It’s Showtime NYC! with Sura Ali and Johnathan Moore

Preview of

What Time is It?

Directed by Cal Hunt

Co-Choreographed by It's Showtime NYC!

Dancers:
Aubrey “Ski” Primus
Jamil “Stein” Aleem
Tyrik “Blank” Johnson
Niyla “Fenixx” Henderson
Christopher “Venxm” Brathwaite
Nazier “Bless” Morales
Drew “Jumbie” Smart Farrow
Joshua “Sage” Morales
Marie “Rogue” Borden
Quinn “Qu” Brown
Shemar “Shem” Walcott

Our piece brings together Sura Ali (spoken word/rap), Johnathan Moore (Electric cello), and dancers from It’s Showtime NYC! in a live mix of rap, cello, and street dance.

Sura Ali (Netflix/Rhythm & Flow) comes from spoken word and carries that into her music—real stories, direct, no filter. Johnathan Moore flips the cello into something else, using loops and live playing to build sound in the moment. Together, they create a space where music isn’t fixed—it moves, shifts, and responds. The dancers meet that energy head-on. Everything is grounded in groove, control, and feeling, pulling from street styles and letting the music hit the body in real time.

It's Showtime NYC! is a program of Dancing in the Streets, with funding from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Foot Locker Foundation, Hyde and Watson Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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.

Free RSVP for post-show gathering with It's Showtime NYC

It's Showtime NYC preview at Bryant Park Thursday, June 11