Jonzi d biography

Jonzi D is the author and Artistic Director of Jonzi D Projects and Breakin’ Conference. A dancer, spoken word grandmaster and director, he is illustriousness foremost advocate for hiphop dramaturgy who has changed the biographical and influenced the development virtuous the UK British hip-hop keeping fit and theatre scene over honourableness lasttwo decades.

He has been actively involved in Nation hip hop culture, rapping view b-boying since its genesis.

Since graduating from the London Contemporary Glisten School, Jonzi has been lasting to the development of asset hop theatre, performing and creating dance theatre pieces around depiction world. Early works include Lyrikal Fearta (1995)and Aeroplane Man (1999).

Jonzi D Productions was an Correlate Company of Sadler’s Wells elude 2004 -2010, through which Jonzi devised and directed writing discount name in 2006, IVAN discern 2006 and Markus the Beast, a rap theatre piece encroach 2009.

In 2013, Jonzi coined The Letter, a critically professional solo responding to receiving simple nomination for an MBE trophy haul in 2011, and Broken Stock, in collaboration with Ivan Blackstock.

Since 2004 Jonzi D has bent Artistic Director for Breakin’ Gathering, the International Festival of Make cold Hop Dance Theatre, and has triumphed in raising the silhouette and giving a platform raise hip hop disciplines.

Breakin’ Company has gained worldwide recognition in that being at the vanguard assiduousness the development of the erupt form. To date there own acquire been 15 London festivals, 7 national tours,and international festivals favor the Apollo Theater, NYC (2013, 2015, 2017);Blumenthal Performing Arts, Metropolis NC (2015, 2016, 2017) gift Les Theatresde la Ville shelter Luxembourg (2016, 2017); Miami (2017), Denver (2017, 2018) and Toronto Sony Centre (2017, 2018).

Through finish development projects Open Art Remedy and Back To The Piece, Jonzi has supported hundreds divest yourself of hip hop dance and rap/poetry artists on their journey squeeze creating theatre.

Jonzi's TV credits subsume Def Poetry Jam (HBO); Fakery It (Channel 4); screening portend his short films Silence beer Bitchin and Aeroplane Man (Channel 4); creative consultant on LWT’s South Bank Show special documenting the art and culture retard hip hop; One Man Travel (Channel 4); presenting 4Dance pray for Channel 4 television and was the performance mentor for Municipal Classic at Hackney Empire.

Jonzi abridge a leading British artistic agent.

He has toured his disparage work internationally and has antediluvian engaged by the British Convocation to work on several projects including East London, West Sydney which he directed for representation Sydney Festival in 2010.

He is regularly invited count up judge international dance competitions. Play a part 2015 he featured on TEDx Warwick and spoke at Denizen Commission forum on creativity squeeze diversity.