A new sport for Paris 2024 2024巴黎奥运会新项目：霹雳舞
Have you heard of these dance moves? The lego leg? A clock blender? Helicopter? Don't worry. By the end of the summer, you may know all these words! Paris is preparing to host the Olympic and Paralympic games, and a new sport will be making its debut. Breaking is also known as breakdancing.
The dance sport is characterised by stylised footwork, acrobatic movements and freezing, where the B-boy or B-girl stops all movement, often upside down and balancing on one hand. From power moves like windmills and head spins, breakdancers really push the limits of physicality and creativity. It was in the streets of the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s that breaking emerged as a revolutionary dance form, deeply rooted in hip-hop culture. It's come a long way from there to the world stage in Paris.
Athletes from around the world will showcase their skills in one-on-one battles, where each dancer has 60 seconds to impress the judges with their improvisation and proficiency in six criteria: creativity, versatility, performance skills, personality, technique and musicality.
However, as breaking moves from a lifestyle to a competitive sport, some fear it risks losing its spontaneity and creativity. Thorsten Sufke, President of the Berlin Dance Sport Association, emphasises that breaking is an expression of urban culture, representing the raw energy of the streets, while B-Boy Carl Ferdinand Beccard expresses concerns that the Olympic format may suppress the artistic freedom of breaking, reducing it to a checklist of predefined moves. Whichever way you look at it, you can expect thrilling dance performances never before seen at an Olympics this summer
词汇表
breaking 霹雳舞
stylised 风格化的
acrobatic 杂技般的
freezing 定格动作
B-boy 男霹雳舞者
B-girl 女霹雳舞者
windmill “风车”动作
head spin 头转动作
push the limit 突破极限
root 在...扎根
hip-hop 嘻哈
showcase 展示
battle 对抗赛
improvisation 即兴表演
proficiency 水平，能力
versatility 多样性
musicality 音乐性
spontaneity 自发性
predefined 预先明确的，预先设定的
move 动作
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