Arts Administrators of Color 2025 Annual Convening
Nov
9
9:30 AM09:30

Arts Administrators of Color 2025 Annual Convening

this interactive activation invites participants to move together in community, exploring ancestral technologies of joy, call-and-response dance traditions, and somatic practices that restore and resource us. Whether opting into high-energy group dance or reflective bodywork, the session offers inclusive options for all bodies and states of being—reminding us that our bodies matter, that rest is resistance, and that moving together is a powerful practice of repair and resilience.

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Open Company Class w/ Ana Maria
Nov
21
5:30 PM17:30

Open Company Class w/ Ana Maria

  • Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience the energy of CONTRA-TIEMPO in our monthly classes, led by company members. Dive into Afro-Latin and contemporary dance forms, open to all levels, and connect with our vibrant dance community.

Rueda de casino with Ana Maria Alvarez! come learn some Cuban style salsa danced in a circle. Share in community and lets dance together!

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Open Company Class w/ Jannet
Dec
12
5:30 PM17:30

Open Company Class w/ Jannet

  • Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience the energy of CONTRA-TIEMPO in our monthly classes, led by company members. Dive into Afro-Latin and contemporary dance forms, open to all levels, and connect with our vibrant dance community.

Salsa y Tus Raices with Jannet, you will travel across Latin America discovering new ways move our hips, to groove with our shoulders, and release joy!

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Open Company Class w/ Ruby
Oct
10
5:30 PM17:30

Open Company Class w/ Ruby

  • Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience the energy of CONTRA-TIEMPO in our monthly classes, led by company members. Dive into Afro-Latin and contemporary dance forms, open to all levels, and connect with our vibrant dance community.

“Breaking taught me this…” with Ruby!

Breaking makes us confront our resilience, our creativity, and how we show up in community. Let’s get down together!

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Zona Libre
Sep
14
3:00 PM15:00

Zona Libre

Join CONTRA-TIEMPO for a FREE public event! The day will include free legal services, family programming, food, a song writing workshop with Martha Gonzalez, conversations, musical performances curated by Grand Performances with Rubén Albarrán and Making Movies and others, and more.

Dance Workshop with CONTRA-TIEMPO: Moving Fear Into Joy - A joyous community dance jam led by CONTRA-TIEMPO activist dance theater for participants of all ages and skill levels. Dancers will lead participants through Afro-Latine ancestral movement technologies such as salsa, rumba, samba, and hip-hop grooves, embodying joy as a tool to build community and restore hope.

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Sep
2
9:30 AM09:30

Movement for the Movement: Arts + Activism Workshop in South LA

Movement for the Movement: Arts + Activism Workshop in South LA

CONTRA-TIEMPO in partnership with Community Coalition will share through embodied experience - how artists and oganizers collaborate & build lasting community impact. through movement-based activities, dialogue, and storytelling, you’ll learn strategies for:

  • Building authentic partnerships across sectors

  • Engaging communities through creative pratice

  • Using the arts as a catlyst for social change

  • Set in the heart of South Los Angeles, you’ll meet the artists and organizers who are behind-the-scenes, hear their stories, and witness how the arts can fuel social movements and strengthen community bonds. Along the way, you’ll see a part of Los Angeles that’s often overlooked but essential to understanding the city’s dynamic cultural lansdscape.

Movement for the Movement is open to the public and located at the CoCo headquarters in South Los Angeles.

You’ll leave feeling inspired and equipped with practical tools, fresh perspectives, and real-world examples you can bring back to your organization, your community and your audiences.

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Erin Cooney's "AIRE LIBRE" film premiere
Mar
29
6:00 PM18:00

Erin Cooney's "AIRE LIBRE" film premiere

Erin Cooney’s Aire Libre is a dance-based video installation that examines air and soil pollution in Los Angeles County and its disproportionate effect on lower-income communities of color living amidst the heavy industry and infrastructure that underpin our capitalist, fossil-fuel-based economy. Join us for the premiere featuring special performances by the collaborating artists!

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"Aire Libre" at Torrance Art Museum
Mar
29
to May 24

"Aire Libre" at Torrance Art Museum

  • Torrance Art Museum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Visit Torrance Art Museum today to watch Aire Libre, a dance-based video installation that examines toxic air and soil pollution in Los Angeles County and its disproportionate effect on lower-income communities of color living amid the heavy industry, infrastructure, and polluting facilities that underpin our capitalist, fossil-fuel-based economy.

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Dance DTLA: Special Edition
Mar
28
7:00 PM19:00

Dance DTLA: Special Edition

Join us March 28th at 7pm and 8:30pm at the Walt Disney Concert Hall! This is a FREE, one-night-only dance party is an open invitation to all Angelenos to connect with one another through the universal language of dance and music. Follow along with instructors Jannet Galdamez, Jasmine Stanley, and Amainary Contreras

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CT + CPC : Bonding and Belonging Workshop Series
Mar
21
to May 10

CT + CPC : Bonding and Belonging Workshop Series

  • Boyle Heights City Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Dancing Home- with CPC, CONTRA-TIEMPO, and RESPONSIVE BODY

‘roots of loving us’ related workshops

We want to learn ways to re-build trust and connection with one another creating our own ‘communities of care and villages of love’.  We will get together in Spring 2025 over 11 workshops to build skills and to practice using our body, voices, movement, and collective power to expand justice, equity, and housing for all of us.

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CONTRA-TIEMPO is a 501(C)3 non-profit arts organization. Your donations are tax-deductible. (TAX ID#20-5477825)