French breakers set the scene for Paris 2024 Olympic Games | Breaking Life

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France is a cultural melting pot. It’s also one of the biggest countries for Breaking with more than a thousand battles every year and some of the greatest international competitions. It’s also in Paris 2024 that Breaking will make its Olympic debut.
Dany Dann came to France from French Guyana to pursue a life in dance. Now, he juggles early morning shifts as a nurse, daily training and being a father - always with an eye on the next battle. Now reigning national champion, he trains with French national team members B-Girl Carlota and B-Boy Marlone for the WDSF World Breaking Championship in Paris.
Discover the world of breaking through the eyes of five young dancers practicing this new Olympic sport around the globe. What does it mean to be a B-Girl or a B-Boy today? What challenges do they overcome and what does it take to be an athlete in this emerging art form that is evolving from the streets onto the world’s biggest stage: oly.ch/Breakin...
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[@erasmus763]

Rip Tonio , bless Dany

[@namwkim85]

👍Dany Dann, one of my favorite B-boy!

[@Zellboy91]

I don't see why some people don't think of breakdancing as a sport. It's fast-paced, competitive, requires training (as you see, they go through body training and work on sets, just like any other sport,) features crowd involvement for hype, just like a lot of other sports do, and is friendly. The main word here is competitive. I absolutely love the idea of breaking being featured in the Olympics, and will be tuning in for sure!

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

_"It's fast-paced, competitive, requires training (as you see, they go through body training and work on sets, just like any other sport,) features crowd involvement for hype, just like a lot of other sports do, and is friendly."_ You mean, like Rubik's cube solving, playing a cello, juggling, unicycling, typewriting, running away from crocodiles, being a clown, mime, and 7 million other things? Get outta here!

[@happy_trucker]

@@Zellboy91 because it’s not a sport. Have you seen any “breakdancing” training center near you ? Is an apple a fruit or a vegetable?

[@Zellboy91]

@@happy_trucker Since you asked, I know of one in Denver, yes, actually. The Bboy Factory.

[@matthewd6306]

Because it's subjective. There's no Subjectivity in the 100m race, the marathon, tennis, or Soccer.

[@sebastiandelfinbarcelo1061]

Yet many other sports are still in ways subjective, any artistic sport has some criteria which attempts to make it objective but at the end it's still up for interpretation. A 100m is objective in the sense that everyone knows who wons a race, but you'd be able to get dofferent resulfs with the same people at different types, and in breaking you too compete to show of many many skills to top your opponent, and while it's more complicated, it's able to be judged​@@matthewd6306

[@pandorax93292]

Le seul sport que je vais regarder au JO !

[@johnbattle7518]

US has no culture this video just proves it

[@Sewingcatlady]

Bronx stand up! It’s amazing seeing one of the pillars of hip hop on the global stage!!!

[@mako4874]

the french support the arts like no other nation- other than maybe korea. and as such = produce amazing dancers.

[@rangeetganguly6010]

Dearly waiting for Indian Hip-Hoppers and groups to win in Olympics for India

[@francisnguyen6349]

Great Break Dancers.

[@dablaqueguy]

In no particular order: USA, France, S. Korea

[@jamesaaronmanarang]

Love it!!

[@PabloIzurieta]

You dropped karate for this!???

[@grimreaper1366]

@Pablozurieta lmao whos watching karate bahahahashah

[@sweetprincess5206]

@@grimreaper136655k practicantes al menos.

[@erasmus763]

@@grimreaper1366 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@christo6068]

WHY I CAN NOT WATCH FROM GERMANY???

[@Vincent-xe7jr]

Breakdancing a sport? Since when

[@jimmytwotone386]

we break over here in canada....

[@oscarestivencarabalyherrer1279]

I wish for compeeting the Olympic Games for Breadancing today!

[@goranhikl1180]

The Ancient Greek would be so happy

[@leroyleroy100]

Olympics is about athletisism and competition.. who runs 100meters the fastest is the fastest runner in the world. It's measureable by a number which makes it a sport. Bboying is also about athletisism and competition. But it's Not measureable by numbers. It's more about preference.

[@ghujdvbts]

There are many events at the Olympics now that base competition on multiple, somewhat relative metrics. I understand your preference, but such events existed also during ancient times, where different forms of artistry and aesthetics were appreciated and reality wasn’t experienced only through quantifiable metrics. I think the biggest controversy is around framing and limiting these very expressive sports into olympic incentives - it will definitely cause a divide inside some of these sports, such as skatebording. Personally however, I’d much rather enjoy Olympic games that show human physical feats in all varieties, as long as the sports themselves have an inherent competetive element to them. Breakdance does, no question.

[@leroyleroy100]

@@ghujdvbts that's fair enough. I truely respect the competitive aspect and know what it takes to perform high peak yet i still prefer to see it as an expressive artform with no boundaries.. like painting. So should there be a discipline for painters? Not here to discredit breaking at all ..if someone can get olymic gold then go get it! They deserve all the light and attention because many of these dancers went a long way.

[@herreragonza5891]

Can't wait to see the mime event

[@FoodNerds]

It will a silent stunning winner! 😂

[@amoney7590]

Woooow!

[@BBoyWize]

rip Tonio!

[@eric209]

Dope.

[@dj_alcatrazz]

🔥🔥🔥

[@faiththomas1749]

Unless you have lived it you can’t say it’s not a sport ,as someone who grew up in hop hop culture in Los Angeles California it’s a sport you wanna talk about a sport that’s not a sport , let me introduce you to GOLF , it’s a glorified game , you can’t get hit or injured, it breakdancing you are LITERALLY CONTORTING UR BODY TO UNIMAGINABLE LENGTHS OF INJURY

[@petesmart1983]

Golf has appeared in 3 Olympics it's hardly a Olympics sport. Breakdancing is dancing it's in the name, what's next ballet dancing and ballrooms

[@jamesfeww]

By that logic ice skating and synchronized swimming should be removed from the Olympics because there just dancing.

[@OwMeEd]

Golf has clearly defined goals, which can be measured and compared objectively to determine who is the best. It is much more of a sport than breakdancing.

[@ElliottTremblay-Ross]

@@petesmart1983 It's actually called breaking. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@matthewd6306]

Golf is not a subjective sport. Break dancing is subjective. Its not a sport, not even close.

[@Rickfier]

I can't wait for the cheerleading Olympics

[@syc9675]

Same

[@petesmart1983]

Be in before Russia are in

[@FoodNerds]

I was a cheerleader and a gymnast and cheer was very tough!

[@FoodNerds]

@@petesmart1983😂😂😂😂

[@younoskife]

B-boys Morocco 🇲🇦 best the world

[@erasmus763]

MDR khouya

[@GTAPETROLEUM]

❤️

[@ugocarlos6995]

I can't wait till Spades and Dominoes goes to the Olympics. The strength it takes to slam the table, the courage to table talk, is just next level

[@FoodNerds]

And chess ♟️

[@iluailua1964]

Самое лучшее время, это батл в Германии. Ни Франция, не Америка не сравнится!! Boty!

[@yves6392]

Cette discipline est entrée aux JO mais le karaté,non absurde

[@bangkokequaldrift]

If I can still smoke 420 and represent breakdancing for Thailand. Many people have to take drug tests for Paris 2024.

[@NaungNaung-w6h]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kamau506]

Silver medalist

[@УланбекКуатбекович]

🇰🇿🔥 Амир

[@StinkySundae]

RIp hong 10 only if he's was younger

[@NitinKumar-jx1gh]

Lifestyle

[@danielwagner7473]

Gaystyle

[@herreragonza5891]

Gangnam style!

[@Winnifred-i1p]

Davis Sharon Young Joseph Perez Kevin

[@parlaybot]

Shoulda been pac pac over danny. Sad 😞

[@chipmuckmusic217]

Break dance practice, KZbin

[@쒸익쒸익]

😀😀👍👍👍

[@zaouchristian7060]

Salut je me rends compte que beaucoup d'animateur français de danse urbaine ne connaissent que la culture hip hop maghrébine le break dance est pratique dans toutes l'Afrique pour tant l'Afrique du Sud organise souvent des séries de rencontre de break dance

[@arutmalincyan2934]

❤️❤️👌👏😊👍☀️🔥🎉

[@PahadiMard]

Olympic 😅

[@whebert7168]

Vamo😅😂🇺🇸🇯🇲

[@TroyBrownTV]

5:00 they trying to make france blacker

[@matthewd6306]

Destroying Western Civilization.

[@mohamedpedrou2898]

That's not a sport

[@jersey282]

@Chemya I think what @Mike Kush meant was, these guys seemed way too nice, respectful and talented to be French. 😃

[@petesmart1983]

@@jersey282 nope he ment cause there black

[@sylerP]

how could be dance not a sport ? People like u cant even touch ur feet but talkin about sport. Its one of the hardest sports of the world u dog

[@reacespeaces2]

The mascot of the Paris olympics is going to be a human sized bed bug.

[@김수진-g9k4t]

ReADYACTION

[@GamerKru1996]

Why are they adding this to the Olympics? It's not even a sport.

[@petesmart1983]

Next Olympics after will be ballet and tap dancing

[@happy_trucker]

It’s nice but it should not be in the Olympics as it’s not a sport.

[@pauladams1211]

So like synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics

[@loganbelmont3556]

Que sigue, concursos de tomar cerveza y comer hotdogs?

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Europe is phucked

[@thekid2072]

This is shouldn’t be replacing baseball I like it but baseball isn’t worth being replaced by this

[@katiemassey9847]

Baseball will only be played when the Olympics is in certain countries (USA, Canada, Japan, etc). It only came back in 2020 because Japan plays baseball and there would have been an audience for it. Europeans don't play or watch baseball whatsoever, so there's no point in hosting baseball. Don't worry, though, baseball will be back when USA host the Olympics in a few years time.

[@petesmart1983]

@@katiemassey9847 baseball is pointless as breakdancing but least it's a sport

[@unhappygilmore7129]

Not enough countries play baseball.

[@petesmart1983]

So dancing is in the Olympics to try and be cool? How about take the doping out etc and make it accessible to more. When's ballroom.dancing in the Olympics?

[@crashcrew673]

respect dany Dann. rip tonio.

[@traviis_04]

🔥🔥🔥

[@rubengutierrez5102]

It's more to this than just breakdancing. This is hip-hop! B-boying, B-girling, MCing, DJing, Beatboxing, and Graffiti art. Your crew has to have a fly style about them as a whole. You've got to have an entire crew in this culture, yo!

[@kendalgee5808]

The whole 5 elements of hip hop was a TV segment and that term caught traction. The average person in 2023 who listens to hip hop does not Break Dance. Very few beat boxers or graffiti artist i know in 2023 in LA. In 1993 I knew a couple. Crew battles are dum. Cuz i used to be the power head hitting handcuffs and nutcrackers, but was not a well balanced bboy.

[@ADanielle18]

Facks from Bed Stuy Brooklyn NY

[@anansi6344]

stop talking like that

[@CallMeOpia]

you sound dumb. its about dancing.

[@TheMassivemuscles]

You were able to type that with a straight face? This is idiotic! Its not a sport!

[@natalieshilariouscritters5580]

This is what we want to see

[@misterjahi]

Look at the global reach of Hip Hop culture. This was great. Salute to all the B Boys and B Girls worldwide.

[@masterchief5437]

You too!

[@luvsilly60]

Started in the 1980s. In America.

[@IAmAlmightyGod]

​@@luvsilly60Started in the black Americans community

[@asznee5997]

Bboying is not a sport, its an art, culture, lifestyle and it doesnt belong here, it belongs to the streets, clubs and competitions like redbull bc one, but not on the stage for the olympics... telling like someone who grew up as an bboy for 11 years. My honest opinion

[@toressm]

Excuse me... I just wanted to ask a question. What about Baseball?

[@sarahok6589]

that will be at the LA 2028 games

[@natalieshilariouscritters5580]

These people are true athletes doing their gift

[@onedisasterattatime9116]

I guess you solved the abuse of the farmers just in time for the grift that is the Olympic games???? lol what a joke

[@姚树茂]

期待2024🤩

[@moniquearnaud8029]

Of course Breakdance is a sport, you need fullpower, strength and passion. I wish Danny all the best an for Olympics 2024, his best friend will help him from heaven.

[@mrinal8169]

But Chess is not

[@TheMassivemuscles]

Its not a sport! What is wrong with you people??

[@UchihabetterthanAot01]

What? Look breakdance is not a real Sport its a copy of every Sport arts Idk why olympia accepted breakdance The creator and Greek sportmen are disappointed

[@Zellboy91]

@@TheMassivemuscles Hmm... competitive, fast-paced, requires training, features crowd involvement... All elements of sports. Is it because it doesn't feature a ball that you don't think it's a sport?

[@aflorine2]

​@@UchihabetterthanAot01Actually know it's an African american form of street sanxe that originated in the Bronx decades ago and was was performs among black and Puerto Ricans . Untill you have scene movies like Breakin 1984 and Beat Street then come to me abiut what break dancing is until them you don't know anything about this art form and the history.

[@justmeandme1643]

arrêter de piapiater, les meilleurs se sont les coréen en 2vs2

[@papasou8932]

First comment

[@BBOYAXY]

🔥🔥🔥

[@kankeihatsu291]

I love your break dance it's really hyped

[@petrissmalga1993]

Agressive inlaine skaiting. 😂

[@MadFootCrew]

Брейкеры 🤦 Мне кажется надо чуть изучить вопрос, а не спрашивать Галину из второго подъезда о названиях или называть по наитию =)

[@devajanirabha545]

Is breaking aggressive? And if yes, then is it bad to be aggressive according to religion?

[@ehrenschopenhauer]

yes, breakdancing is a war-dance. and no, being aggressive isn't bad in most religion.

[@FoodNerds]

Why isn’t tap dancing 💃 in the Olympics? Seriously it is very hard!

[@natehill8069]

Square dancing as well.

[@FoodNerds]

When I was a gymnast I could do of this - self taught- but I was shocked how hard it was to learn the more difficult moves.

[@masterchief5437]

How did Tonio have a heart attack? Predisposed heart condition or vaccine side effects or both? He looks fit as.

[@riazshaikh8108]

According to ministry of labour,87 workers died so far after the start of construction. Bycott Olympics 2024

[@JonathanVCQ]

El BREAK dance ❌, no es un deporte, ojala no fumen, ni escuche hip hop todo el día, sería ridiculo

[@Daniel_k1]

Sem graça 😒😒😒😒

[@dannyeskalante4301]

BREAKDANCING forever!! Much love to all my BREAKERS..POPPERS.. LOCKERS..N FREESTYLERS all over the world!! Much love coming from East Las Vegas Nevada!!!

[@happy_trucker]

@@dannyeskalante4301 it’s not a sport it’s a hobby

[@brandon0099]

bè allora a sto punto è vero: "propongo il lancio dello stronzo!"

[@Slabouchlikglichlapouk]

C’est vraiment une honte que ce truc soit olympique…

[@richessery8475]

This is not a sport so why is it in the Olympics? Pointless millennial nonsense. The IOC should be ashamed.

[@flofly999]

do not come to my country, there are big problems of insecurity, police violence remember the champion final at the stadium of france and there is a risk of civil war during the event

[@GRbobkaina]

Clown

[@ragabello8144]

Ce n'est pas un sport ! Il y tellement de disciplines qui mériteraient beaucoup plus d'être présentes au programme des JO que ce " truc " .

[@benmeziani7390]

C'est peut être une danse, mais c'est également un sport

[@petesmart1983]

Dancing isnt a sport

[@moderatecanuck]

@@petesmart1983 I guess you think skateboarding is not a sport as well

[@Majeed23]

Pleure, j'aime bien, t'a la rage hein ? 😂😂

[@Luizfelipe-g8v]

This sport should never have entered the Olympics, The truth is that the IOC is tarnishing the image of the Olympics with this policy of including anything just to create media with a small group of people.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

Gross and maybe they want to keep people away with this slop. I just think 'fatherless kids' when I see this.

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

your biases are showing... 😉

[@linglingpho]

just be power moves only with no music