-16T08:32:51Z")
The dancers in the Swan Lake clip on SNL are Greg Campbellock Jr.,Fluky Luke, Shabba Doo and Tony Go Go not Don Campbell as the clip may suggest.