Manizha TALASH

Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Manizha discovered breakdancing through social media just before turning 18. Seeing videos of power moves such as the 1990 move, where a breaker spins continuously on one hand - she immediately fell in love with the sport. She first became a part of a small group of breakdancers in her native Kabul where she was the only girl. With time, breaking became an important outlet for her to distance herself from the challenges she was facing in her life.

Arriving in Spain as a refugee, Manizha was initially separated from her breaking community, but little by little found her way back to training. Today, she has been reunited with the members of her hip-hop community from Kabul. In her words, continuing breaking has been a passion Manizha was ready to sacrifice a lot to pursue. She was a member of the Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.