- We can actually create a cypher.
This is what breakin' is all about.
(Ned): Okay.
I like it. (Zach): Historically,
dance circles give me a lot of anxiety.
But right now, I'm feeling a lot of love. Let's do this!
(uptempo music)
(Ned and Zach): Yeah!
(laughter) (Zach): Oh!
(Ned): Yeah!
Wow. Wow!
(Keith): Oh...
(Zach): Yeah!
(Keith): Whoo! (Ned): Wow.
- And then, at the end of the cypher, we all hug or what?
- Nah. (Zach and Keith): Okay, cool.
(Keith): I didn't want to. (Zach): I didn't think we did.
(Zach): We're the Try Guys, and we absolutely
love the Olympics.
(Ned):
We can't get enough of it!
(Eugene): But to be honest,
there's a lot we don't know.
(Ned): So we want to become the ultimate Olympic experts
the best way we know how...
by trying!
(Keith):
(Eugene):
(overlapping exclamations)
- Breakdancing! Breaking!
B-boying!
Finally, it's gonna be an Olympic sport.
(hip-hop music)
- And here today to teach us how to do the sport of breaking
is one of the best in the world,
Victor.
(scratching)
(uptempo music)
(Try Guys exclaiming in awe)
- Whoa! (Zach): Oh my gosh!
(laughter) (overlapping excited exclaiming)
(Ned): Sick! This is it! This is sick!
(applause and cheering)
(Victor): What's up, guys?
Are you guys ready to learn how to break?
- Well, before we learn how to dance,
we'd love to know a little bit more about this.
What is breaking?
- Breaking is an art form.
It's a mixture of capoeira, martial arts,
Latin dances,
African dances,
it's just a big mixture, of just,
every type of dance.
- What's the difference between breakdancing and breaking?
- So breakdancing was just for the media.
- Got it. - But the actual name
is b-boying, b-girling or breaking.
- So, I'm not cool enough
'cause I thought it was called breakdancing.
It's okay.
- What does it mean that
breaking is finally going to be
in the Olympics in 2024?
(Victor): For me, it's exciting because I feel like
it's finally gonna get that recognition it deserves.
It's something that a lot of people don't know about.
They think it's, like, still stuck in the '70s, '80s,
but it has evolved.
- Have you ever been in a situation where someone's like,
"I want to fight." And you're like,
"No. Let's settle it on the dance floor."
- Hm. That's how it was in the '70s and '80s.
Instead of getting into violence,
they would battle it out.
So, a bunch of little kids, they used to be in gangs,
breaking came along and stopped all of that.
- Let's find out a little bit more
how this came to be an Olympic sport.
Narrator?
(narrator):
(whirring)
Breaking was started by kids in the Bronx in the 1970s
when street-corner DJs would take the instrumental "breaks"
of dance records and string them together,
giving dancers the chance to show off their moves.
Breakers combined elements from sports like gymnastics,
and dances like the Lindy Hop,
capoeira,
and disco
and were inspired by music from artists like James Brown...
(recording):
(narrator):
breaking battles.
Then came the teams like the Zulu Kingz
and Rock Steady Crew, drawing massive crowds.
With Hollywood catching on with films like "Breakin'"
the athletic street-dance style exploded
across the world.
The first judged world competition
happened in Germany,
the battle of the year in 1990,
followed by other hugely popular
international competitions.
- Are you ready, crowd?
(narrator):
added breaking to its official repertoire,
seriously elevating the sport's clout.
Just two years later,
breaking debuted at the Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aires
where it was a total hit.
And in 2020,
it was announced that breaking would
officially be recognized as an Olympic sport
when it debuts at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
So, Try Guys, you better learn quickly if you want to qualify.
- So, when you try to compete in the Olympics,
will it be improvised or planned out?
- For me, when I dance, half of it is improvised,
and half it is set up.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- So, even on the biggest stage,
where you're competing for a gold medal,
half of it you're just gonna be improvising on the spot?
- Yeah. It's important to have fun.
A lot of people forget to have fun.
And they're stuck in their head. (Ned): Wow.
- So you gotta get out of that and just enjoy the moment.
- Will we be able to do some robot today?
- Man, that's not breaking.
- Nobody ever throws a little
(imitates creaking) in the middle?
- No, you'll lose right away.
(Keith and Zach): You'd lose right away?!
- Well, uh, why don't we, uh, hit the dance floor
and get learnin'?
- Alright, let's go.
So, we're gonna learn some top rock first.
(Ned): What is that?
- That's what you start off with.
Top rock, then, you go down to footwork,
power moves, and freezes. - Let's do this!
- So, the first step is called the crossover step.
(Ned): Okay.
Crossover step. (Zach): Oh yes! This is the one!
(Victor): So, right foot in front, left foot in front.
When you're doing this step,
try to add some style into it.
Try to imagine like you're Batman.
Like you got a cape. (Ned): Yeah, I'm a bad man!
(Victor): You're closing the cape and then, you're opening it up.
(uptempo music)
So, I'm gonna teach you a basic step,
it's called the six step.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
one, two, three, f...
- It looks like you have six legs when you're doing that.
(Victor): One, two, three, four, five, six.
(Zach): Oh my god,
I bet centipedes would be so good at break dancing.
At breaking.
Sorry.
- Now, you can mix it up with the kick out.
So you can go: one, two, three, four, five, six,
kick out, kick out. (Keith): Oh, shoot!
(Zach): I need to back up from you guys.
(exhaling loudly)
- This is a CC.
You're shifting from one side to the other side,
Left.
Right. - This is... tiring!
- This is called the hook.
(Keith): The hook.
- So, it's simple.
You swing your right leg, then you hook it.
Then, back out.
- Okay. Oh, so you're just hooking in and out.
- Yeah, yeah. Swing your leg, hook it,
then swing it back to the same position.
(Zach): What's more important, form or staying on rhythm?
(Victor): Staying on rhythm. - Okay.
- For sure.
(uptempo music)
- Can you teach us... a power move?
- Backspin.
(Keith): Okay. (Ned): Okay.
- That's the one we all want.
- From here, you bring your left leg out,
and then, your right leg whips.
You whip it, then you go onto your back...
(Zach): Ah! (Victor): ...and then, close up.
Yes. (Zach): This is fun!
(Victor): Yes. - Ned just crushed it.
- Ned found his move. - I found my move.
- Put your... your elbow.
You're gonna plant it onto your stomach...
- This is the base. (Victor): Then, swing your legs.
(Keith chuckling)
(Zach): Okay, hold up, one more time.
(Victor): Spread your legs out, open them up...
(Ned): Uh-huh. (Victor): Open them up.
(Keith, grunts): Oh my god... (Zach): Uh-huh.
Oh, I had a big breakfast, I'm gonna vomit.
(Victor): ...put your legs in the air.
- This is exactly the feeling when you watch a breaking movie
and you think, "I can do this."
And then, you get on your living-room floor
and you realize how pathetic you truly are.
- What if I can bring in some of my own personal flair?
I could do a yoga pose called "crow pose".
(Keith): That's hot. How do you do that?
(Victor): So, you can do that if you want.
There's actually a...
when you're on... when you... (chuckling)
(Zach): I just wanted to see what you were talking about.
How would you describe your personal style?
(Victor): Energetic, explosive,
it has finesse.
(Zach): I imagine, you've been doing this... forever?
(Victor): Yeah.
- Came out of the womb just, just... sliding.
- My dad was actually a b-boy
and he taught me, my brother, my sister,
my cousin. My whole family.
- How good are you?
- I'm one of the top.
I'm for sure top 5.
- Top 5 in the what? - World.
(Keith): In the world!
- What?! - Wow!
We're definitely bottom 3 in the world.
- I've won BC One world finals, Silverback Open world finals,
and Urban Games world finals.
(Keith): Alright, boys, it's rehearsal time!
Everybody works on their own routine.
What I'm really gonna focus on right now is adding flair and style,
putting Keith into this performance.
So, maybe a little "boom".
(Victor): Wait, let me help you out.
So you can do this, you can go from...
here, front...
side...
then, turn, step... step.
Yeah. - So, front, side...
- Turn. - Boom.
- Down.- Yeah.
I like that. Feels very superhero.
- Now, give it some flavour.
- Ah! - Some b-boy flavour.
Mm. Mm.
- I think that I'm really gonna be focused on "the flair",
on the attitude.
So I'm doing-- it's like... (hums)
hide it. And then, I'm here.
A little shimmy into it.
Right? - Okay, so want to have character.
(Zach): And then, blowing kisses. - That's character.
- Blowing kisses, that's how I'm gonna dominate you,
with love.
(scratching)
(Ned, softly): CC. Pshh! CC.
Do you ever smack your butt while you do a CC?
- No.
(Victor): Yes! I like that. (Keith): Fell down, but...
But we got there.
- If you do fall down,
play it off with a freeze.
Remember.
Fall down, oh... freeze!
(Keith): That's a move! - Yes.
- In competition, does anyone use props?
- Yeah, there's some people that use their hats.
(ding!)
(Ned): Wow! - Right.
- You grab the hat
and then, you go under your leg
and put it back on. - You're out of your mind.
(Zach whooshes with his breath)
(chuckling): Does it look cool?
Were you impressed?
Not the camera. You. Were
- If someone, like, uses your signature move,
but, like, kind of, do it-- - No. That's called "biting".
- Biting? - So, someone uses your move
against you, that's called "biting".
- Ooh. - And you get points taken off.
- Really?! Negative points f-- - So you kinda gotta have your own thing.
- I want to know more about how the scoring's gonna work in the Olympics.
Narrator! (Keith): Help us out!
(narrator):
For Paris 2024,
b-boys and b-girls will compete separately,
facing off in one-on-one battles.
A battle starts when the DJ begins the music
and the two breakers facing off take turns,
each performing one 60 second solo to the same music.
At the end of the battle,
the breaker with the lowest score is eliminated
and the winner advances to the next round.
Scoring for the Olympics is still being determined
but current breaking competitions use
a holistic scoring method
based on three categories:
body, mind and soul.
Each category has equal weight and is made up of two criteria:
technique and variety,
creativity and personality,
and performativity and musicality.
For scoring, a committee of judges uses handheld crossfaders
to rate the breakers' skills in each category.
Yep, the same kind of crossfaders DJs use.
The crossfaders help the judges
record their assessments in real time
during the fast-paced battles.
The judges then review their ratings and vote.
The breaker who gets the most votes wins.
- Alright, guys, come on, come on.
I feel like it's time to battle.
- Battle! Wow! You think we're ready?
- Yeah. You're ready. (Ned): Wow. Okay.
- Well, we're ready to battle each other, probably.
- Ah, that makes more sense. - Yeah, so the rules are
we're gonna do an elimination round.
(Ned): Okay. - I'm gonna...
pick the top 2 and those 2 go head-to-head.
- Wait, so you're telling me
that only two of us are gonna compete for gold?
- Yeah. I'm only gonna pick two.
- Well, I feel ready to compete,
but I don't
Let's uh, uh... cut to a montage.
- Oh! We're gonna change our clothes! - Yeah.
(bass-heavy music)
(Victor): You look horrible.
I feel like you'll get disqualified with those outfits.
- Really?
(Zach): Are we, like, b-boys?
(Ned): But show him the...
(Keith): The good-luck ra-rabbit.
- See? Hee-hee-hee!
(Keith): They say a rabbit foot is lucky. I got four.
- I feel like you really served us some good education today,
and I'm ready to step up and show you what I got.
- Alright, let's go.
- Okay. - Let me see.
(Keith grunts)
- Alright. I'm up first, and I'm not at all nervous.
- Drop the beat!
(uptempo music)
- Boop, boop, boop!
Hey, I'm callin' you, man! Pick up!
You're next. - Oh, dang.
(Ned): Ooh! (Keith): Whoo!
(Ned): Yeah.
Yeah!
(Zach): Yeah! - Ooh!
(Ned): Yes, Keith! (Zach): Oh, yeah!
(applause)
(Ned chuckles)
(Keith): Oh yeah, Ned.
(Keith): Oh! (Zach): Whoo!
(cheering)
(Keith): Freeze! - Whoo!
(Keith imitates scratching)
(Keith): Yeah, Ned, get it!
(Zach and Keith): Yeah!
(Keith screaming)
- Put out the fire! Put out the fire!
- Oh, I'm sorry,
the old Ned can't come to the phone right now.
- You guys did good overall.
Alright, so are you ready to hear
who's gonna be in the finals?
- Yep. - Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
- No! - Zach...
Ned. - Wow!
- Oh! Wow! (Keith): Wow! Oh my gosh!
- And for you, Keith, you're pretty sloppy.
- I sure was. - You forgot what I taught you.
- Hm. - But at least you tried.
That's all that matters. - Hey, that's part of my name,
"Try Keith".
(Ned): Alright, so for the finals,
how can we take it to the next level?
- I feel like you should improvise more.
Just have fun with it.
Style it out.
- Just style it out. - Yeah.
- We have a tablet here that's got some sort of scoring situation.
- The judges will be having a digital scoring system for the Olympics
that's similar to this.
The judge will move the crossfader up and down
depending on how the person does.
It's just an easier way to score, like, two people in a battle.
- Okay, well, I'll be here to also look cute
and maybe do some colour commentary.
(Keith): Alright! To find out who's going first,
we're gonna flip a coin.
Ned, you're tails, Zach, you're heads.
(dramatic music)
Ned, you're gonna lead us off.
(Zach exhales): Alright! - Here we go!
- We'll make you proud, coach!
- Let's go.
(funky music)
(Zach): Yeah!
(Keith): Ooh! Oh, yeah, man!
(Keith and Zach scream)
(Keith): Yeah!
(Zach): Oh, so cool! (laughter)
- They won't stop callin' him!
(shoe thuds)
(inaudible applause)
(club music)
(Ned and Keith): Yeah!
(Keith): Look at you!
Oh!
Oh, yeah!
Whoo!
(breathing audibly)
(Keith): Oh!
This is actually pretty fire so far, Zach.
You're crushing it.
Yeah, he's using the music.
Love it.
We're doing some CCs!
Ah, little twerk! Bring in the dump truck.
Oh! Backing it up on Ned!
Most patient 6-step in America.
Hot hat tricks. Boom!
(Keith yelling): Yeah! (applause)
Whoo!
(Zach exhaling loudly) - So, what is your verdict?
- First of all, I want to say I'm proud of you guys.
You guys did really great.
- I mean, thank you so much for your instructions today.
This is a blast and is a really cool art form.
- Yeah, it's very cool.
It seems really dense, really nuanced.
I can see how it's a lifestyle, not just...
(Victor): Yeah. - ...a sport or an artform thing that you do,
it's like, you can live and breathe this.
- I cannot wait to see this in the Olympics
with the best of the world all coming together.
Might even just be a little more impressive
than what you just saw. - Hm.
- Yeah, but now, we gotta announce the winner.
So the winner of the first ever
(beeping) (Ned): Oh...
(beep!)
(Zach): No way! (Ned): Oh, no!
- No way!
Dude, I thought you... Dude, you did so...
- But you did so great. - Oh my god!
Oh my god! - Zach, congratulations on your victory.
Here is the golden hat.
(Zach laughing) (Ned): Whoa!
It's fitting! - Get that banana hat out of here!
(Ned): Yeah!
- It fits me perfect! - Wow!
- Victor, wh-- I mean, I thought Ned crushed it.
Wh-what made the difference?
- So, for me, what it was,
you're listening to the music
and you look like you're having fun with it.
(laughing): Well, I was in pain the whole time
so I'm glad I faked it.
Bring it in, guys! - Ah!
- Ah!
(hip-hop music)
(Zach): Oh my god.
(Ned, drawn out): Whoa!
Whoa!
(Keith exclaiming in disbelief)
(Ned and Keith): Whoa!
(Zach): Oh my god!
(applause and cheering)
(Zach): Wow. I'm gonna go ahead and...
(Keith): Whoo! (Ned): Whoa!