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CONTRA-TIEMPO is a Los Angeles-based professional dance company, founded in 2004, by choreographer Ana María Alvarez. The company fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African, Hip-Hop, and dance-theater to create an invigorating blend of intense and astute performances.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.Resident composer, César Alvarez, is a founding member of the company. He has collaborated with his sister on Contra-Tiempo since its earliest incarnations and approaches the music for the group as if it were a new genre. Contra-Tiempo's movement narrative calls for a complete rebuilding of "dance music" using a sonic vocabulary as far-reaching and diverse as the company members' backgrounds. In Contra-Tiempo's performances, César deconstructs salsa, collaging Americana with hip-hop, poetry with clave, industrial and found sound with the powerful rhythmic traditions of the African Diaspora.The company is made up of dancers and actors who are interested in creating bold and compelling work that sparks social change and uplifts our audience. Contra-Tiempo also has community workshops for adults and young people.