Breaking Olympics

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Breaking: Fra Gade til Olympiske Spil - En Dansende Revolution!

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Hold fast, for Breaking danser ind i OL-scenen! Er du klar til at se de vildeste moves i Paris 2024? 🤸‍♂️✨

Breaking, også kendt som breakdancing, får sin store debut ved OL i Paris 2024 den 9. august, og det bliver en fest! Forestil dig DJ-decks, rytmiske beats og glitrende lys, mens B-boys og B-girls kæmper om at sætte verdensrekorder og imponere dommerne med deres mestercoreografi. Breaking har været på vejen til accept siden 1970'erne, hvor det startede som en gadesport i New York, og nu er det endelig blevet anerkendt på den internationale scene.

Mange af os har hørt begrebet breakdancing, men vidste du, at den officielle betegnelse er breaking? Dette er en del af den større anerkendelse af sportens grunde og dybder, som går langt ud over blot at danse. Breaking er strategisk; det handler om at dramatisere bevægelserne, at fortælle en historie med kroppen, og at udtrykke sin sjæl gennem dansen. Det er en kunstart, hvor teknik og kreativitet fusionerer, hvilket gør det til en perfekt tilføjelse til den olympiske familie.

I takt med at Breaking sneaker sig ind på den olympiske scene, har den også tiltrukket sig en ung og mangfoldig tilskuerbase. Omkring 2020, da skateboarding og surfing blev medtaget som olympiske sportsgrene, ved mange nu, at Breaking er mere end blot en danseform; det er en bevægelse, der forbinder generationer og kulturer. Det vil sige, at når breaking spiller, vil det ikke kun være et spørgsmål om bevægelser, men også om social accept og en fejring af livets rytmer.

Da ol-lysene skinner på Breaking i 2024, er det vigtigt at huske, at ikke alt går glat. Selvom sporten gør sin debut nu, vil den ikke være en del af de kommende OL i Los Angeles i 2028, hvilket sætter spørgsmålstegn ved dens fremtid. Alligevel, ved den kommende premiere i Paris forventes et show, hvor selv Snoop Dogg vil gøre sit indtog og give den gas med sit team! Breaking har overvundet utallige udfordringer, og med sin Olympiade vil det tiltrække nye dansere og fans fra hele verden.

Vidste du, at Breaking også indeholder elementer fra forskellige danseformer såsom hip-hop, jazz, og endda ligesom kampsport? Det er ikke kun en danseform, men en hel kultur, hvor hver bevægelse fortæller en historie. I takt med at Breaking danser ind i OL-historien, ser vi også en ekseptionel mulighed for, at verden kan forstå og værdsætte dansens magi som en sport.

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Paris Olympics 2024: Breaking Debut Takes To The Stage (Olympics)

Get ready for DJ decks, dizzy footwork and breaking-records. Yes, records in breaking. The dance form is making its Olympic debut tomorrow, Friday 9 July at ...

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Is Breaking Breakdancing? A Guide to the 2024 Olympics Sport (Vulture)

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Everything you need to know for breaking's Olympic debut (Vox)

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From breaking to baseball, here are sports leaving, entering the ... (NBC Chicago)

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Breaking at 2024 Paris Olympics: No, it's not called breakdancing ... (USA TODAY)

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Breaking is set to make its Olympic debut Friday. Here's what to ... (11Alive.com WXIA)

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2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch Breaking, full schedule, where to ... (Yahoo Sports)

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Breaking loses out for LA Games, but Snoop and Team USA set for ... (AZCentral.com)

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Breaking makes its Olympic debut in 2024. Here's how it works. (The Washington Post)

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How to Watch Olympic Break Dancing Online for Free (Hollywood Reporter)

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Breaking is finally set to make its Olympic debut. How will the ... (NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ)

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Breaking makes Olympic debut, and here's how, when to watch (NBC Chicago)

A new sport will make its official debut in the Olympics on Friday, but fans had better watch because it may be their only shot to see it on the big stage.

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Judging Breaking At the Olympics Is an Art, Not a Science (WIRED)

Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport at the Paris Games. To get there, the breaking community had to figure a way to objectively judge the subjective, ...

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2024 Olympics live updates: U.S. women, men in relays, breaking ... (NBC News)

Quincy Wilson, who is still in high school and now becomes the youngest ever male track and field athlete to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games, opened the ...

Paris Olympics Day 14 Preview (Aug. 9): Benjamin, Warholm meet ... (NBC Olympics)

Each day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, NBC Olympics will run down all sports in action, highlighting major athletes and marquee events.

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Aug. 9 Olympics schedule: Breaking, golf, basketball - ESPN (ESPN)

On August 9th, Olympic fans can catch breaking, golf, and women's basketball, among other exciting events. Check out the Paris schedule now.

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How Will Breaking Be Scored at the 2024 Paris Olympics? Here's ... (The New York Times)

A panel of nine judges will apply Olympic rules to the dance form that originated as a free-flowing expression of hip-hop culture.

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From its beginnings in NYC to its Olympic debut. What to know about ... (NBC New York)

Breaking, more commonly known as breakdancing, is making its grand debut as an olympic sport in Paris. Here's what to know.

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Breaking joins the Paris 2024 Olympics: how does the scoring work? (Reuters)

Breaking is making a cameo appearance at the Paris Games, a decision made by Paris 2024 and in line with the International Olympic Committee's broader ...

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Meet Team USA's b-boys and b-girls breaking for gold at 2024 Paris ... (NBC Connecticut)

Meet Team USA's b-boys and b-girls competing in breaking at the 2024 Olympics in Paris - Sunny Choi, Logan Edra, Jeffrey Louis and Victor Montalvo.

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'Breaking', or breakdancing, debuts at the Olympics Friday. Here's ... (NBC Chicago)

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Olympic breaking: Style is key for the world's best breakers (The Associated Press)

The breaking, or breakdancing, competition begins Friday at the Paris Games with the b-girls battling each other in the dance form's Olympic debut.

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Olympic breaking underway, with b-girl India winning first battle in ... (ABC News)

B-girl India from the Netherlands beat refugee team member b-girl Talash in the first ever breaking battle at the Olympics, kicking off the women's ...

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Breaking at Olympics live updates: Sunny Choi, Logistx highlights ... (USA TODAY)

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Paris Olympics 2024 live updates: Breaking debuts; Sha'Carri ... (The Washington Post)

Follow here for the latest news, updates, results and highlights from the Paris Summer Olympics.

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Breakdancing, or breaking, is the newest Olympic sport. Here's how ... (FOX43.com)

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Breaking, aka breakdancing, is making its Olympics debut ... (Marketplace.org)

The dance form started in the Bronx in the 1970s. Now, breaking has made it to the biggest stage in sports — the Paris Olympics.

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Eight b-girls advance to quarterfinals in first-ever Olympics breaking ... (The Associated Press)

Both American b-girls in the Olympics' first breaking competition were eliminated in the first round, a blow to the country representing the birthplace of ...

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Breaking explodes onto Paris' La Concorde, exciting spectators in its ... (NBC News)

PARIS — Friday night was a “powerful moment for hip hop” and a “powerful moment for dance,” as one of the first-ever Olympic breaking hosts put it after ...

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Here's what to know about breaking's Olympics future; will it be on ... (NBC New York)

NBC Universal, Inc. U.S. breaker Sunny Choi, also known as B-girl Sunny, competes as the sport makes its Olympic debut in Paris.

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Will the Olympics break breakdancing? (NPR)

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