Contra-Tiempo’s Exuberant, Activist Dance-Theatre Brings Joy and Justice to Gambrell Center<br/><br/>The Latinx dance-theatre company Contra-Tiempo explores joy as an act of resistance in their production “joyUS justUS” at the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for Arts and Civic Engagement at Queen University of Charlotte on Saturday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. Founded and directed by Ana Maria Alvarez, the L.A. based company is dedicated to building community through dialogue and dance, inspiring audiences to imagine a world of possibility. <br/><br/>The program “joyUS justUS” is a participatory activist dance theater experience that combines Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater and original music to bring dynamic storytelling to the concert stage. Whenever humans have survived immense hardship and injustice with their humanity intact, the presence of joy, beauty and power has always been at the root. “joyUS justUS” reclaims the na