The ‘8th Breaking Project’, co-hosted by the SBS Cultural Foundation and the Korea Breaking Federation, was held on February 15 at the Ibex Studio in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do.

The ‘Breaking Project’ has been held since 2021 with the aim of discovering and fostering breaking talent in Korea, and is held twice a year in February and August. It aims to discover and foster breaking talent in Korea in the wake of breaking being adopted as an official event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

A total of 114 people participated in the 8th Breaking Project, and in particular, 28 people participated in the B-girl category, making it the competition with the largest number of B-girls in Korea. A total of 9 people were honored with awards, 3 each in the Open, Rising Star, and B-Girl categories.

The ‘OPEN category’ 1st place Ahn Hoon (D.Sleep / Affiliation: Jinjo Crew / Baseus) ▲2nd place Choi Dong-wook (Rush / Gambler Crew) ▲3rd place Lee Moon-sae (Madmoon / Platon Crew) The ‘BGIRL category’ 1st place Shin Jin-hee (Sneaky) ▲2nd place Kang Chae-young (Rawberry / One Way Crew) ▲3rd place Choo Seo-hyun (Chur / Kai Crew) The ‘RISING STAR category’ 1st place Choi Jin-hyuk (Akia / Fanzed Crew) ▲2nd place Kim Woo-bin (Stone / F-side Rockers) ▲3rd place Kim Gu-reum (Kumo / Fanzed Crew)

The winners of this competition and other awardees will participate in a player development program for one year starting in March. The player development program is a unique program of the Breaking Project that supports body care, training, equipment support, and workshops to systematically and professionally develop breaking talent.

The ‘Beginner Contest’ and ‘Again Contest’, which were held as side events, also produced winners with both passion and enthusiasm. In the ‘Beginner Contest’, ▲Handstand Award/Freeze Combo Award Lee Jin-seok ▲Windmill Award Kim Jin-woo, and in the ‘Again Contest’, ▲Popularity Award Kim Hyun-jun (MAGANG) shared the joy of winning.

The ‘3ON3 Event Battle’ consisting of previous Breaking Project winners (Choi Seung-bin/HEADY, Jeon Ji-ye/FRESH BELLA, Song Min-ji/MINJI, Park Min-hyeok/ZOOTY ZOOT, Kang Chae-young/RAW BERRY, Lee Ha-jun/HAJUN) and a special performance by dance crew HOLYBANG drew enthusiastic responses from the audience and participants, and the 8th Breaking Project ended successfully.

The 9th Breaking Project, which will be held in August, will have the B-Girl category changed to the ‘Junior’ category, and will be divided into the ‘Open’, ‘Rising Star’, The competition will be held in three categories: ‘Junior’.

Photo=SBS Cultural Foundation
Reporter Lee Seul-bi, Donga.com misty82@donga.com

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