Aliento: CONTRA-TIEMPO, Agua Furiosa
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm CONTRA-TIEMPO, a multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company founded in 2005, is dedicated to transforming the world through dance. The company creates physically intense and politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what is possible. Its unique Urban Latin Dance Theater brings to life voices not traditionally heard on the concert stage, while building community and facilitating dialogue. CONTRA-TIEMPO’s work is rooted in salsa and Afro-Cuban and draws from hip-hop, urban and contemporary dance-theatre, pushing the boundaries of Latin dance as an expressive cultural (more...)
Aliento: CONTRA-TIEMPO, Agua Furiosa, School Day Event
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM10 am CONTRA-TIEMPO, a multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company founded in 2005, is dedicated to transforming the world through dance. The company creates physically intense and politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what is possible. Its unique Urban Latin Dance Theater brings to life voices not traditionally heard on the concert stage, while building community and facilitating dialogue. CONTRA-TIEMPO’s work is rooted in salsa and Afro-Cuban and draws from hip-hop, urban and contemporary dance-theatre, pushing the boundaries of Latin dance as an expressive cultural (more...)

¡Baile! Casino del Rueda (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm – 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm – 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)

¡Baile! Casino del Rueda (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm – 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm – 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)

Domingos en Arte: Baracutanga
Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6 pm The award-winning New Mexico-based band Baracutanga explores and mixes the many danceable rhythms of South America. The eight-piece group, representing four different countries, arranges these rhythms in countless combinations, resulting in an exciting, iconic flavor that is all its own. Domingos en Arte, a summer music and dance series presented by Melaza Music, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in the NHCC’s Fountain Courtyard, enters its second season beginning in June. We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community (more...)

¡Baile! Casino del Rueda (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm – 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm – 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)

¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm – 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm – 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)