Contra-Tiempo Founding Artistic Director Ana Maria Alvarez offers corrections to the company dancers during rehearsal on March 3, 2019.	Contra-Tiempo is a collaborative company down to their warm-up, which is led each rehearsal by a company dancer. Alvarez usually warms up with the dancers.
Notes are a typical rehearsal occurrence, but for Contra-Tiempo, notes are much more of a conversation. Alvarez (left) offers her suggestions and dancers are able to respond with their own ideas. Dancer pictured is Bianca Medina.	Alvarez (facing camera) gives rehearsal notes to Contra-Tiempo company dancers (left to right) Bianca Medina, Samad Guerra, Jannet Galdamez, and Diana Toledo.
This quijada is used in one section of joyUS justUS to accompany the dancers. The quijada is a traditional instrument made from the jaw of a horse, donkey, or mule that is used in Latin America.	Nathieli Diaz-Martinez rehearses the undulating, slow walks that that allude to immigration in joyUS justUS.
Contra-Tiempo dancers (left to right) Jannet Galdamez, Samad Guerra, and Bianca Medina practice their Spanish in a work they will perform during their week-long residency in El Salvador.	Nathieli Diaz-Martinez rehearses a solo section of joyUS justUS.
Jannet Galdamez organizes costumes before packing them away again for the company's next tour.

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