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

FREE to attend with RSVP!

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. 

It’s Showtime NYC APAP Showcase at ALICE TULLY HALL- LINCOLN CENTER

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 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Street Dance class with
IST company member

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. 

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:

It’s Showtime NYC! Pyramid by Cal Hunt and Johnathan “Akuma” Moore (In-Process)

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. 

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/

[WORLD PREMIERE] Bang Bang Gun Amok III

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/

OPEN CALL: IT’S SHOWTIME NYC!

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.

ABOUT THIS COMMISSION

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. 

LOCATION AND DATES

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.

http://thejamaicadancefestival.com/june-15th-performance/

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!