"Where are the audience friends?"
Yesterday, breakdancing, which became a competitive event for the Asian Games for the first time, officially started at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium.
In the small town of the 80s of the 20th century, many "motors" (one of the protagonists of the American movie "Breakdancing") appeared on the streets and alleys: frayed denim vests, leather gloves with exposed fingers, canvas shoes, which were their standard; If you can tie a floral headband and wear toad glasses, it is simply the embodiment of the trend.
After 40 years, breakdancing, the youthful memories of a generation, appeared on the Asian Games stage, rejuvenating new vitality.
The breakdancing competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games is divided into several stages, such as qualification round-robin, round-robin, elimination, semi-finals, bronze medal match, and gold medal match. On the stage, there are 2 DJs, 3 MCs (microphone shouters), and 9 judges.
The rules of the competition are that the DJ plays music randomly, and the athletes perform according to the music, and each person performs for no more than 60 seconds. The 9 judges will score the contestants based on their performance, including skill, diversity, performance, musicality, creativity, and personality.
In the qualifying round, every group of four players will play and advance to the next round according to the score. Starting from the round robin, the red and blue sides take turns performing in the venue, and each side completes one matchup, called round one.
Yesterday, the three MCs first came on the stage to sing a rap, which roughly means: "Hangzhou is a city with a long history, beautiful scenery, breakdancing will make its debut here, and top players from 13 countries and regions will take the stage." ”
This time, the Chinese National Breakdancing Team had 4 contestants: Shang Xiaoyu and Qi Xiangyu in the men's competition, and Liu Qingyi and Zeng Yingying in the women's competition.
1 minute, directly determine the winner or loser!
The first event of the day was the men's individual competition. The contestants took the stage in groups of 4, for a total of 6 groups. Shang Xiaoyu and Qi Xiangyu of the Chinese team played in Group 3 and Group 5 respectively.
After hearing the music, go sequentially to the circular area of the core of the stage for a 1-minute improvisational performance. Others stood on stage and waited. After the first person finished performing, the second person came on the stage. During the performance, the athlete can make any movement and interact with other athletes standing next to them.
After the men's 25-man competition, the women's individual qualification begins. Liu Qingyi and Zeng Yingying of the Chinese team played in Group 3 and Group 4 respectively.
After the first round of competition, Qi Xiangyu and Shang Xiaoyu ranked first and fourth respectively to advance to the men's round of 16. Liu Qingyi and Zeng Yingying finished third and fourth respectively to advance to the women's round of 16.
Immediately afterwards, the round robin begins. At present, all four have reached the quarter-finals and will continue to compete today to reach the top podium.
If you watched yesterday's game carefully, you will also find a major feature of breakdancing: on stage, the judges, DJs, and MCs are dressed uniformly, but the athletes are dressed in a variety of clothes - most of them are more dynamic, mainly sportswear and board shoes.
The breakdancing requirement for athletes' attire is: "No special equipment is required, but it is best to wear loose, elastic clothing." Therefore, breakdancing is probably the most decorated and varied competition on the stage of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Shang Xiaoyu
Solid technique, focusing on dance diversity and integrity; In 2018, he represented the Chinese team in the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires and was one of the first break dancers to represent the national team. Competing in the Asian Games, Shang Xiaoyu said that he will go all out: "The situation needs to be broken!" Miracles need to be created! ”
Shang Xiaoyu, who relied on hard work, won opportunities for himself. He said he has felt that breakdancing has slowly changed from a niche to a sport that is accepted by everyone.
Qi Xiangyu
Comes from a martial arts family, incorporating elements of martial arts in dance; At the age of 5 and a half, he began to practice martial arts with his father, and officially came into contact with street dance at the age of 8 and a half, participating in hundreds of large and small competitions along the way, winning more than 50 championships.
In the eyes of his father, Qi Xiangyu is a serious and dedicated child. In order to practice Thomas's move, he began to practice it in 2014, practicing 200 times a day, a total of more than 36,000 times. "In addition to the basic skills, I can't teach him music, and he will always listen to a song until he has thoroughly explored the melody and emotions."
Liu Qingyi
Born in 2005, likes ponytail, is very talented in breakdancing, and has a world-leading technical difficulty; He won two titles at this year's Olympic Points Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, and Montpellier, France, and silver at last year's World Championships in South Korea. At the Asian Games, she naturally incorporated Chinese elements into her dance movements, showing breakdancing with her own style Chinese.
"For the audience, street dance must be highly ornamental, free, personal, unrestrained, and very handsome. As a dancer, I was fascinated by the combination of moves as I wanted and turning them into my own unique ones. Liu Qingyi explained the charm of breakdancing in this way.
Zeng Yingying
Wenzhou Cangnan Lingxi people, with outstanding personal style; With good athletic talent, he was a hurdler and triple jumper in middle school, and was admitted to the Physical Education College of Ningbo University in 2012, and began to contact street dance under the influence of friends. Xu Qiang, the head teacher of the university, was deeply impressed by her: "Zeng Yingying is very diligent and self-motivated, likes street dance, and quickly stands out and becomes the 'queen of street dance' on campus. ”
At the beginning, she may not have imagined that street dance would become a way of life for many years to come, and would become another path to pursue the Asian Games dream and Olympic dream in her athlete's career. (Orange Persimmon Interactive Urban Express)