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‘Santacruz flyover is my rehearsal studio'
Updated On: 28 July, 2024 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Debjani Paul
Unable to afford Rs 500 for studio rent, the daughter of an anganwadi worker and ward boy father says breakers like her could have harboured Olympic dream with government support and adequate funding
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Ex-national breaking champ Siddhi Tambe, 20, shows mid-day a ‘freeze’ move at her 1RK Bandra East home which she shares with mother Sneha, father Sumedh and sister Shraddha. Pic/Rane Ashish
This week, as India tunes into the 2024 Paris Olympics hoping to witness a sporting triumph for the nation, Indian breakdancers are staring at a monumental loss. For the first time, breakdancing or breaking is now recognised as an Olympic sport, all set to make its debut at the ongoing Games. But, despite a thriving scene in India, not a single Indian breaker has qualified.
When the news broke in 2020 that breaking had been recognised as an Olympic sport—at the same level as wrestling, shooting and hockey—there was excitement in the community about the visibility and exposure it would bring to their craft. The country’s top breakers—referred to as B-boys and B-girls—put in hours of practice every day, only to go home and put in the same number of hours trying to research how they could make their way to the Olympic stage. It wasn’t until a couple of years later that they realised they didn’t have a fighting chance.
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