PARIS — The last of 45 sports to begin here at the 2024 Olympics is something that many wouldn’t consider a sport at all: Breaking, popularly known as breakdancing, is all set for its Games debut. It ...

“I want to spin on my head!” Grant DeGroot, of Mount Prospect, exclaims. One among dozens enrolled in something called The Breaking Program, he’s about to learn moves from backspins to box steps.

As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known ...

NEW YORK - The 2024 Olympics being held in Paris added a few events this time around. One notable addition is breakdancing. According to the World DanceSport Federation, breakdancing or "breaking" is ...

Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is hanging up her breakdancing shoes. The Australian competitive bgirl shared that her professional breaking career is over after receiving criticism over her 2024 Paris Olympics ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Ryan, 10, and Precious, 11, are some of the children I met at Dance Studio Manchester, who were taking part in a breaking workshop. “It’s just ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are nearly a week into action, with dozens of countries tallying Olympic medals in numerous events as the Games are in full swing. While many athletes are already well into ...

WATCH THE B GIRLS COMPETE FOR AN OLYMPIC MEDAL. I FEEL LIKE WE’RE BEING SEEN THAT HIP HOP IS BEING RECOGNIZED ON THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE. FOR B GIRLS COMPETING IN THE BREAKDANCING SEMIFINALS AND ...

Ask any b-boy or b-girl in the world that name the moment that changed everything, someone says in the Andscape documentary “Breakin’ on the One,” and they’ll cite the battle at Lincoln Center that ...

NEW YORK — Emceeing, DJing, graffiti, knowledge and break dancing. These are the five elements of one of the most popular and controversial genres that has influenced generations of young artists ...