CONTRA-TIEMPO is a multilingual Los Angeles-based activist dance theater company, founded in 2005 by Ana Maria Alvarez. Their performances typically combine Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip hop, and contemporary dance with theater, text, and original music. The company members are professional dancers, artists, immigrants, educators, activists, organizers, and movers of all types. The work seen here, joyUS justUS, is described as “a radical celebration of our humanity, an honoring of the feminine, a passionate battle cry for our rising collective consciousness, and a calling for connection.”
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