Just caught some Olympic qualifying finals for breakdancing?! Kazakhstan versus Netherlands. They both crushed it and Netherlands won. I thought the Kazaki won the whole thing with his opening move in the final bout.

I haven’t read these links yet but apparently this is the first games that will feature break dancing.

https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/breaking-olympics-2024-paris-dancing

https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-paris-2024-breaking-qualification-system-explained

I can’t seem to find a video of the bout. Very cool to see breaking at the world level.

I’ve enjoying seeing how the games have evolved over my short life. I remember when Johnny Mosely pulled that perfect helicopter (360°) at mens moguls in Nagano in 1998 and it completely changed the sport of skiing. It launched entire categories of competitive skiing: freestyle, big air, and half pipe, eventually became Olympic events. I’m not really a big Olympics fan or anything, just wanted to share the news about breakdancing for Paris 2024. Can you believe it?

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      6 months ago

      I think that’s fairly common in individual competitive dance. I assume it’s based on the range of moves that breakers can do or not do based on anatomical limits, but I don’t really know why. I can’t think of one breaking move that one gender can always do and the other always cannot, not an expert on any of this.

      I was uncomfortable with the way they call the breakdown, b boys. And b girls. Just call it women’s and men’s, if you’re gonna do it, IMO.

      • stankmut@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        Men can generally do more power moves than women because of a difference in upper body strength. This makes it tough to have mixed gender head-to-head competitions. B-girls using power moves at all is a rather recent development to the scene.

        B-boy and B-girl is the term breakers like, so I would expect them to fight hard against changing that.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      21·
      6 months ago

      Obviously the male is more funky, while the female is more fresh. Er, except when the opposite is the case. Either way, it’s a different set of subrule amendments and categories.

      I mean, you wouldn’t judge a men’s pop and lock the same as a women’s pop and lock - that’s just silly talk.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 months ago

    So if we are adding dancing when will I be able to compete with my sprinkler moves?

    But seriously what makes break dancing more of a sport vs ballet or the tango? Full contact competitive ballroom dancing, now that’s something I would watch.