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.