All set for Cordillera Dancesport’s breakdancing contest

April 4, 2022 Provincial

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – It’s all set for the first Breaking Dance Competition here later this month. After staging a successful dance festival last year, the newly formalized Dancesport Cordillera, Inc. will stage breakdancing and all style competition on April 24 at the Benguet Sports Complex. DSCI, which is responsible for reviving the interest in dancesport in the region even during the pandemic, will hold the first face-to-face dance competition where local and national-breaking athletes will be invited.
It will have two categories, the closed for Cordilleran’s only and the open which will have six events, namely: 1 vs 1 – Bboy and B-girl for under 15, under 18 and adult, 2 vs 2 Bboy for open, 2 vs 2 B-girl for an open and open style that is open to all ages.
Cash prizes and certificates will be given to all winners. Meanwhile, vaccination is a must for all participants and the deadline for entry will be on
April 6.
“It will be a full day of face-to-face competition inviting local and national breaking athletes and dance enthusiasts,” said DSCI head Charibelle Pingawan.
The breakdancing tilt will be the first competition the newly formalized dance association will be organizing, although the second since the
successful 1st Cordillera Dance Festival Online last year which featured dancesport and was attended by other dance and dancesport groups in the country and other countries.
The April 30 DSCI competition is inspired by the announcement of the World DanceSport Federation that the sport will be included in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as mandated by the International Olympic Committee.
Pingawan said that breakdance will be the first dancesport discipline to appear in the Olympics Games, following its successful debut at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2018.
Breakdancing, breaking or B-boying, is described as an energetic form of dance, fashioned and popularized by African Americans and Latinos, that includes stylized footwork and athletic moves such as backspins or head spins that was founded in the 1970s.
It became popular in the 80s especially after it was featured in several Hollywood flicks among which was Breakin’ featuring the fictitious characters Ozone and Turbo.
Pingawan said that on the other hand, all-style is a style of dance where the dancer mixes any styles of dancing without any regard for the traditional boundaries or rules of the individual styles.
She said that details on the event categories and guidelines for the registration will be announced soon for all competitors and spectators.
Pingawan, meanwhile, is inviting interested members to join the group which is open to all interested students, athletes, coaches, trainers, teachers, parents, and dancesport enthusiasts from the different provinces and cities of the Cordillera.
Pingawan and wards, meanwhile, joined the Manila Dancesport Competition starting yesterday, April 2, and will run until April 3.
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