Dance Professor Promotes Social Change Through Joyous Movement
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Ana María Álvarez calls herself an “artivist,” a term that describes her passion for art and drive to influence positive social change. As head of UC San Diego’s dance area in the Department of Theatre and Dance, she is expanding the notion of dance as a tool for imagining new futures. Over the past two decades, Álvarez has choreographed rousing performances through her CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater, which explores topics such as oppression, immigration, colonization and food justice through a fusion of Salsa, Afro-Cuban and contemporary styles of dance.
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