New generation of Utahns finds power and pride through âbreakingâ and hip-hop culture
Created by Black and Latino youths in the 1970s on NYC streets, break dancing has its own history in Utah â and is now an Olympic sport.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Katie Hall is photographed breaking at the HERC Hip Hop Education Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
By Julie Hirschi | Special to the Tribune
  | Feb. 25, 2021, 2:10 p.m. | Updated: March 8, 2021, 1:49 a.m.
In a graffitied dance studio with neon lights, spray-painted murals and words scrawled on the walls, kids are learning moves with names like The Smurf, The Bart Simpson and The Steve Martin, all references to the 1980s â when break dancing, or âbreaking,â as itâs called, was still relatively new.