Breakdancing, a type of hip hop dance that involves side steps, stunts, acrobatics and choreography to music, has been added as an Olympic sport for the 2024 games to be held in Paris.
The decision was confirmed today, December 7 by the International Olympic Committee, as it seeks to attract a younger audience to the competition.
In 2024, the dance-offs will take place at a downtown venue in the French capital, alongside sport climbing and 3v3 basketball.
After the IOC announcement, Ronnie Abaldonado, a competitive breakdancer since 2004 who won the 2007 Red Bull BC One World Final said “The biggest part is your stage presence and character and your rhythm, whether or not you’re really feeling it. People can hit the moves but if you’re not feeling what they’re doing then you just kind of look robotic and that’s what kind of separates it is a sport to it being an art form”