Prepare for breaking records, DJ decks, and light-footed manoeuvres. Yes, breaking records. The dancing style will make its Olympic debut at 4 PM on Friday, July 9.
Tomorrow at 4 PM, Breakdancing, also referred to as “breaking,” will make its Olympic Games debut. The B-Girls Pre-Qualifier Battle at Parc Urbain will take place first.
The two-day Breaking competition dispels the myth that it is solely an American sport, despite its historical roots in New York in the 1970s. Competitors travel from over ten nations, including China, Italy, Ukraine, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea, among many others, to Paris to compete.
What is an Olympic breaking dance?
Breaking, the newest sport on the Scene will make its Olympic debut in Paris. Two days before the Games’ conclusion, contestants will display astounding physical exploits and gravity-defying antics in 60-second dancing bursts.
Breaking is a type of street dance that originated in the 1970s in the United States, especially among African American and Latino communities in New York. It is also referred to as breakdancing, though that term is no longer used. Along with DJing, graffiti, and MCing, it is one of the four original disciplines of hip-hop, distinguished by its intricate footwork and acrobatic techniques done to hip-hop, breakbeats, and funk music.
Breakers compete in dance “battles,” wherein dancers alternately showcase their greatest routines. Crucially, there is no set routine to follow, each dance is unique, and b-boys and b-girls have no idea what they will be breaking into. The master of ceremonies, or MC, gets the crowd going and makes sure the energy is high, while the DJ controls the music and sets the mood and tempo for each combat.
Breaking made its debut at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, which greatly increased its appeal and paved the way for its inclusion in Paris in 2024.
Why is the Olympic breaking dance sport?
Why, therefore, is Olympic breaking dance a sport? It is the International Olympic Committee’s mission to include popular sports for all age groups. As part of that endeavour, skating, sport climbing, and surfing have been included in the Games in recent years. Breaking is a perfect fit for this fashion.
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, which drew over a million viewers, officials debuted Breaking. This validated the sport’s attraction to a younger audience through its performances as well as the interest of an older audience in watching it.
The sport was formally added on December 7, 2021, to the Olympic schedule. There are no plans to include breaking in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic programme.
Which moves are they?
Breakers incorporate too many components to list, but three fundamental components make up their routine:
1. Toprock: actions performed while the breaker is upright, generally including deft hand and agile footwork. Toprock is where most throwdowns begin since, in the early days of breaking, it was a signal to other dancers to move aside.
2. Downrock: Possibly the floor moves are most commonly linked with breaking. Breakers can spin at breakneck speed on almost any part of their body while mixing skilfully executed footwork, drops, and transitions.
3. Freeze: A complete stop by a breaker, generally in an impossible-seeming acrobatic posture, which frequently denotes the conclusion of a series.
Who is going to participate?
Participating individuals are referred to as “b-boys” and “b-girls” and are frequently only recognised by their b-boy or b-girl names rather than as competitors, athletes, or even dancers. There will be 16 girls and 16 boys in total.
What is the score?
A panel of judges rates each round and each conflict, taking into account the breakers’ Performances and assigns 20% of the total score to each of the five categories.
1. Technique: Points are awarded based on athleticism, dynamism, space control, body control, form, lines, and shape, as well as the accuracy with which particular techniques are performed.
2. Vocabulary: The variety and amount of moves, with a wide range of moves required in various locations to achieve a high score.
3. Execution: Basically, a move’s “cleanness” and how each one differs from the others. They ought to merge, not blend.
4. Musicality: The judges will assess the breaker’s ability to convey the song and atmosphere; this is a dance, not a routine.
5. Originality: The “wow” factor—how the breakers are putting their spin on the dance.
Will it be Paris’s greatest show?
You had better trust it. “We’re going to bring a party to the Olympics, because who else comes with a DJ, right?” said German b-girl Jilou.
Which format is it?
The 16 breakers are divided into four groups for the round-robin stage, where they each dance against every other group member for one minute. Each group’s top two players advance to the knockout stage. Each battle in the majority of big breaking events consists of two or three throwdowns, with the final round having five.
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