The first misunderstanding is a tricky one. It's the result of a neverending argument about the terminology of hip-hop, and a lot of hardliners stating 'breaking is hip-hop' without giving the context ...

To the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. The jazz musician has been an influential figure in van Gorp’s breakdance ...

In Paris this summer, breakdancing, or “breaking”, will move from the streets to the stadium as it debuts as an Olympic sport. The street dance form that first took the world by storm in the 1980s is ...

The internationally renowned Berlin-based "Flying Steps" breakdance company has revolutionized the athletic street dance. DW columnist Gero Schliess is captivated by the sense of freedom the group ...

There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about the differences between breakdance and hip-hop forms of dance – here we clear up five of them. The first misunderstanding is a tricky one. It's the ...