In Gaza, some Palestinian children find respite and catharsis in breakdancing

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — As the music comes on in a Gaza refugee camp, a group of boys and girls start showing off ...

Children in Gaza find relief from war trauma through breakdancing

Breakdance is helping Palestinian children in Gaza cope with the trauma of war. In the Nuseirat refugee camp, boys and girls ...
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Breakdancing takes center stage for the first time at the Paris Olympics

Breakdancing is making its professional debut at the Olympics this year.This style of dance is known as "breaking," and has been a competitive form of street performance for decades. The local dance ...
Los Angeles Times

Break dancing fostered Black and brown unity. Some of its pioneers worry of erasure

NEW YORK — Emceeing, DJing, graffiti, knowledge and break dancing. These are the five elements of one of the most popular and controversial genres that has influenced generations of young artists ...
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The Beat Won’t Stop: How Breakdancing Helps Gaza’s Kids Resist Despair

PARIS — I recently came across a surprising video filmed in Gaza City: In a dusty alley framed by crumbling stone walls and frayed electric cables, a boy drops to the ground — not to hide, not to ...
The Daily Princetonian

The hype and family behind Sympoh

On a bustling Friday night, I was surrounded by an intoxicating energy in Frist Theatre, where Sympoh, Princeton’s only B-Boy/B-Girl (break-boy/break-girl) crew, was performing. A rumbling current of ...
The Conversation

Break dancing used to pride itself on inclusivity – so why is it in the Olympic Games but not the Paralympics?

Break dancing has at last made it to the Olympic Games. This acceptance by the most exclusive of sporting institutions has been a long time in the making. Break dance promoters first mooted its ...
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This Boston breakdance crew is a generational endeavor

AND DAVID BOWIE TEAMED UP TO RELEASE UNDER PRESSURE. THE SONG WOULD MAKE A COMEBACK IN 1990 AS THE SAMPLE UNDER VANILLA ICE’S HIT SONG, ICE ICE BABY, LOCALLY, 1981 WAS MARKED BY THE FOUNDING OF THE ...