PYRAMID (In-process excerpt)
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Calvin “Cal” Hunt, Choreographer, Artistic and Program Director, It’s Showtime NYC!
Johnathan “Akuma” Moore, Cellist, composer, bonebreaker/flexN dancer
Dancers and Co-Choreographers:
Aubrey “Ski” Primus, Tyrik “Blank” Johnson, Jamil ”Stein” Aleem, Nazier “Bless” Morales,
Quinn “Qu” Brown and Drew “Jumbie” Smart
New Yorkers are, by nature, archaeologists. Be it graffiti, hieroglyphics, or freestyle dance on the street, 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 performing 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 investigates 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.
Special thanks for residency funding from New York State Council on the Arts with support from the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Pyramid is commissioned by Works & Process, Artists Community Alliance, Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Bethany Arts Community, Bridge Street Theatre, 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, Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center and City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation.
