Dance for Joy and Social Justice with CONTRA-TIEMPO!

Join the artists of CONTRA-TIEMPO, a multilingual Los Angeles-based activist dance theater company, for two days of vibrant, embodied, community building activities!

Get to know the artists and awaken your power as an agent for social change; join a joyful procession to Harvard Dance Center; witness an excerpt of original dance performed by the artists; be guided through Afro-Latin social dance forms rooted in radical joy; and learn ancestral embodied technologies as tools for resilience.

For all abilities and levels of experience. No prior dance experience necessary!

Presented by the OFA Dance Program in partnership with The Harvard Foundation and EMR 177.

Student group partner: Candela Latin Dance Troupe.

Itinerary of Events:

Friday, October 17:
+1:30-3pm: Community conversation at Gray’s Hall in Harvard Yard
+4:30pm: Procession to Harvard Dance Center from Gray’s Hall in Harvard Yard
+5-6:30pm: Artist presentation & Community Sabor Session at Harvard Dance Center

Saturday, October 18:
+2:30-4pm: Ancestral Technologies workshop at Harvard Dance Center
+4:30-5:30pm: Rueda de Casino at Harvard Dance Center

Accessibility
Harvard Dance Center and Gray’s Hall are accessible for wheelchair and mobility device users. If you have questions about the accessibility of the spaces or need to request accommodations, please contact dance@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-0314.