Breakdancing will be an Olympic sport In 2024
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CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(July 16, 2021 06:38 AM)
Forget ice skating. Breakdancing is the coolest new Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee has officially announced it will add breakdancing to the Games under the name breaking. Breaking, of course, is a style of hip-hop dance that includes footwork and athletic moves like back or head spins. The dancers, often called b-boys or b-girls, will be able to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
And here to talk about it is professional hip-hop dancer and breaker Raphael Xavier. Welcome to the program.
RAPHAEL XAVIER: How are you?
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I am well. You've been a breakdancer since the 1980s, and you are now a professor at Princeton teaching break dancing classes and the history of hip-hop. What does it mean to you that it's now an Olympic sport?
XAVIER: I think it's pretty interesting. There could be negatives and some positives, as well. I think staying on the positive side, it's a great opportunity for the younger generation to have something to look forward to, as with any, you know, athletic sport, the older guys - you know, you didn't have that. It was just battling. But I think now that the Olympics are, you know, on the table, this younger generation has something else to look forward to outside of what we've always had.
More here:
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/948315555/olympic-breakdancing -
CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(July 16, 2021 07:17 AM)
Some Olympic sports are questionable, like dressage. It's the human Olympics, not the horse Olympics.
This is interesting:
Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. Medals were awarded for works of art inspired by sport, divided into five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
The juried art competitions were abandoned in 1954 because artists were considered to be professionals, while Olympic athletes were required to be amateurs. Since 1956, the Olympic cultural programme has taken their place. -
CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(July 16, 2021 07:31 AM)
Wrong, Bubba! I posted the link to the article. Here's another one:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/sport/breakdancing-olympics-paris-2024-spt-intl/index.html
Breaking – elite breakdancing – will make its Olympics debut at Paris 2024, officials announced Monday.
It will be the first DanceSport event to appear at an Olympic Games, having been staged at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ago.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board also announced that skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing – three events that were due to debut at the postponed Tokyo Games – will be featured in Paris, too.
"Today is a historic occasion, not only for b-boys and b-girls but for all dancers around the world," said Shawn Tay, president of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF).
"The WDSF could not be prouder to have breaking included at Paris 2024, and we thank everyone who helped make it possible: the executive board of the IOC, the Paris 2024 organizers, the WDSF staff and, most importantly, the breaking community itself.
"It was a true team effort to get to this moment and we will redouble our efforts in the lead-up to the Olympic Games to make sure the breaking competition at Paris 2024 will be unforgettable."
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