It wouldn’t be the New York subway without street dancers—so what better way to celebrate Poster House’s new exhibition Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters than with a performance by It’s Showtime NYC?! These skilled performers will activate the main gallery with dances commonly seen in public spaces throughout the city.
Click here to RSVP for free tickets: https://bridgest.org/pyramid-tickets/
Teaching artists from It’s Showtime NYC will show you the ins and outs of FlexN, a type of street dance that evolved from Jamaican bruk-up style, and incorporates hat tricks, gliding, and other fun steps.
Learn about the dance steps, the culture, flexN's original sound, and the foundation that builds a strong base for any new dancer.
Open to all ages and all levels — kids are welcome at this family friendly workshop! (Under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.)
WHEN: Sun. Feb. 4 @ 1pm
WHERE: 16 John St., Saugerties
Big thanks to New York State Council of the Arts with support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature for funding for this workshop!
Saturday, January 13
3:30-5:00pm
Free Performance!
It’s Showtime NYC for community and APAP conference attendees
Including excerpt of Works & Process commission of Pyramid
by Cal Hunt Artistic Director and original composition by cellist/bonebreaker Johnathan “Akuma” Moore
Photo of Jonathan “Akuma” Moore by TIANA CORREA
Doors at 3:30pm / Performance 4:00-5:00pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-showtime-nyc-excerpts-from-pyramid-battle-hip-hop-in-armor-tickets-774602736637?aff=oddtdtcreator
Funding for street dance community events is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Friday, January 12
It’s Showtime NYC!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT (Updated 1/11/24)
10pm
Featuring an incredible line up of NYC based street, club, house, vogue, dance artists and new commissions
It’s Showtime NYC will appear at 10 pm and present an excerpt of a new piece under development Pyramid with original composition and cello and flexN dance performance by Johnathan “Akuma” Moore
Click HERE for Tickest and More Info OR
https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/underground-uptown-dance-festival-947
HERBERT VON KING CULTURAL CENTER
Residency with It's Showtime NYC
In partnership with
the City of New York
Department of Parks & Recreation
and Works & Process.
670 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
FREE to attend - RSVP to sign up for our mailing list!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-showtime-nyc-at-herbert-von-king-cultural-center-flexn-litefeet-tickets-754733176247?aff=oddtdtcreator
All events at Von King are free and all-ages.
See It’s Showtime NYC instagram page for registration for select events.
Funding for street dance community events is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Saturday, December 30
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Street Dance class with
IST company member
Saturday, December 23
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Street Dance class with
IST company member
Saturday, December 16
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Street Dance community event
Video shoot for street dance community members. Sizzle reels will be created, for free, for street dance community members. Participants will make dance videos with leading videographer and editor capturing street dance artistry. Videos will be given to each dancer for their own career use.
Saturday, December 9
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Street Dance class with
IST company member
Saturday, December 2
3:00-5:00 pm
Street Dance community event
Family flexN: Facilitating Intergenerational Connections
All events at Von King are free and all-ages.
Saturday, November 25
1:00-2:00 pm
Street Dance class with
IST company member
All events at Von King are free and all-ages.
It’s Showtime NYC is a company of flexN, litefeet and hip hop dancers.
Saturday, November 11
3:00-5:00pm
Street Dance community event
What is FlexN?
All events at Von King are free and all-ages.
It’s Showtime NYC is a company of flexN, litefeet and hip hop dancers.
L: AUBREY “SKI” PRIMUS, DREW “JUMBIE” FARROW, QUINN “QU” BROWN, AND NAZIER “BLESS” MORALES. R: jonathan “akuma” moore
PHOTOs: TIANA CORREA
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023
7:30 pm
Pyramid
By Cal Hunt, Artistic and Program Director of It’s Showtime NYC
Original composition by cellist/bonebreaker Johnathan “Akuma” Moore
Commissioned by Works & Process and Bethany Arts Community
New Yorkers by nature are archeologists. Be it graffiti, hieroglyphics, or freestyle dance on the streets, lived stories are shared to those willing to pause and take in the messages. Commissioned by Works & Process, see an in-process performance of Pyramid featuring It’s Showtime NYC!, a company of dancers with a history of dancing on New York’s streets and subways, in collaboration with composer and cellist Johnathan “Akuma” Moore. Facilitated by a Works & Process LaunchPAD creative residency at Bethany Arts Community, both the original music composition and dance work embody an artistic trade-off. They represent a collaboration between composer and company dancer as each investigate the notion, “This is how you sound to me.” Moore’s composition animates each dancer’s daily struggles and triumphs as live building blocks of the pyramid. As the pyramid deconstructs, choreographer and It’s Showtime NYC! Artistic Director Cal Hunt asks, “How do these stories get back into perspective?” As Moore incorporates innovative techniques typically employed by funk bassists and layered electronic loops into his cello composition, he frees himself to join the performance as a bonebreaker or flexN artist.
It’s Showtime NYC! Open Rehearsal
Sunday, Nov. 5
Bethany Community Arts
40 Somerstown Road,
Ossining, NY 10562
Downstairs Rehearsal Space
Free!
It’s Showtime NYC! along with cellist/composer/bonebreaker Johnathan “Akuma" Moore will offer audiences an open rehearsal of new work-in-progress Pyramid. Following the residency at Bethany Arts Community, the piece will be pre-premiered at Works & Process at the Guggenheim on November 9th.
The sound of cello infused with the soul of street dance from the Brooklyn-based flexN and other New York City street dance communities is a driving force behind the creation of Pyramid, choreographed by Cal Hunt, Artistic and Program Director of It’s Showtime NYC! In the development of the new piece, each dancer's personal story represents a building block. It’s Showtime NYC is excited to have the community at Bethany Arts Community observe the artists' creative process and love for dance.
About the work:
New Yorkers by nature are archeologists. Be it graffiti, hieroglyphics, or freestyle dance on the streets, lived stories are shared to those willing to pause and take in the messages. Commissioned by Works & Process, see an in-process rehearsal of Pyramid featuring It’s Showtime NYC!, a company of dancers with a history of dancing on New York’s streets and subways, in collaboration with composer and cellist Johnathan “Akuma” Moore. Facilitated by a Works & Process LaunchPAD creative residency at Bethany Arts Community, both the original music composition and dance work embody an artistic trade-off. They represent a collaboration between composer and company dancer as each investigate the notion, “This is how you sound to me.” Moore’s composition animates each dancer’s daily struggles and triumphs as live building blocks of the pyramid. As the pyramid deconstructs, choreographer and It’s Showtime NYC! Artistic Director Cal Hunt asks, “How do these stories get back into perspective?” As Moore incorporates innovative techniques typically employed by funk bassists and layered electronic loops into his cello composition, he frees himself to join the performance as a bonebreaker or flexN artist.
Pyramid is commissioned by Works & Process and Bethany Arts Community.
Subway Cabaret is a fast-paced, New York City-centric cultural collision featuring key conductors from the worlds of poetry, dance, music, comedy, digital content and more. Tickets $55-$70 https://ticketing.midnighttheatre.com/tickets/series/sc/subway-cabaret-566770?startDate=11-18-2022
DOORS 7:00 PM
SHOW 8:50 PM
Small plates and beverages from our theatre menu are provided by our sister restaurant Hidden Leaf, available for purchase during the show in the Midnight Theater. For a pre- or post-show meal, click here to book a reservation or visit our Lounge.
Subway Cabaret is a fast-paced, New York City-centric cultural collision featuring key conductors from the worlds of poetry, dance, music, comedy, digital content and more.
FEATURING THE DRAGON SISTERS, DEBORAH LANDAU, TYLER SMITH, TONY OR TONY, IT’S SHOWTIME NYC! HOSTED BY TESS TREGELLAS.
IT’S SHOWTIME NYC!’s dancers have collaborated over 7 years and represent a range of NYC’s street and subway dancers. The Bronx-based group was the first resident street dance company with monthly performances at The MET Museum’s 2018-2019 #MelLiveArts season, received commissions from Abrons Arts Center, the Shed and HarlemStage, collaborated with the NY Philharmonic in a partnership with Casita Maria, and has been invited to perform at Summerstage, Jacobs Pillow, Lincoln Center, Wave Hill, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, The Civil Court of New York State, Crossing the Line Festival, Madison Square Park, The South Bronx Culture Trail, Bronx Museum of the Arts, River to River festival, Times Square, and Weeksville Heritage Center. 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.
7pm & 8pm It’s Showtime NYC Dance Performance
In honor of the art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes, Poster House is pleased to welcome It’s Showtime NYC for an exciting evening of various street dance forms. These skilled performers will activate the main gallery with dances commonly seen in public spaces throughout New York City. You don’t want to miss this one-night-only engagement! FREE with RSVP https://posterhouse.org/product/general-admission/
Due to Covid regulations,, It’s Showtime NYC performances were often restricted to a number of unannounced and/or last minute performances. We are proud to mention the following performances and partnerships in the summer of 2021 with:
NY Philharmonic/Casita Maria
Jamaica Performing Arts Center
Wave Hill
Lincoln Center
Bill T. Jones/Park Avenue Armory
City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation (Poe Park, Brownsville Recreation Center, Soundview Park)
Hook Arts Media
Queens County Farm Museum
OpenCultureWorks (Staten Island, Harlem)
Lincoln Center
Jamaica Performing Arts Center
Join It’s Showtime NYC! to celebrate its nomination for the 2020 Bessie Award being streamed December 14, 2020 at 7:30 pm.
It’s Showtime NYC! is incredibly honored and grateful to be nominated for the NY Dance and Performance Awards, the prestigious 36th Annual Bessies for Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer. The nomination is for the piece What Time Is It? created in collaboration with Artistic Director Adesola Osakalumi with presenting partner Abrons Arts Center. Nominees will be honored in a free live stream awards ceremony streaming on December 14 at 7:30 pm ET. We are absolutely honored to be in the company of so many accomplished artists. For a complete list of nominees and award registrationplease visit http://bessies.org/2020-nominees/
Meet new Rehearsal Director Cebo Carr and some of the newest It’s Showtime NYC dancers live on It’s Showtime NYC Instagram Live (IGTV) at https://www.instagram.com/itsshowtimenyc/
National Dance Day celebration
Hosted by SummerStage NYC
Streaming all day culminating in the world premiere of the dance film featuring Flexx from It’s Showtime NYC. https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/for-the-love-of-dance/?date=20200919
DECEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 7, 2019 @ 6:00PM – 6:00 PM (24 HOURS)
A 24-hour performance marathon that addresses how gun culture is historically embedded in the United States, co-presented by Henry Street Settlement and University Settlement.
More info: https://www.abronsartscenter.org/program/world-premiere-bang-bang-gun-amok-iii/
World Premiere
What Time Is It? is a multi-disciplinary performance presented by It’s Showtime NYC! (ISNYC!) that invites audiences to learn more about New York City through the embodiment of our city’s own street dance culture. In this work, ISNYC! dancers collaborate with videographer Kash Gaines and Artistic Director Adesola Osakalumi to share the voices and aesthetic innovations of New York City underground dancers in contemporary performance.
Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 7:30PM
Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7:30PM
Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 7:30PM
WHERE: Abrons Arts Center, Experimental Theater - 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002
FREE
Tickets to Open Call are free, but reservations are required. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. We recommend arriving early.
Founded in 2015 in the Bronx, It’s Showtime NYC! is one of the largest street dance companies in New York City. It’s Showtime NYC! (IST) challenges the criminalization of dance in public spaces and advocates for the recognition and value of this art form created by and celebrating people of color. IST will present Twogether We’re One for Open Call.
Check back for more information on this commission.
This event takes place in Plaza.
https://theshed.org/program/111-open-call-it-s-showtime-nyc
This Sunday 6/16 is It's Showtime NYC's next Jam Session!
Come back for more games, music, dance and vibes!
+++ 7 to Smoke open-styles battle+++
--> Cash prize $100
Judges: Dijah Mcfee aka Emotions, E Solo, Brian Polite
Prelims start at 7:30pm SHARP!
Open to all
Sounds by DJ StillOne
WHEN: Sunday June 16, 2019 from 7pm to 10pm
WHERE: EXPG studio NYC BY LDH, 27 second Ave, New York NY
HOW MUCH: FREE
All ages welcome
It’s Showtime NYC! (IST) celebrates New York City street culture and provides performance and professional development opportunities to street and subway dancers as a legal alternative to dancing in subway cars.
If you are a street/subway dancer and are interested in joining the program, please fill out this form: http://itsshowtime.nyc/signup
It's Showtime NYC! is a program of Dancing in the Streets, developed in partnership with the Mark Morris Dance Center, with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Puffin Foundation.
It’s Showtime NYC! is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Harlem Stage E-Moves On Tour
Harlem Stage’s critically acclaimed signature dance series, E-Moves, celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work!
For the second year in a row, The Jamaica Dance Festival is pleased to support the life of the vital work of these artists by hosting E-Moves On Tour!
This year’s edition of E-Moves uplifts the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar.
Friday, June 14 from 6pm–9pm
Hastings Friday Night Live | Warburton Avenue, Hastings
The Hastings High School Chorus Broadway Revue
plus CELEBRATE New York CITY STREET CULTURE WITH
IT’S SHOWTIME NYC! Enjoy our shops, restaurants and a fire department cookout!
The world of hip-hop dance culture collides with the bygone age of chivalry when modern-day freestyle dancers meet knights in armor. Discover the unexpected parallels—and see what it's really like to make some moves in all that chainmail, leather, and metal—in this unrivaled series of thrilling dance battles, commissioned by MetLiveArts in collaboration with The Met's Arms and Armor department and the fierce artists of It's Showtime NYC! from the South Bronx's Dancing in the Streets urban dance organization.
June 7, 2019
Performances at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm.
Gallery 371, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court
Free with Museum admission
This program is made possible by Jody and John Arnhold and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Rehearsals and performances are offered free with Museum admission thanks to The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., and The New York State Council on the Arts.
Event link: https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/battle-hip-hop-in-armor
Earlier Event: April 12th
Red Hook Fest is one of NYC’s most exciting annual events. Over the course of 2 days, audiences enjoy free barbecue, a DJ-led dance party, stunning professional performances by NYC’s most powerful performers, and a host of pre-professional youth performances. Located on the scenic Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront, audiences enjoy stunning music and dance performances with spectacular views. Hook Arts Media® partners with many organizations to bring additional free resources, education, and services to each year’s event. Activities include scavenger hunts, reading tents, and free kayaking on the harbor.May 31-June 1, 2019, Hook Arts Media will present the 26th Annual Red Hook Fest. Festivities will open on Friday, May 31 with a free cookout, a youth group performance, and a DJ-led dance party. The festival will continue into Saturday, June 1 with main stage performances beginning at 2 pm and concluding at 7 pm.We are thrilled to announce the following headliners to grace the Red Hook Fest mainstage in 2019: The Dance Cartel, Ballet Hispanico's second company, BHdos, and Taina Asili. Learn more about these powerful performers, the community groups, youth performances, and activities at The 26th Annual Red Hook Fest!
It's Showtime NYC! is a program of Dancing in the Streets, with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, Club Culture Foundation and the Foley Hoag Foundation. This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Dancing in the Streets is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s Showtime NYC! is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
It’s Showtime NYC! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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