After one and half of a century, breakdancing or breaking makes its debut at the Olympics in France, on Friday.
In Paris, hundreds of people are attended breakdance battles, bringing the world’s best dancers to compete in an international tournament.
According to a dancer who is competing, “The appearance of breaking at the Olympic Games will put the spotlight on a discipline that is both surprising and very physical. In it there are some really beautiful moves, but the most important thing for me creativity.”
The tournament outlines that sixteen male and sixteen female dancers will compete in battles lasting around one minute each, this Friday and Saturday, only two of the dancers will win breaking’s first gold medals in Olympic history.
This introduction follows a bid by the IOC to adapt contemporary sporting practices around the world for the games.
