Breaking
Breaking first appeared in the Bronx in 1974. The term was invented by DJ Kool Herk: he called "b-boys" and "b-girls" the young people dancing to his percussion "breaks" at street parties in Cedar Park since 1974.
In the early 80s, the b-boys of the Rock Steady Crew breathed new life into b-boying, inventing many new moves and taking it to a new level. The dance was first introduced outside of New York City in the movie "Flashdance" in 1983, featuring breaking in one of the episodes.
Although breaking is diverse in the number of variations available in the dance, it mainly consists of four types of moves: Toprock, Footwork, Power Moves, and Freezes. Breaking is usually performed to music containing drum breaks (drum solos), especially in hip-hop music, funk, soul and breakbeat, although modern trends allow a much wider variety of music within certain tempo and rhythm ranges.
Breaking is becoming more sophisticated, interesting and popular these days.
Breaking has been included in the program of the 2024 Olympic Games to be held in Paris.
In season [7] the Breaking direction is divided into three categories: "Breaking 1×1", "Toprock 1×1" and "Footwork 1×1".
During the registration phase, the participant shoots and posts a video with an intro and outro to the participant's social media with the hashtags #KARDO, #KARDO7 the video is uploaded to the Personal account as a link to the video uploaded to the cloud disk, as well as a link to an open source in free access (link to the video in the participant's social media)). The link to the disk must be active and the link to the video posted in social media must be available until the end of the Award-Competition. The required material in the form of outros and intros each participant can find in the form of files in the section Resources. This insert is mandatory.
Online selection criteria, tasks and evaluation system for the contest "Competitions"
"Тoprock 1х1": Make a video to any music from 45 seconds to 1 minute in given style.
"Footwork 1×1": Make a video to any music from 45 seconds to 1 minute in given style.
"Breaking 1x1" category for b-boys and b-girls: Make a video to any music from 45 seconds to 1 minute in given style.
Important for all three categories: the video should be unedited in vertical format and without overlaying the music track.
Evaluation criteria
| "Toprock 1×1" | "Footwork 1×1" | "Breaking 1×1" |
| 1. Technique. | 1. Technique. | 1. Technique. |
| 2. Form. | 2. Originality and creativity. | 2. Musicality. |
| 3. Style. | 3. Musicality. | 3. Originality and creativity. |
| 4. Originality and creativity. | 4. Flow. | 4. Complexity. |
| 5. Musicality. | 5. Dynamics. | 5. Image and presentation. |
Each of the criteria is evaluated from 0 to 10 points.
The Expert Council reviews and evaluates the participants' videos, as a result, the list of those who passed to the next stage is published on the official website of the project. For this direction: category "Breaking 1×1" — TOP-24, category "Toprock 1×1" — TOP-24, category "Footwork 1×1" — ТОП-24, in each category.
Those who passed the first qualifying stage will receive a creative task and selection criteria for the next stage in their personal account on the project website, as well as duplicated to the email specified by the participant during registration. According to the results of the next stage are selected: category "Breaking 1×1" — TOP-3, category "Toprock 1×1" — TOP-3, category "Footwork 1×1" — TOP-3, in each category.
Participants who have successfully passed the qualifying stages of the contests shall receive certificates of contest participants in electronic form. Participants of the in-person stage of the project (Grand Final) shall receive diplomas of prize-winners (Finalists) and Winners of the Contest in hard copy.
Prizes and Awards:
"Breaking 1×1": 1st place - 50,000 (fifty thousand) RUB; 2nd place - 20,000 (twenty thousand) RUB; 3rd place - 10,000 (ten thousand) RUB; 4th place - 5,000 (five thousand) RUB.
"Toprock 1×1": 1st place - 50,000 (fifty thousand) RUB; 2nd place - 20,000 (twenty thousand) RUB; 3rd place - 10,000 (ten thousand) RUB; 4th place - 5,000 (five thousand) RUB.
"Footwork 1×1": 1st place - 50,000 (fifty thousand) RUB; 2nd place - 20,000 (twenty thousand) RUB; 3rd place - 10,000 (ten thousand) RUB; 4th place - 5,000 (five thousand) RUB.
"Special nominations" 45,000 (forty-five thousand) RUB.
Total prize fund of the direction is 300,000 RUB
More complete and detailed information can be found in "Regulation" in the section Documents.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE DIRECTION
Breaking is about creativity. In which everyone can find their own approach, depending on personal qualities, taste and wishes
Creation of your own movements. Relying on a pre-existing set of basic moves, the dancer can come up with his or her own moves, look and style
Implementation of one's own individuality. Based on your capabilities and preferences
Music is a key component. That brings people together on the dance floor where they can share experiences in the form of battles (dance battles) and jams (dancing in a circle)
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