Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Shingleton Dance Space
Shenandoah Conservatory

This event is presented by Performing Arts Live in partnership with the Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program.

Program information coming soon . . .

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.

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.

Afro-Latin Social Dance Workshop

Monday, March 16 at 7PM
Hazel-Pruitt Armory, Collaboratory

Dance it out and get your week started right! Los Angeles–based activist dance theater company CONTRA-TIEMPO invites you to move and groove in their high-energy Sabor Session (from the Spanish word for “flavor”). Dancers will guide participants of all levels through Afro-Latin social dance forms rooted in radical joy, rhythm and community connection.

Appropriate for all ages, levels and abilities. No dance experience required — just come ready to move and have fun.

This event is free and open to members of the Shenandoah University community and the general public.

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