BREAK THE SCENE : SOUTH KOREA

South Korea is an East Asian country that occupies the southern half of the Korean the Korean peninsula. In the last 20 years, the dance culture has improved a lot. improved a lot. Country where dancers excel the most in their field, dance is part of the daily life of part of the daily life of Koreans. Dance is in every street, from streets, from advertisements to music videos. From K-Pop to sports. They outdo themselves in every dance style. Locking, Popping, Hiphop and especially Breaking. Dance is a real industry in Seoul, children train to a future with dance. Thanks to their multiple talents, they become celebrities on the social networks. social networks. Famous brands rush to these people. Because the dance is now a real means of communication for brands (NEW ERA, NIKE, ADIDAS, REDBULL....). Through this documentary, we will penetrate in the heart of the culture of dance culture around Seoul. From the underground to the spotlight. How is dance taught there? Why has the dance industry exploded in recent years? How do they manage to keep the underground despite the mainstream? How do they manage to keep the true essence of HIPHOP? How do they live from their passion? The Olympic Games of 2024 will establish Breaking as a discipline of these games. of these games. Thus, the Breaking sport enters a new era and becomes more competitive than ever. 5 major competitions are taking place in South Korea: Jeonju B-Boy Grand Prix, Lockin Sensation, Ulsan UCR, Bucheon BBIC and Ulsan USDF. Welcome to Break The SCENE: SEOUL From his artist name SAK, Sylysak TAIDO, 28 years old, is a director of contents around the dance and more especially in the hiphop dance. Former dancer passed to the other side of the camera, he travels the world to film dancers in their own element. He is also a VFX Supervisor and Lead Flame Artist at PRODIGIOUS FRANCE. A first season stands out in early 2019 with the SAKFilms Project, which consisted of filming portraits of dancers in the world 4 episodes and an off-series that will have allowed him to win his first award in 2020. That of best performance film at the Urban Films Festival 2020 with his film SHRINE. He comes back in 2022 with a long documentary, indeed after 5 years of research and travels over 3 years in Japan, he concocts BREAK THE SCENE: JAPAN. A 17 minutes window into the practices of Breaking and hiphop dance in the Tokyo area. Tokyo area. This short documentary allowed him to win in May 2022, the award for best short documentary at the HIPHOPCINEFEST in Rome. He also got a nomination in Madrid and was a finalist in the documentary category at the Urban Films Festival 2022 in Paris. What's next? BREAK THE SCENE : SOUTH KOREA BREAK THE SCENE JAPAN Trailer: SHRINE TOKYO : We will follow 2 international dancers, 2 dancers and a group of local breakers throughout our film. From the Olympic sport aspect to the deepest part of the underground. Their portraits will be shown throughout the film, many questions remain for each one, but answers and conclusions will be drawn for each of our protagonists throughout this documentary. Who are they? Anton LB Phung : Great Britain, Manchester Steven Thieng Nguyen : France, Clermont-Ferrand Milhouse & JAZZBear : South Korea, Seoul SKIM : South Korea, Seoul Rivers Crew Group : South Korea, Seoul