The following dancers are qualified for the Olympic Games:B-Boys1 place from the WDSF World Championship- USA Victor (@ 2023 WDSF World Breaking Championship - Leuven - Belgium)5 places in the Continental Qualifications- MAR Billy (@ African Championship - Rabat - Morocco)- FRA Dany Dann (@ European Games - Nowy Sącz - Poland)- JPN Shigekix (@ Asian Games - Hangzhou - China)- AUS J-Attack (@ Oceania Breaking Championships - Sydney - Australia)- CAN Phil Wizard (@ Pan American Games - Santiago 2...
Anton Bruckner Private University is pleased to announce a new honorary professor: On April 2, 2023, Governor Mag. Thomas Stelzer and Rector Martin Rummel appointed internationally renowned choreographer Niels Robitzky as an honorary professor at Anton Bruckner Private University. As part of the ceremony, the graduates of the Urban Dance Styles course also received their certificates.ABPU awards honorary professorships to personalities from the arts or sciences who are particularly connected to ...
We care about agreeing with others. Conformity is deeply rooted in our psychology. We have to make sure we are not getting kicked out of our tribe. Now, let me present you show you a video of the "Solomon Asch experiment", which reveals very clearly why judges should not see the individual assessments of their colleagues in dance Battles.
Today's dance world is full with contests. The ecosystem of Street dances including Breaking looked completely different just a few years ago. Nevertheless we need to acknowledge that the competition world is still young and fragile.Some soft drink companies, the biggest sports brands and even the Olympic games have our attention now. The reason for the interest is clear. Battles of greatly skilled performers create great spectacles. We live in a current hype in which for example some of the bes...
When humans compete against each other by challenging their physical and tactical skills in play and involve physical exertion, we call it a sport.Thus, when we look at the art form of Breaking and we produce a Battle environment to present it, it has all the characteristics a sport has.By no way am I saying that the art form of Breaking is a sport alone. It is so much more and that's one of the reasons why I like this dance so much. After all I would say that I live a Breaking Lifestyle, since ...
In performative Sports like Snowboarding and Skateboarding and also in Gymnastics, they have something I call an "in-between trick time". These moments are rather trivial in meaning. Before the next "trick" it perfectly allows getting into deeper concentration for the athlete's next move. It helps the judges to focus on what's coming up. After a trick, the moment can be used for a deeper analysis of what the athlete has done.It is a fallacy to think we have the same case in Breaking. Here these ...
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