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It’s Showtime NYC! in its 6th 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 recently were 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, 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.

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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