‘We have to have graffiti!’ How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival

‘My whole stance was world domination’ … Breakin’ Convention. Photograph: Alastair Muir/Shutterstock

Jonzi D, founder and artistic director

I was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, performing my piece Aeroplane Man. Alistair Spalding had booked the show and said: “Hey, what else are you up to?” I said: “Look, I’m not the only person who does this kind of work, using hip-hop as a theatrical device. Let’s do a hip-hop theatre festival!” Then Alistair got his job as artistic director at Sadler’s Wells and said: “Jonzi, shall we do this thing?”