The shaanxi national games break dance project officially opened today, which is the first time that the break dance project has entered the "Olympic family" and represents the highest level of comprehensive games in China. At the same time, it also attracted nearly 100 breakdancing athletes from all over the country – the first gathering of the country's top breakdancing lineup.
The two "firsts", representing the sport form of dance, have officially broken the wall, gone out of the circle, and begun to show the new value of pursuing competitive victory and national fitness.
It's good to look at, but I don't know how to look at it
What does breakdancing look like? What are the judging criteria? As early as the eve of the National Games, many mainstream media have done such "science popularization".
Interpret the rules of qualifiers and round-robin tournaments; explain the six scoring criteria such as skill, diversity, and performance... To be honest, most articles are just dragonflies, which makes people half-aware.
Indeed, even a veteran sports journalist will take a certain amount of time to learn in the face of such a new thing.
The reporter specially interviewed a contestant before the game, wanting to do a "homework", but a few words listened to it, it was a bit confusing, "Breaking is a kind of technical street dance based on personal style, a large number of elements and movements from Different sports and art forms such as Capoeira (Brazilian war dance), gymnastics, Chinese martial arts (from Hong Kong Shaw films) and other different sports and art forms have formed today's Breaking, which is divided into TopRock (rock step), Footwork ( Leg movements), Freeze (freeze frame in the air), Power Move (overall movement) four major contents..."
It takes time to adapt, of course, not just the media. The competition includes two minor events, men's break dancing and women's break dance, which are divided into two major stages: qualifying and final, and the competition lasts for two days. This afternoon, the athletes of the delegations competed in the form of 1V1 and used the Breakdancing Scoring System of the China Dance Sport Federation to score the overall performance of the athletes. After the competition, the reporter interviewed several spectators who watched the event through the Internet, most of them praised the participants for the difficulty of dance movements, the skill of the hands, the exquisite choreography of the movements, but after the praise, they were a little confused, "To be honest, it is like watching street dance, you want to say from the perspective of competitive sports, I don't know how to say good." "That's what a veteran sports fan said.
This is a milestone moment for Chinese dancers
Although I don't quite understand it, the reporter is very resonant with a sentence said by the dancers, "Break dance into the Olympics, let us dancers, from now on have a better platform, and a greater goal in life!" ”
In fact, break dancing is not easy, and through the efforts of many dancers, the World Dancesport Federation (WDSF) has been able to realize its long-term vision of linking dance art with competitive sports. Dancesport organizations at all levels have been committed to promoting dance as a form of movement in their daily lives, promoting them to people's leisure and entertainment, while also actively promoting the acceptance of certain social or popular dance genres into the Olympic Games. Such a fusion is to promote dance and dancers to be understood and concerned by larger social groups.
But not all dancers approve of such a circle-breaking attempt. Since the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, the hip-hop group that has always looked at itself with dance and artistic concepts has issued a variety of feedback voices, including doubts.
But this time the unprecedented fusion has been irreversible.
On April 26 this year, the State General Administration of Sport issued the "Competition Regulations for Breakdancing Projects of the 14th National Games", which determined that the 14th National Games would add break dance events. Break dancing into the whole luck is a very logical and very necessary thing. As the largest comprehensive sports event in China, with the largest number of participants, the highest level of competition and the widest social concern, there is no more suitable as a starting point and opportunity than the National Games, for which the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Paris Olympic Games will cultivate reserve forces and select talents, and lay a solid foundation for the development of China's break dance industry.
This can be said to be a historic moment in Chinese sports, and it is also a milestone moment for Chinese dancers.
The premise of integration is mutual respect
IOC President Bach once said: "Break dancing is a real way of expression. The audience can strongly feel the personalized expression and performance of the athletes. Breakdancing not only conveys a sporty atmosphere, but more importantly, it allows the audience to see the self-expression of "you". ”
Just as many people can't understand what Bach said, it takes time for traditional sports fans to embrace and recognize breakdancing. The difficulty lies in integration. Mutual respect for sports and dance is the premise of this integration, and respect is reflected in mutual communication and mutual understanding.
In any case, these young dancers who have always been unrestrained and brave in expressing their personalities are working hard towards the goals of the Olympic Games under the development concept of a sports power of "national fitness and the Olympics". It has become their mission and responsibility to show the most beautiful and impactful side of dance to all Chinese; to show the style of Chinese dancers to the world.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Yao Qinyi
Source: Author: Yao Qinyi