“I want to spin on my head!” Grant DeGroot, of Mount Prospect, exclaims. One among dozens enrolled in something called The Breaking Program, he’s about to learn moves from backspins to box steps.

As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known ...

Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is hanging up her breakdancing shoes. The Australian competitive bgirl shared that her professional breaking career is over after receiving criticism over her 2024 Paris Olympics ...

NEW YORK - The 2024 Olympics being held in Paris added a few events this time around. One notable addition is breakdancing. According to the World DanceSport Federation, breakdancing or "breaking" is ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Ryan, 10, and Precious, 11, are some of the children I met at Dance Studio Manchester, who were taking part in a breaking workshop. “It’s just ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are nearly a week into action, with dozens of countries tallying Olympic medals in numerous events as the Games are in full swing. While many athletes are already well into ...

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 around the ...

HOUSTON (KXAN) — From the streets of New York City to the Olympics, breakdancing will debut as a sport at the Paris 2024 Summer Games. With the freestyling, footwork head spins and countless other ...

WATCH THE B GIRLS COMPETE FOR AN OLYMPIC MEDAL. I FEEL LIKE WE’RE BEING SEEN THAT HIP HOP IS BEING RECOGNIZED ON THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE. FOR B GIRLS COMPETING IN THE BREAKDANCING SEMIFINALS AND ...

As hip-hop turns 50 on Friday, one of its pillars, breakdancing, was on display last weekend in Phoenix at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship. The event featured 3,000 dancers from at least 37 ...