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New York – 13 November 2022
1. Wide of Logan Edra ("b-girl Logistx") battling on stage at the Red Bull BC One Competition
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"I’ve been breaking for over 12 years. I started when I was 8. I didn’t know that it would go this far."
3. Close of Edra’s feet as she competes on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"And many may not know, but breaking is one of the four main elements of hip-hop and to be able to represent that on the Olympic platform, for me, I think it could change the world, because I truly believe that hip-hop changes lives."
5. Edra competing on stage
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"I think that this is a really dope spark for the community, for the scene, to expand more globally and expand the visibility."
7. Edra competing on stage
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"I hope there’s kids that see breaking in the Olympics and go, ‘I want to try that.’"
9. Wide of Edra competing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker, speaking about the basic moves of breaking:
"It’s ‘footwork, toprock, power move, freezes.’ So with those four aspects of the dance, we have to learn all of them. But I think the empowerment of women within breaking comes into play when we can really use our creativity."
11. Close of Edra competing on stage
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"Peace, love, unity and having fun… I’ll say it a million times, if I have to."
13. Mid of Victor Montalvo ("b-boy Victor") competing on stage
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"I’m like, really excited to represent a whole country, but I’m more excited to represent my dance, my art form and I’m super excited to bring like the hip hop culture to the Olympics because we’re going to bring something new to the table, we’re going to bring a vibe, we’re going to bring that peace, love, unity and having fun."
15. Montalvo competing on stage
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"No, there is a lot of pressure, because this is like, our first Olympics and we want to show breaking at its best ability and for me, I’m just trying to make sure that I enjoy the moment. I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself."
17. Montalvo winning men’s Red Bull BC One Championship
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"From this, from us being in the Olympics, it’s going to grow. It’s going to grow, there’s going to be a new generation of kids that are going to want to do it."
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New York – 21 June 2021
19. Montalvo breaking, or breakdancing, in front of mural
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New York – 13 November 2022
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"Yeah, this is like a beautiful art form. You don’t need anything, you don’t need money, you just need a dance floor, that’s it. A dance floor and just yourself, your body and self expression."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 21 June 2021
21. Montalvo breaking in front of mural
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 13 November 2022
22. Sunny Choi, "b-girl Sunny", a member of Team USA for breaking at the Olympics, breaks onstage
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Shanghai, China – 19 May 2024
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