Buddy Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) “Breaking will feature in the Olympics for the first time at the Paris games in 2024, following other urban sports such as skateboarding. It’s a leap from breaking’s origins in the emerging hip-hop culture of the Bronx in the late 1970s. “The competition to get a place at Paris 2024 is exceptionally fierce. There’ll be only 32 dancers worldwide: 16 male, 16 female. “The breaking scene is strong in the US, as you’d imagine, but also in France, Japan, Korea, China:” https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/nov/04/we-train-as-athletes-but-we-dance-as-artists-the-uk-breakdancers-chasing-olympic-gold (thanks to Jan McNulty at BalletcoForum) Edited November 5, 2022 by Buddy Link to comment
YouOverThere Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 What about pole dancing? Link to comment
Balletwannabe Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Interesting. I cannot see how breakdancing can be properly scored...but I'll definitely watch this. I hope they never bring ballet to the Olympics. Link to comment
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