In 1988, the West-Siberian documentary film studio aired a motion picture on breakdance festival in Novosibirsk.
In 1988, the West-Siberian documentary film studio aired a motion picture on breakdance festival in Novosibirsk in the youth episode of the Siberia show. The festival was held during the peak of the big new wave of breaking in USSR in 1988. After its introducing in the Soviet Union around 1985 breakdance began rapidly grwoing in popularity. Hip-hop caused a real explosion among the youth communities of the late 80’s, the climax of which was a series of vast-scale and some smaller breaking festivals.
This report from the Soviet television covers one of these festivals: