How Izaak Brandt Brought Breaking to the Serpentine for the First Time

For Izaak Brandt, the body has always been an instrument. As a breakdancer, you learn to fall, get back up and try again. Failure is never the end. But over the past few years, Brandt’s relationship with his own body has changed.Last year, after three years of worsening symptoms, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. His symptoms had become so severe that doctors initially investigated for cancer. “It’s really changed so much in my life,” he says. “In the last two years, I’ve just realised h...