This is Krump

Krump is a dance style created in the early 2000s in Los Angeles, United States. ‘This is Krump’ is a manifesto about the origins and essence of this style of street dance, and the portrayal of power through movement. There is often discussion of krump as a clear representation of power because it includes strong and fast movements. Beyond this, there is a wider context which demonstrates different types of power: political, emotional, spiritual. This book is intended to stand as a banner of declaration, communicating clearly and meaningfully what krump is. It brings a new perspective on what movement can do, and how it can create change on both small and large scales. In designing this book, I aimed to break stereotypes of how street dance is often visually characterised as sporadic or messy. Instead, I used typography in a serious and systematic way with intentional moments where this is broken to further represent the importance of dance.