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Paris celebrates breakdancing as the sport makes its Olympic debut
euronews (in English)
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08/08/2024
The atmosphere heats up in Châtelet, a hotbed of hip-hop culture in Paris, which has prepared itself to celebrate the arrival of the dance at the Olympics.
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One half century after it first appeared on the streets of New York, breakdancing makes
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its Olympic debut this Friday in Paris.
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Before the start of the competition, the atmosphere heats up at Châtelet, a stronghold of Parisian
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hip-hop culture.
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It will allow us to highlight this discipline which is both surprising and very physical.
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Of course, there are movements that are super beautiful, but the most important thing for me is creativity.
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I think it's cool because we are spotted by breakdancing.
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Breakdancing is a sport, yes, but for me it's not just a sport, it's above all an art.
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For me, when you say sport, our culture is the same, but it's very good that we are in sport
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because it's a good, good promotion for the breaking.
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32 dancers will face each other in a duel this Friday and Saturday with one goal,
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the first Olympic gold medal in breakdancing.
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But is dance really a sport? Or is it an art?
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And besides, why do we dance all over the world?
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An exhibition called Dancez here in Paris asks these questions.
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Paris has also opened up an exhibition dedicated to breakdancing in celebration of the sport.
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This immersive exhibition invites children and adults through interactive zones.
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In all the exhibitions, what we can also see is that there are groups, families who come to participate, to dance,
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and in fact there is a link that is also created between groups, people who do not know each other,
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and all of a sudden it becomes unity, union, through dance.
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Three choreographers have imagined spaces that encourage creativity.
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Dance is really one of the first forms of expression that appeared at the same time as man.
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Dance appears in religious celebrations, it appears in entertainment, in this desire to celebrate.
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In the child, from birth, the motricity that comes into play,
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it is after when we grow up that there are inhibitions that come to set up a little.
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Invite a child from the age of four and you come to dance,
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The Dancez exhibition is on show in Paris until June 2026.
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