Getting down in the Bronx with CONTRA-TIEMPO - back to the home of Salsa!

It has been WAY too long - I haven't made the time to update this blog in a while - but I am committed to keeping this conversation going - sharing the incredible journey of creating and building CONTRA-TIEMPO! There is a lot to catch you up on - but tonight will just be a quick hello - and I will be back with more meaty entries in the next week! It has been an AMAZING year - and we are just about to end the summer - entering into our third fiscal year as a non-profit - fourth year as a company. Two amazing tours under our belt - NYC and DC - Both were tours where we learned a tremendous amount about ourselves, each other. Each day I was reminded of why I am so absolutely honored and in awe with every opportunity we/I have to share this work and to share dance and the transformative power of movement with others! Below I included a little home video link of an impromptu jam session - we were walking by some congeros at St. Mary's park after our show that afternoon - and the music nos llamo' - wooo did it ever- It felt SO good to just get down with people in the neighborhood - to the sound of salsa blasting over loud speakers with congas and timbales as back up - and remember why it is that we work so hard - so that we can DANCE for a living!



Tomorrow night we will be having our yearly BENEFIT FIESTA at the Electric Lodge - all of you out there in LA LA land - please join us! I would love to have you there - it is going to be a good time for a good cause! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/40165 and then we are off to SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE! I am so excited - as we are being to create a new piece now and after these tours are over we will begin really getting down with our new work - to be
debuted in 2009! Yeah! Bueno - good night - boa noite - hope to see you on the dance floor! - Ana Maria