CONTRA-TIEMPO is a Los Angeles-based activist performance ensemble founded in 2004 by choreographer Ana María Alvarez and a dynamic group of community artists. The company fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African, Hip-Hop, and abstract dance-theater, to create an invigorating blend of physically intense and politically astute performance.

While their performances are consistently electrifying, what sets the company apart most is its unique relationship to its own community. contra-tiempo is, much like the community it reaches, a tapestry. Contra-tiempo is an active and uncompromisingly radical take on the ways in which artists function within communities. Its members are immigrants, teachers, activists, organizers, artists and movers of all types living and working in Los Angeles. Each member lives and struggles within the varied and infinitely complex political and personal landscapes, which Ana María seeks to address in her work.  

Date: Recurs every Tues, November 20, 2007 - November 20, 2008
Time: 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM; Class starts at 9pm
Mixed level class, beginners welcome! Stay for an hour and as long as you want afterwards!
Admission: 21+ ID required, $12 with Lesson, LIVE music by Sono Lux and DJ Saoco

Location: King King
6565 Hollywood Blvd. (at Hollywood Blvd. / Whitley)
Los Angeles , 90028
Phone: (310) 397-6308

Website: www.contra-tiempo.org