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Breakdancing originated on the 11th of August 1973 at a back-to-school party in the basement of an apartment building on 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, hosted the event that transformed drum breaks into the foundation of the dance.
Jimmy Dee and Jimmy Lee formed the Rock Steady Crew in the late 1970s to keep the dance alive as original practitioners aged out. The crew was later passed down to Richard Crazy Legs Colon, who expanded it by battling other crews in Manhattan.
Breaking is built upon four primary elements: toprock, footwork, power moves, and freezes. Toprock refers to steps performed from a standing position, footwork describes movement on the floor, power moves are acrobatic feats, and freezes are stylish poses that suspend the dancer off the ground.
Breaking debuted as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with 16 male and 16 female breakers competing. Ami Yuasa won the gold medal for Japan in the women's event, and Philip Kim took home gold for Canada in the men's event.
Japan produced the first female Olympic gold medalist in breakdancing when Ami Yuasa won the women's event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She had previously become the first female champion of the Red Bull BC One competition in 2018.