Is it April yet? Better yet...April 27th?
Arts For The Schools is very excited to present: CONTRA-TIEMPO!
CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company creating physically intense and politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what is possible. They create a new physical, visual and sonic vocabulary that collages Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater, compelling text, and original music to bring dynamic multi-modal experiences to the stage.
Agua Furiosa, CONTRA-TIEMPO's newest evening length work, challenges audiences to confront harsh realities of race in our country. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Oya, the Afro-Cuban deity of wind and storms, artistic director and choreographer Ana María Alvarez, harnesses her unique Urban-Latin movement approach to create a visually stunning and thought provoking evening of dance performance. Agua Furiosamerges call and response, a live vocalist, water themes, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal narratives. Audiences walk away from Agua Furiosa, impacted and inspired to locate themselves inside the complex and transforming conversation of race in America. Creative collaborators include sound designer d. sabela grimes, vocalist Pyeng Threadgill, lighting designer Masha Tsimring and dramaturg Michael Garces.
CONTRA-TIEMPO is dedicated to transforming the world through dance. One of the most effective and powerful ways they do this is through their dynamic work with youth. They have partnered with over 40 schools, colleges, and universities, and continue to share their dance-as-social-action pedagogy work for thousands of young people across the nation each year. They are dedicated to the growth and development of more self reflective and engaged young artists.
Don't miss out!
Friday, April 27th - 7pm - Tickets $5-$20
North Tahoe High School Theater - 2945 Polaris Road - Tahoe City, CA 96145
Tickets available at the door until showtime!
Arts For The Schools is very excited to present: CONTRA-TIEMPO!
CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company creating physically intense and politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what is possible. They create a new physical, visual and sonic vocabulary that collages Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater, compelling text, and original music to bring dynamic multi-modal experiences to the stage.
Agua Furiosa, CONTRA-TIEMPO's newest evening length work, challenges audiences to confront harsh realities of race in our country. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Oya, the Afro-Cuban deity of wind and storms, artistic director and choreographer Ana María Alvarez, harnesses her unique Urban-Latin movement approach to create a visually stunning and thought provoking evening of dance performance. Agua Furiosamerges call and response, a live vocalist, water themes, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal narratives. Audiences walk away from Agua Furiosa, impacted and inspired to locate themselves inside the complex and transforming conversation of race in America. Creative collaborators include sound designer d. sabela grimes, vocalist Pyeng Threadgill, lighting designer Masha Tsimring and dramaturg Michael Garces.
CONTRA-TIEMPO is dedicated to transforming the world through dance. One of the most effective and powerful ways they do this is through their dynamic work with youth. They have partnered with over 40 schools, colleges, and universities, and continue to share their dance-as-social-action pedagogy work for thousands of young people across the nation each year. They are dedicated to the growth and development of more self reflective and engaged young artists.
Don't miss out!
Friday, April 27th - 7pm - Tickets $5-$20
North Tahoe High School Theater - 2945 Polaris Road - Tahoe City, CA 96145
Tickets available at the door until showtime!
