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 coaching.
Dancers and dance followers all over the world 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 consists of two occasions: one for b-boys, one for b-girls.
The ladies will compete first, on August 9, with preliminary battles working from 10 am to 12 pm ET and the ultimate occurring later the identical day, 2 pm to 4 pm ET.
The boys will comply with 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 also be house 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 may also be featured in NBC’s primetime Olympic protection at 8 pm ET on August ninth and tenth.
Who to Watch
The 4 Staff USA breakers are Sunny Choi, Logan “Logistix” Edra, Jeffrey “Jeffro” Louis, and Victor Montalvo. Learn Dance Journal‘s July/August cowl story to seek 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, through 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 based mostly on 5 standards: execution, approach, originality, musicality, and vocabulary. Be taught extra concerning the competitors construction and scoring right here.