Move the archive. Practice the legacy.

This year, our monthly open classes invite dancers, movers, and community members into archival company repertoire from CONTRA-TIEMPO.

These classes are not about perfect replication - they are about inheritance. Each session centers choreography from past works while unpacking the cultural, political, and embodied context that shaped it. Participants learn movement phrases alongside the stories, values, and organizing principles embedded within the work.

This is repertoire as living practice.

What These Classes Look Like

Each 2 hour class includes:

• Warm-up + grounding practice
  Centering the body, breath, and collective space

• Repertoire study
  Learning excerpts from former CONTRA-TIEMPO works, adapted for mixed levels

• Context + conversation
  How the work emerged, what it responded to, and why it still matters

• Embodied organizing tools
  Exploring how movement functions as resistance, storytelling, and community care

• Collective reflection
  Making meaning together through dialogue, writing, or witnessing

No prior knowledge of the repertoire is required. All bodies, backgrounds, and movement histories are welcome.

All classes take place once per month
📍 Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
⏰ 3:30 - 5:30 PM
💵 FREE for members; $25 for non-members

Sunday, February 1, 3:30-5:30PM

Friday March 13, 5:30-7:30PM

Sunday April 26, 3:30-5:30PM

Who Are These Classes For?

• Dancers curious about activist dance and embodied organizing

• Former CONTRA-TIEMPO participants and alumni

• Community members wanting to move with purpose

• Educators, organizers, and artists seeking embodied tools

• Anyone interested in learning through the body

No performance experience required.