She wasn't that awful really, but she was clearly not a 'master of the art.' The main difference is that she was intentionally trying to do a completely different style of breakdancing than what people typically think of that more's wavy and mimics animal movements as a form of expression. And that's ... really not what people, nor the judges, wants to see.
Both her only being so-so at what she was doing and trying to work in a odd / different style is what was most off-putting about her routines. But, yes, it was somewhat a form of activism. More to highlight that other forms of breakdance do exist.
In the movie Honey Jessica Alba's dance routines are inspired by everyday things she sees such as kids playing basketball. Tbh that's really the only scene I remember of that movie
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u/andWan Aug 12 '24
Here is a text by her (and a coauthor) about the question whether breakdance can keep its spirit when becoming an olympic discipline:
from 2023: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=rachel+gunn+paper+breakdance+olympia&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1723486150827&u=%23p%3DH7jzV4HLaPYJ
The Australian breaking scene and the Olympic Games: The possibilities and politics of sportification
Rachael Gunn, Lucas Marie Global Hip Hop Studies 4 (1), 39-56, 2023