Breakin' Convention

{{Short description|London hip-hop festival}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox film festival

| name = Breakin' Convention

| image = JonziD.jpg

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| caption = Jonzi D at Breakin' Convention 2006.

| location = Sadler's Wells Theatre,
London, UK

| founded = 2004

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| play_type = hip-hop theatre

| date = every year in May

| website = http://www.breakinconvention.com

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Breakin' Convention is an international hip-hop theatre festival based in London, England that was founded in 2004 and is produced annually by Sadler's Wells theatre.{{Cite web|last=Winship|first=Lyndsey |date=2024-04-23|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/23/graffiti-breakin-convention-hip-hop-dance-festival |title=‘We have to have graffiti!’ How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival| website=The Guardian| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/NbbHB |archive-date=2024-09-11|access-date=2024-09-11 }}{{Cite web |title=Our Work |url=https://www.breakinconvention.com/about |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Breakin' Convention |language=en-GB}} It has been under the artistic direction of playwright and dancer Jonzi D since its inception. Since May 2008 Breakin' Convention has expanded its activity beyond the three-day festival to include tours across the UK, developing new theatre work with local hip-hop artists, and to produce year-round professional development courses for UK-based hip-hop choreographers, artists, and dance/theatre companies.{{fact|date=September 2024}}