9:30-10am

Wagner, Studio 3

Land Acknowledgment + Welcome

with grace shinae jun, PhD (UCSD; San Diego City College; bkSOUL) and Imani Kai Johnson, PhD (Founder, Co-Chair of Show & Prove; Associate Prof. of Dance and Black Study, UC Riverside)

 

10-11:30am

Podemos 0132

PANEL 1: Rhizomatic Hip Hop: Transmission, Resistance, and Global Solidarity

Moderated by Anthony Blacksher, PhD (San Bernardino Valley College)

Kiana KC Cook (Univ. of Michigan; Kautionz; BraveSoul Movement), “The Krump Continuum”

Anna Lippman (Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, York Univ.), “Hayati, just tell me I’m dreaming: hybrid identities and multilingual flows”

Roxi A. Victorian (Professor of Dance, Southern Univ. and A&M College; Artistic Director, Nyama Contemporary Dance Company), “Let It Happen: Digital Choreographies and the Rhizomatic Roots of Hip-Hop Movement: Global Solidarity and Choreopolitics for Change”

 

10:30-11am

Podemos 0133

10:30am-noon

Podemos 1A23

FILM 1: Spiritual Cyphers: Hip Hop & the Church

Ariyan Johnson (Prof. of Dance, UC Irvine)

 

ROUNDTABLE 1: Of the Island, the Isthmus and Continental Beats: Hip Hop Across Tropicalized Geographies

Carlos Somoza, MA (CSU Los Angeles)

Aleksander Aguilar Antunes (Articulacion Centroamericanista O Istmo, Iniciativa Beats-e-Tambores)

Paula S. Ayala (PhD Student, UC Los Angeles; Quetzal Beats)

noon - 1pm LUNCH

 

1-2:30pm

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FILM 2: Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls

Moderated by Imani Kai Johnson, PhD (UC Riverside)

Suchi Branfman (choreographer, artist facilitator/director)

Tom Tsai (filmmaker, b-boy)

Members of the Dancing Through Prison Walls community

 

1-2:15pm

Podemos 1A23

PANEL 2: Style & Story: Explorations of Elements & Culture

Moderated by Jesse Mills, PhD (University of San Diego)

Parker Edison (MC/Multimedia Artist), Chris Reyes (show editor; MC) and J. Smith (writer; MC) “Underground Diego: the Hip Hop History of San Diego”

Dyno Corrales (CYPHERST8) and Walter "Motion" Henry (Street Strutters), “Critical Minds Ep. 2:Excerpts from 2024 Interviews Exploring the Psychology of Breaking as an Artform”

 

1:30-2:30pm

Wagner, Studio 1

LEC-DEM 1: Beat Ya Feet: A Street Dance Culture with a Global Impact

John "Crazy Legz" Pearson (King of Beat Ya Feet & Co Founder of Beat Ya Feet Academy)

Porche’ “Queen P” Anthony (Queen of Beat Ya Feet & Co-Founder of Beat Ya Feet Academy)

 

2-3pm

Wagner, Studio 3

PERFORMANCE: Mama’s Gun: The Choreography of Mothering While Black

Roxi A. Victorian (Doctoral Candidate in Dance Studies, Texas Women's University; Artistic Director, Nyama Contemporary Dance Company)

 

2:30-4pm

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PANEL 3: Breaking Boundaries: Roots, Representation, and the Politics of Movement

Moderated by MiRi Park (Doctoral Candidate, UCLA; Professor Cal State Channel Islands)

Riza* with Mahsa Hojjati* (translator), “Moving in the Heart of Danger”

Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology Ph.D. student, UNLV) “From Practitioner to Publisher: Preserving Hip Hop's Cultural Foundation Through Authentic Literature”

Friederike "Bgirl Frost" Frost (Cologne HipHop Institute, Univ. of Cologne), “From Cyphers to the Olympic Stage: Navigating and Negotiating Breaking's Movement Aesthetics

 

LEC-DEM 2: Epidemiology of Patients with Dance-Related Injuries Presenting to Medical Staff at Breaking Competitions in the United States, 2021-2023

Aaron Ngor (Team Offset Med)
Scott Lee (Team Offset Med)
Taejun “TJ” Lee (Co-founder of Offset Med)

3-4pm

Wagner, Studio 1

 

ROUNDTABLE 2: Oral Histories of San Diego Hip Hop

Moderated by grace shinae jun, PhD (UCSD; San Diego City College; bkSOUL)

Cross One (Freestyle Sessions; Armory Massive; Pro Breaking Tour)

King D (LPSD aka Lyrical Prophets Strictly Dope; Armory Massive)

4-5pm

Wagner, Studio 3