Ink Cypher

A home for commissioned, in-depth writing on Hip Hop dance where people respond to what has been written previously.

#InkCypher

Editor @TheGeometrician

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

Introducing Ink Cypher – In Print

An exquisitely designed, limited edition, 80pp, Hip Hop dance newspaper featuring all 55 commissioned texts on Hip Hop dance from rounds one, two (including Raygun & Fez) and three, alongside a host of new features... 1/

https://t.co/RXNkz7A4Df

[Hadzivodun @Agbenorxevi_]

Pleased to announce that the 3 papers I wrote for The Hip-hop Dance Almanac's @InkCypher have been published in an in print edition for purchase here🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿
https://t.co/NLfAk9Ij9Q
Buy to support independent journalism of black culture, links to read articles in next tweet

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

Ink Cypher – In Print in this format (the newspaper) has been designed by Afi Walker.

If you want to own a little piece of Hip Hop dance history, like supporting independent media & want to learn more about the dances of Hip Hop, buy it here. 5/

https://t.co/RXNkz7A4Df

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

Introducing Ink Cypher – In Print

An exquisitely designed, limited edition, 80pp, Hip Hop dance newspaper featuring all 55 commissioned texts on Hip Hop dance from rounds one, two (including Raygun & Fez) and three, alongside a host of new features... 1/

https://t.co/RXNkz7A4Df

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

One of the b-girls at the Olympics, Rachael Gunn aka Raygun, co-wrote 'The Ethics of Living a Double Life: Rethinking Ownership, Authenticity, and Identity in Hip Hop Culture' with Feras Shaheen aka Fez for #InkCypher. Read it here... 4/

https://t.co/GD4QJ5rjhT

[Hadzivodun @Agbenorxevi_]

Y'all should check out InkCypher.
I wrote 3 out of the 55 papers on Hip-hop dance. My papers talk about hip hop dance in Ghana from different themes and perspectives

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

As Hip Hop celebrates it’s 50th birthday (#HipHop50), let’s mark this moment & shine a light onto the 55 original & exclusive writings on Hip Hop dance(s) that are available to read for free on #InkCypher.

“Make some noise for the writers of Ink Cypher.”

https://t.co/Z1WnUJlYvp

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher & the Hip Hop Dance Almanac have been invited by @britishlibrary, @Jisc & @UkNatArchives to present at #DCDC23 conference. We'll be sharing our literary archival innovation & oral histories of Hip Hop dance in the UK with dozens of international archive professionals.

[Hadzivodun @Agbenorxevi_]

Congratulations Ian, great job

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher & the Hip Hop Dance Almanac have been invited by @britishlibrary, @Jisc & @UkNatArchives to present at #DCDC23 conference. We'll be sharing our literary archival innovation & oral histories of Hip Hop dance in the UK with dozens of international archive professionals.

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents An Interview with Grudge Oneski - The Realest Bboy in the UK by Iain Bleakley.

We learn what it takes to meet the standards of the UK’s realest bboy - #GrudgeOneski - who lives a life devoted to the rules of breaking.

https://t.co/Bc0AHuLnse

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents: Decipher The Cypher by Astrid Aristizábal.

Astrid lingers at the poetic edge of the cypher before stepping in & responding to the many other Ink Cypherees who’ve already engaged with different notions of the cypher.

https://t.co/nAxUDvIgxS

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents: Hip Hop Hair: How Hairstyles Influence Movement by @AuthorStarla.

Starla looks at the politics & history of Black hair in Hip Hop dance with analysis of Les Twins, Angela Davis, Soul Train, frat parties and The Guedra.

https://t.co/u2xqh1MkWE

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents: Living Hip Hop in Uruguay: A Portrait of Bgirl JV China (@VidartGabriela).

Wendy offers an in depth portrait of the 1st old school Bgirl from Uruguay who talks about violence, social change & music in her Hip Hop journey.

https://t.co/w06YkORsAQ

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents: Sharing and its Limits: A Non-Anthropological Perspective on Barcelona Freestyle Dancers by Malvina Tessatore.

Revisiting her fieldwork with Barcelona Street Dancers she looks at the differences in training & exchange.

https://t.co/rRLkQeMMDT

[Dr JC Niala @jcniala]

I 💜 written responses & I am now part of a chain. My essay ‘Afrikan dancers as embodied archives’ was a response to a piece by Temitayo Ince on Krumping and this joy has just dropped by Dodzi K Aveh which is a response to my essay. The dance continues https://t.co/Fp64dizzrY

[Hadzivodun @Agbenorxevi_]

I really enjoyed working on this paper and I learnt so much from the process, thank you.

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents 'Afrikan Dancers as Embodied Archives: Contemporary Movements as Evolving Archives' by @Agbenoxevi_.

He looks at the relationship & evolution of Afro Buck and Krump in West Africa & performance as an unorthodox archive.

https://t.co/ThMWUSumKB

[Ink Cypher @InkCypher]

#InkCypher Round Three presents “Hip Hop is my Country”: Breaking on the Move between Istanbul and Berlin by Funda Oral & Danielle Schoon.

They interview artists in Istanbul & Berlin to see how breaking moves between geographies & national borders.

https://t.co/exCZWeVSZr