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Breakdancing is more athletic than artistic, while ballroom dancing is more artistic than athletic. Or something. And the hope is breakdancing draws in young diversity viewers.

Breakdancing is extremely hard to do athletically and requires a lot of the joints, so people tend to age out of it by their mid-20s. Its mostly a teenage and young adult thing.

Ironically, while b-boying began as a black thing, the biggest adherence in 2024 are Asians and whites. The competitions are filled with highschool and young 20s kids who dress like they're thugs but look and speak like they're shooting for the honor roll this semester.

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Break-dancing is, or was, highly masculine dancing, which isn't a bad thing to include. The Olympics still have two women-only dance-style sports -- synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. That's nice, too.

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