CONTRA-TIEMPO
Thursday, March 19 @ 7:30 pm
Shingleton Dance Space
Work in Progress: Roots of Loving Us
Some creative works come together quickly, like a spark catching fire. Others take years to take root and grow — expanding across time and location. Join us as we culminate a creative residency with LA-based activist dance company CONTRA-TIEMPO and share excerpts from their newest work in progress. Roots of Loving Us is a multi-year community engagement, collaborative research project and performance created by holly johnston of Responsive Body and Ana María Álvarez, artistic director of CONTRA-TIEMPO.
Inspired by the idea of chosen families, the new work uses somatic healing and ancestral technologies of dance, music and imagery to present narratives of adoption, foster care and bioadaptive families. Through community collaborations, such as their work with Music Therapy students at Shenandoah Conservatory; cross-sensory experiences; and innovative production elements, this work is a testament to lives transformed by the choice to love forever.
This event is presented by Performing Arts Live in partnership with the Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program.
Digital Program
Shenandoah Conservatory uses digital programs for all performances. In addition to their engaging and accessible design, digital programs are cost effective, environmentally friendly and enable us to create and update our programs more efficiently, which means we can focus our resources on the performances you love! View our digital programs by clicking the button above, scanning the QR code in our venue or texting PROGRAM to (540) 307-2336 at the performance. [Note: Digital programs are best viewed on your mobile or tablet device.]
Sponsors
The presentation of Roots of Loving Us by CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
Roots of Loving Us by CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by ArtPower at University of California San Diego, Shenandoah University, University of Tampa and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation. For more information, www.npnweb.org.
The Performing Arts Live series is supported in part by funding from the Marion Park Lewis Foundation.
Development Partners
Community engagement and development labs for Roots of Loving Us have been supported by the following partners: Community Coalition; Echoes of Hope; Community Power Collective (CPC) of Los Angeles, CA; University of California San Diego (UCSD); Cal State; and Shenandoah University. The work will be completed during a summer 2026 residency at UCSD where it will premiere in October as part of the ArtPower series.
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