[Ask in the end] What kind of dance is the "Olympic" break dance?

Break dancing, also known as Breaking, is sometimes translated as "floor dancing" because of the classic move done on the ground. From leading the street culture trend to becoming an official Olympic sport, what exactly is break dancing?

One hand on the ground, instant power, body in the air, rapid spin. The young man who is breakdancing like a tornado, looking fast and free is 20-year-old Shang Xiaoyu. He was the only breakdancer in China to compete in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, competing with the world's best players and finally breaking into the top

Break dance originated in the 1960s and 1970s American hip hop culture, is a broad street dance, its signature action is the dancer with hands, head support body on the ground to do rapid rotation, tumbling and other actions,

was born at the beginning of the components of sports competition, and the street cheers are the basis for determining the outcome of the fight dance. In 1987, the American film "Break Dance" was released in China, carrying a tape recorder on the shoulder, walking "moonwalk", or "cleaning glass" against the air. However, these moves do not belong to break dancing.

Su Jie, Secretary General of the China Dancesport Federation: "The break dance in the movie is the predecessor of breaking dance in the present sense."

According to experts, the most obvious feature of break dancing is that athletes are no longer satisfied with the performance of music with the body, but the pursuit of discovering the limit of the human body in the rhythm, and Thomas, handstand rotation and other iconic actions.

【 Ask to the end 】 Why can break dance enter the Olympic Games?

Break dancing, as a competition event, made its debut at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, which also played an important role in promoting its official "entry into the Olympic Games". There are so many different types of hip-hop dance, why can break dance enter the Olympic Games?

China Sports Dance Federation Secretary General Su Jie: "break dance it is a very strong feature, is that it is very competitive, the form of competition generally in the form of fighting dance, that is, one on one we PK, the referee scoring standards are more clear, so it can first become the Olympic Games official competition."

In China, break dance has also become the only dance in the street dance competition of the second Youth Games held in 2019, and Chinese break dance has officially entered the preparation stage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Experts believe that dance presentation, music understanding, dance culture interpretation and innovation are likely to be the key points of breakdancing after entering the Olympics.

How to form a break dancing national team?

The reporter learned from the Chinese Dance Sports Federation that the establishment of the break dance national team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has been started, and talent selection has begun.

At the same time, the preparation selection plan has also entered the revision stage and is expected to be announced to the public in the first half of 2021. How to form a break dancing national team? In particular, people are very concerned about whether those break-dancing stars also have a chance to make the national team?

Su JIE, Secretary General of the China Dancesports Federation, said: "We decide who can be selected into our large talent pool based on a comprehensive level, not whether he is an entertainer or a person who is engaged in a certain profession. We base it on athletic performance."

According to reports, the formation of the break dance national team roughly to go through two steps, first in the whole society to widely select talents to establish a talent pool, and then through the competitive selection mechanism, the final determination of the national team candidates.

Su Jie, secretary-general of the China Dance Sports Federation, said: "Now the selection method has entered the revision stage, and then it will be reported to the relevant departments for review, and finally we will announce it to the whole society." The announcement will be made before the first half of next year.

Is break dancing suitable for everyone?

Are you excited that the door of the break dancing national team is open to the whole society? It is expected that many parents will be busy letting their children practice. Is break dancing suitable for everyone, and what should you pay attention to in this sport?

In the face of zero-based reporters, Shang Xiaoyu just selected a few of the simplest warm-up exercises, but the reporter still found it difficult to control.

Wang Hong, a professor at Beijing Sport University and a member of the "source News" expert database of the China Association for Science and Technology, said: "Many actions are really completely contrary to some concepts of traditional sports training,

and the risk of injury is very great." Some movements of flexibility, some movements of explosive power may be a damage to the child who is not growing well, to the development of his bones or to his ligaments,

such as damage to the lumbar spine. If children and young people want to do this kind of movement, you have to put the basic physical fitness and special physical training in place before you can rise to the technical training level."