Alexa Joy

Oct 4, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Alexa Joy |Asha Hassan Nooli |Heather Richardson |Claire Potter

Breakdancers at Brooklyn Bridge subway stop, City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan (2015) | Jeffrey Zeldman / CC BY 2.0The inclusion of breakdancing in the Paris Olympics this year turned out to be nothing short of a spectacle. From the beginning, the sport was met with hostility and confusion. Australian squash player Michelle Martin, frustrated after years of lobbying for the inclusion of her sport, called breaking’s debut a mockery of the Olympics.