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Pyramid is commissioned by Works & Process, Artists Community Alliance, Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Bethany Arts Community, Bridge Street Theatre, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council/The Arts Center at Governors Island, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature with special thanks to NOoSPHERE Arts, SummerStage, Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center and City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation. Music composition commissioned by Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. The work has received Works & Process LaunchPAD residency support at Bethany Arts Community (2023). It’s Showtime NYC! is a program of Dancing in the Streets.

It’s Showtime NYC! In its 9th year of activity, has become one of the largest street dance programs and companies in New York City.  A program of the non-profit organization Dancing in the Streets,  It’s Showtime NYC! provides performance and professional development opportunities to street and subway dancers as a legal alternative to dancing in subway cars. It's Showtime NYC! dancers have created a number of pieces and commissioned major new works from international dance makers such as Adesola Osakalumi (Bronx), Anne Nguyen (Paris) and Faustin Linyekula (Congo). The group was the first resident street dance company with monthly performances at The MET Museum’s 2018-2019 #MelLiveArts season, and created original work HipHop In Armor. Commission awards include Works and Process at the Guggenheim, Abrons Arts Center, the Shed and HarlemStage, The dancers of IST have collaborated with the NY Philharmonic in a partnership with Casita Maria, and have performed at  Works & Process at Alice Tully Hall & Summerstage, Symphony Space, Jacobs Pillow, Lincoln Center, Wave Hill, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, The Civil Court of New York State, Crossing the Line Festival, Bryant Park Dance Series, The South Bronx Culture Trail, Bronx Museum of the Arts, River to River festival, Times Square Alliance, Weeksville Heritage Center and the Roberto Clemente Plaza. Program members participated in cultural exchanges at La Place - centre culturel hip-hop and Centre National de la Danse (Paris), and in Rio de Janeiro for  Ocupação Desmistifique and in Belgium. In 2018 dancers were Gibney's DiP Artist-in-residence.  In 2020 It’s Showtime NYC! was nominated for a 2020 Bessie Award for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer.  PBS program “Bare Feet with Mikaela In 2023 the program received its first artistic residency outside of New York City, at Bethany Arts Center. 

Key Elements:

• Artistic and professional development

• Creation of new choreographic works for performances and digital dance presentations

• Regular and paid performance opportunities throughout NYC and beyond

• Paid weekly rehearsals

• Training and creative development with guest choreographers and pioneers of street and club dance forms

• Ongoing advocacy for NYC’s street dance forms

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