Breaking qualifiers for 2024 Paris Summer Olympics held in Montreal – Montreal | 24CA News
B-boys and B-girls from 30 totally different international locations internationally are in Montreal this weekend to battle it out for an opportunity to compete within the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Samuel Mass Cyr from Quebec is one in all them.
“I started dancing 15 years ago when I was 12 years and now I’m competing around the world and I’m stoked, I’m happy!” Mass Cyr mentioned.
Breaking, or breakdancing, will make its debut as an Olympic sport in Paris subsequent August.
The Montreal qualifier occasion is the largest Canada has ever hosted and the one one in North America.
Berenice Dupuis sees the occasion as a possibility for extra women to step into the game.
She’s been breaking for the previous 20 years – breakdancing in addition to breaking boundaries.
“It was very difficult at the beginning even to participate in the battles because it was mostly crews of men,” mentioned Dupuis, who’s also called B-Nice.
At the competitors, B-boys and B-girls are battling it out aspect by aspect as equals.
It was solely pure for Montreal to play host.
Breaking received its begin within the Seventies within the Bronx and Montreal’s proximity to the American metropolis facilitated publicity and finally, topped Montreal as Canada’s hub for breaking, creating its personal model.
“Canadian style is very dynamic, very creative and I would say very artistic,” mentioned Taiyo Seo, a coach for Team Canada.
Throughout the years, the phases have advanced. What began out on the streets will quickly blast onto the largest sports activities stage on this planet: the Olympics.
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will probably be internet hosting breaking as an official sport for the primary time.
Dvir Rozen travelled from Israel to guage the Montreal competitors. He has been a B-boy for 25 years.
“Now, a dancer, a B-girl a B-boy, can bring to their country a gold medal, this is unbelievable,” Rozen says.
More than touchdown a spot on the Olympic workforce, each Dupuis and Cyr say they’re anticipating the prospect to point out off Canadian expertise and to draw extra B-boys and B-girls to the rising crew.
“It can be a good exposure for my art and my discipline. I think it can be good for people to see it, for new kids to get into,” mentioned Cyr. “The more we are dancing, the more fun we’re going to have.”
The qualifiers will proceed at Place des Arts till Sunday.
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