The new Olympic sport, breaking, is scheduled to take place on August 9 and 10 in Paris, and the competitors in both the B-Boy (Men’s) and B-Girl (Women’s) events are locked in. While any of the 16 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jason Pu is a researcher and a b-boy/breaker covering hip hop dance Nov 30, 2025, 06:09pm EST Australia's Jeffrey Dan Arpie Dunne, ...

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 ...

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has named Australia's viral Olympic breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn as the No. 1 B-Girl in the world. Sure, why not. Raygun rose to international notoriety ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are the first ones to feature an official breakdancing competition alongside the traditional events like gymnastics, track and field, and volleyball. A star was not born, but ...

No one expected breakdancing—the street dancing style that incorporates head spins and freeze moves—to ever become an Olympic sport. Even members of the World DanceSport Federation, the governing body ...

Breaking originated in Black and brown communities in the Bronx as an outlet amid tense gang rivalries in the 1970s. Early practitioners “had no escape from anything, so they wanted to dance it out ...

From the underground scene, to the Olympics’ world’s stage… Breakdance has always been a staple in Hip Hop culture. That’s why The Chicago Dance History Project is partnering with Nexus Performing ...