Choreographer · Dancer

Shabba-Doo

American actor and dancer

Born 1955 · ChicagoDied 2020United States
Shabba-Doo
Image: Aimee Stevland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Shabba-Doo was an American choreographer and dancer, born in 1955 in Chicago, who died in 2020.

Biography

Adolfo Quiñones (May 11, 1955 – December 29, 2020), known professionally as Shabba Doo, was an American actor, break dancer, and choreographer. Of African American and Puerto Rican descent, Quiñones was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1970s his family moved to Los Angeles, where he became interested in dancing and began performing in nightclubs. He adopted the pseudonym Shabba Doo and joined the dance group The Lockers, who were responsible for popularizing the locking style of street dance.

In 1984, Quiñones played one of the lead characters in the breakdancing-themed musical film Breakin',. The film was successful at the box-office, grossing $38,682,707 domestically, and spawned a sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Quiñones continued acting in films and television.

Throughout his career, Quiñones performed and choreographed dance for musical acts such as Lionel Richie, Madonna, Luther Vandross, Three Six Mafia, and Chaka Khan.

From the Wikipedia article “Shabba Doo”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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