In only a few days, breaking will make its much-anticipated Olympic debut on the 2024 Paris Video games. 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete battle-style to sold-out stadium crowds, the end result of years of advocating, planning, and training.
Dancers and dance followers world wide are wanting to cheer on the breakers. However when and the place can these of us not fortunate sufficient to be in Paris watch them go for the gold?
When It’s Taking place
The Olympic competitors contains two occasions: one for b-boys, one for b-girls.
The ladies will compete first, on August 9, with preliminary battles operating from 10 am to 12 pm ET and the ultimate occurring later the identical day, 2 pm to 4 pm ET.
The boys will observe the identical schedule the subsequent day, August 10, with qualifiers from 10 am to 12 pm ET and the ultimate from 2 pm to 4 pm ET.
The place It’s Taking place
Breaking occasions shall be held proper within the coronary heart of Paris, on the Parc Urbain within the Place de la Concorde. The open-air stadium can be dwelling to the Olympic skateboarding, BMX freestyle, and three×3 basketball competitions.
The place to Watch
You’ll be able to stream all of the breaking occasions stay on Peacock. Breaking will even be featured in NBC’s primetime Olympic protection at 8 pm ET on August ninth and tenth.
Who to Watch
The 4 Workforce USA breakers are Sunny Choi, Logan “Logistix” Edra, Jeffrey “Jeffro” Louis, and Victor Montalvo. Learn Dance Journal‘s July/August cover story to search out out extra about their path to the Olympics.
What to Watch For
The dancers will begin by competing in one-on-one battles in a round-robin schedule. The highest eight will advance to a “knockout” stage, by which they’ll be seeded into brackets. Bracket winners will progress from quarterfinals to semifinals to finals, with the winner being awarded Olympic gold. Judges will rating dancers primarily based on 5 standards: execution, approach, originality, musicality, and vocabulary. Learn more about the competition structure and scoring here.
