Alaska could have one of the first b-girls to ever represent the United States at the Olympics when breaking makes its debut in Paris in 2024.
Bri “Snap1” Pritchard practices at the Fairview Recreational Center in Anchorage. She is hoping to earn a spot on the first-ever U.S. Olympic team for breaking, which makes its debut in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“I would watch the kids when I was 17 in high school, and then I would go home and go practice in my garage or watch YouTube videos,” she said. Back then, Pritchard was the only female in her crew, Elements of Rhythm. She was also the only competitive b-girl in Anchorage’s male-dominated hip-hop and dance community.
The Illaskan Assassins were known for cultivating the hip-hop community in Anchorage. They traveled to national events and became fairly well-known outside of Alaska. This was a course Pritchard and her crew would end up following. If breaking and military life sound like the complete opposite of each other, that’s because they are. And she says when she first met her husband through the military, she had to dismantle the images he had of hip-hop culture through stereotypical and sometimes violent depictions in popular media.
“My job does not suffer just because I spend a lot of time on my passion,” she said. “My passion also doesn’t suffer because of the amount of time that I work.”
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