Donnerstag, 8. August 2024

Officially announced as Judge for Breaking at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

I am honored to announce that I will be judging the Breaking competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!

The Breaking 1vs1 competitions will be held at the Urban Park at Place de la Concorde, Paris on 09. and 10.08.2024 

Together with a total line up of 9 judges from all around the world, I will be judging the Bgirl and Bboy battles. 

The IOC approved judging system is comparative and consists of five main criterias: Technique, Execution, Originality, Vocabulary and Musicality.


Samstag, 27. Juli 2024

New publication on HipHop and Music Education: It's How You Flip It

It's published! The volume "It's How You Flip It. Multiple Perspectives on Hip-Hop and Music Education" (2024) edited by Linus Eusterbrock, Chris Kattenbeck and Oliver Kautny, published at Transcript.

You will find my contribution "Invisible Skillz. Thoughts on Hip-Hop as an Artistic, Creative Culture" inside the book!

About the book:

The book combines contributions from the US and Europe on cultural practices of hip-hop, which have been among people's favorite forms of popular culture for decades. Due to this popularity, rap, breaking, graffiti, beatboxing and other practices have entered the field of education. At the intersection of hip-hop and music education, scholars, artists, and educators cooperate in this volume to investigate topics such as representations of gangsta rap in school textbooks, the possibilities and limits of working with hip-hop in an intersectional critical music pedagogy context, and the reflection of hip-hop artists on their work in music education institutions. In addition, the contributors provide ideas for how research and theory can be transferred and applied to music educational practice.
The contributions are accompanied by responses from various scholars and practitioners who offer pedagogical and/or artistic perspectives on selected contributions. Here, their own positions and perspectives are given space and expand the academic dialog.

And the exciting news: it's Open Access! Download your copy here!

More Info about the book here.

Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2024

Breaking and the Olympics - Podcast and radio interviews!

 

 
 

I had the pleasure to do several interviews for radios and podcasts. Some of them within the media campaign #womenofthegames by Paris 2024. 

Here is a selection - they are all in German language :)

  • Interview with Dr. Fanny Optiz for SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen) about Breaking, its heritage in african diaspora cultures and the Olympics within "Künste im Gespräch": Von der Straße auf die Bühne. Breaking wird olympisch (SRF, 25.07.2024)
  • Podcast "Unboxing News" about how Breaking is judged, where it's coming from and and why it will only be in Paris 2024 "Breaking - nur einmal olympisch?" (Deutschlandfunk NOVA on 25.07.2024)
DLF Nova / Unboxing News