Gerald Levy, professionally known as Bogle, Mr

Gerald Levy, known professionally as Bogle, Mr. Wacky and Father Bogle, was a Jamaican dancehall dancer and movement creator who came from west Kingston and became the most emblematic choreographer of 1990s–early-2000s dancehall. Working with the Black Roses Crew, Bogle developed his reputation inside sessions—spaces where movement was tested directly against selectors, recordings and other dancers rather than created primarily for concert stages. During the 1990s, the move called the Bogle became a defining phrase in dancehall vocabulary. Levy was associated with a large catalogue of named steps including Wacky Dip and Willie Bounce, though later retellings sometimes attach every popular move of the period to him; credits should be checked step by step and acknowledge dancers and crews who developed ideas collectively. His influence depended on exchange between dancers and recording artists: songs named dancers and steps, dancers gave records a physical identity, and music videos and sessions spread both. The 2004 recording *Weh Di Time* with Voicemail and Delly Ranks stands as an important surviving audiovisual document of that relationship. Bogle was killed in the early hours of 20 January 2005 after leaving Weddy Weddy at Stone Love's headquarters in St Andrew. The murder ended a career at forty but intensified public recognition of dancers' authorship. Jamaican artists and dancers have continued to reference his steps, and successors have treated his work as foundational rather than as a closed repertory. Retrospectives in 2015, 2018 and 2024 show that his impact remains active in contemporary dancehall culture.