Although they weren’t able to nab the semi-finalist title, India and Logistx were hailed as the queens of the floor and walked off with a standing ovation. Even in the face of adversity, competing against breakers with decades more experience and athleticism, India uses every challenge as a reason to grow. Her next hurdle? The 2024 Olympics, where she’ll be one of the first women to compete on the international stage.
“To compete at the first Olympics is really history,” says India. She’ll be one of the youngest athletes representing The Netherlands and was the first Dutch breaker to qualify. “I’m really honored,” she says. In preparation, India is training multiple times a week while juggling school work and travel for breaking competitions.
A self-described tomboy, India’s dance style might be complex, but her beauty regimen is clean and simple. She’s only now experimenting with makeup and hairstyles that express who she is as a teenager, often letting her older sister and cousins do her nails and beat. She’s currently obsessed with lip liner, mascara, and concealer, but often keeps it simple when she’s in the cypher.
“Beauty in dancing is being yourself,” she says with a wide grin, showing off her silver braces. “I think beauty is also being yourself. It’s very cliché, but everyone’s beautiful in their own way, so I think it’s really important to be yourself and to find your own style.”
Logistx
Logistx is sick the day before the massive Red Bull Lords of the Floor event. But she’s one of three b-girls who was invited to compete and she’s not letting anything stand in between her and the cypher—not even an illness.
When the DJ starts playing, the 20-year-old wastes no time claiming the floor. She times her footwork in step with the music, mixing subtle flair and tight technique together to help Queen Vision move onto the Top 8.
“I’m honored to represent females who are not afraid to embrace masculinity in our own way. I feel empowered every time I get to dance and it teaches me how to remain empowered in the same way in life outside of dance,” Logistx—given name, Logan—tells Allure.
Dancing since she was 8, the Filipina-American says she never approached breaking as a sport since there was zero projection of competitiveness when she first began. One of the youngest dancers to be signed by Red Bull and a world champion representing crews BreakinMIA and Underground Flow, she was technically tricked into taking breaking lessons by her dad, who told her it was an art class at a local church.
Despite her initial reservations about hip hop and breaking, Logistx fell in love with the dance forms and hasn’t stopped since. She prides herself on bringing a more traditional approach to her style, saying her technique is filled with “soul power” and is dynamic and ever-evolving.
