ZOOM : BREAKING ✨
The Breaking discipline is back this year at FISE Montpellier!
Find out more about this year's Breaking competition 👇
BREAKING INTERNATIONAL BATTLE BY SAMSUNG
Created in the Bronx in the 70s, Breaking combines body movements and music. Gestural harmony and rhythm, appreciated through technical gestures, form the basis of this urban discipline. Dancers express themselves with a style that depends on their own identity. There are 4 main types of movement: Toprock, Downrock, Power Moves and Freezes, allowing dancers to express themselves.
This year, the FISE Montpellier Breaking competition has been reinvented to reconnect with the very essence of Breaking. On the program: Junior, B-Boys and B-Girls battles in 1VS1, as well as Crew 2 VS 2 battles, a first for an even more artistic show. All discipline registrants will also be able to take part in the Breaking Cash for Move, in what promises to be a crazy atmosphere.
To find out more about the various Breaking stars, here's a recap of the Men & Women 2023 podiums 👇
BREAKING PODIUM - FISE MONTPELLIER 2023 - MEN 🏆
Phil Wizard - 27 years old - CANADA
Considered one of the most creative and original Breaking performers in the world, B-Boy Phil Wizard, real name Philip Kim, discovered breaking in 2009. A true prodigy of the discipline, he made history in 2023 by becoming the first champion of his discipline at the Pan-American Games, after winning several world championship titles at the beginning of the same year. In 2024, he earns his place to represent Canada at the Paris Olympic Games.
Shigekix - 22 years old - JAPAN
Shigeyuki Akarai, real name Shigekix, discovered breaking thanks to his older sister, B-Girl Ayane. In 2017, aged just 15, he reached the semi-finals of the Red Bull BC One in Amsterdam and made history as the youngest breaker invited to compete in the competition's final. Now recognized as a world-class B-Boy for his fast, powerful moves, he won the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023 and qualified directly for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Gravity - 34 years old - UNITED STATES
A professional gymnast in his teenage years, in the early 2010s Gravity, whose real name is Miguel Rosario, fell in love with Breaking and decided to devote his life to it. Since then, with his poetic style and gravity-defying moves, the Brooklyn-based athlete has been racking up victories and dazzling crowds. Today, with a career spanning 15 years and nearly a hundred world and national titles, he is in line to represent his country at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this time in Breaking.
BREAKING PODIUM - FISE MONTPELLIER 2023 - WOMEN 🏆
671 - 17 years old - CHINA
B-Girl 671, real name Liu Qingyi, made a name for herself in 2022 by beating some of the world's best B-Girls and winning gold at one of the discipline's flagship competitions: Outbreak Europe. She won gold again in 2023 at the Hangzhou Asian Games, securing her place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Nicka - 16 years old - LITHUANIA
Real name Dominika Banevič, the B-Girl already has an impressive track record: she won the 2023 World Championships in Leuven as well as the 2023 European Championships in Almeira, but also finished third at the 2023 European Games in Krakow-Malopolska. In September of the same year, she won the WDSF Breaking for Gold competition in Porto, bringing her a step closer to Olympic qualification for Paris.
Ami YUASA - 25 years old - JAPAN
In 2022, the B-Girl was in the spotlight with her remarkable victories at FISE Montpellier and the Birmingham World Games. A bubbly athlete with a dynamic pop style, she has been revolutionizing the Break scene for several years. Borrowing heavily from hip-hop, her performances are ever more technical and rhythmic.
HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday 8 May
10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m : Breaking Junior Qualification
12:00 p.m - 1:30 p.m : Breaking Bgirl Qualification
2:30 p.m - 4:00 p.m : Breaking Bboy Qualification
4:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m : Breaking Open B-Boy & B-Girl Top 16
6:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m : Breaking Crew Battle Top 8
Thursday 9 May
12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m : Contest Break Park by Yamsonite (Shred Zone)
3:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m : Breaking Junior Final 1/4 Final, 1/2 Final et Final
5:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m : Breaking Cash for Move
7:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m : Breaking Open B-Boys & B-Girls 1/2 Final - Final
THE WHOLE PROGRAMME
Take your place to come and watch the competitions on the Berges du Lez 👉 TAKE YOUR PLACE
Remember to take your place for the FISE and try to win a G-Shock watch!
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