ORLANDO July 10, 2021 – After battling through preliminary rounds and besting over 40 of the best BBoys in the country, BBoy Victor, a Red Bull BC One All Star breaker, became the 2021 BBoy US National Breaking Open Champion and secured an invitation to represent the United States at the 2021 World DanceSport Breaking for Gold World Championship taking place in Nanjing, China this October. Joining Victor on the winner’s podium was BGirl Isis who defeated top BGirls to become the 2021 BGirl US National Breaking Open Champion.

Based on the results of the competition, which was sanctioned by USA Dance and organized by Shaolin Productions, Freestyle Sessions, and legendary breaker Cross1, the members of the 2021 United States Breaking World Team include:

UNITED STATES DANCESPORT – BREAKING DIVISION WORLD TEAM MEMBERS:
BBoy Victor, Kissimmee, Florida/Red Bull BC One Allstars
BBoy Nelzwon, Miramar, Florida/BreakinMIA, Monster Energy Breakers
BGirl Logistix, Fort Lauderdale, Florida/BreakinMIA, Red Bull BC One Allstars
BGirl Pep-C, Indianapolis, Indiana/GodChildrenofSoul

The 2021 WDSF Breaking for Gold World Championships will be held October 17, 2021 in Nanjing, China. More information on Breaking for Gold is available at www.breakingforgold.com
For more information about USA Dance, please contact President Ken Richards at president@usadance.org and Marketing & Communications Chair Ruslan Wilder at marketingcommunications-chair@usadance.org.
About the organization: USA Dance, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) as a Recognized Sports Organization for DanceSport and is the National Member Body of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized International Governing Body for Dance with the mission to improve the quality and quantity of dance in the United States. 

Photo credit: Unlucky Rabbit Studio https://unluckyrabbits.com

USA Dance, Inc. has been notified by the USA Breakin’ Board of Directors that their DanceSport Vice President, Jonathan ‘Xcel’ Escotto, has been accused of a SafeSport Violation and as such has been suspended from his position pending an investigation. Our thoughts are with the victim and we applaud the strength it takes to disclose and report this.

As the USOPC’s Recognized Sports Organization for DanceSport and the National Member Body of the WDSF, USA Dance takes the safety and well-being of our members and all members of our affiliated organizations seriously. In 2018, we adopted our SafeSport Policy to comply with USOPC best practices and to expand our long history of background checks to all professional members including registered adjudicators, coaches, trainers, etc. This policy is publicly accessible from our website and includes a 24 hour, toll free number to confidentially report potential violations.

As the community is aware, USA Breakin’ is a separate organization that is recognized as our National Sports Organization for the DanceSport Discipline of Breaking. However, as the RSO for DanceSport, including Breaking, in the United States we will monitor this situation within USA Breakin’ to ensure compliance with SafeSport so that all DanceSport athletes under our umbrella remain safe and healthy.

Respectfully,

Ken Richards

Ken Richards

President

USA Dance, Inc.

Great article in today's Washington Post about Breakin's road to the Olympics featuring interviews from USA Dance President Ken Richards, USA Dance Breakin' Task Force Co-Chair Moy Rivas, USA Dance NBG Task Force Member Ellen Zavian, WDSF Consultant Jean-Laurent Bourquin, and USA Breakin’ President Antonio Castillo. 

Read the full story.

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) is pleased to announce the signing of a four-year partnership with Red Bull GmbH aimed at furthering the development of Breaking on its Olympic journey, including the launch of the WDSF Breaking for Gold World Tour beginning in 2021.

Read the full story

Breaking will become the first DanceSport discipline to appear at an Olympic Games, following on from its successful debut at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2018.

Read more

The newest addition is Moises ”Moy” Rivas (B-boy Moy) from the USA in the WDSF Athletes Commission led by Mrs. Ashli Williamson (DEN).

B-boy Moy, featured recently at the Olympic Channel podcast, has over 20 years of experience both in dancing but also giving back to the community by sharing his vision and dance all over the world. His story emphasizes on the importance of searching and finding a passion, and he has found it himself in creating opportunities that will encourage everyone that anything is possible.

Read the full story