Contrapose Dance was founded in 2008 by artistic director Courtney Peix out of a desire to present new, exciting and entertaining works that engage and thrill audiences. Since its premiere performance in May of 2008, the company has participated in 35 performances, dancing in works by Marcus Schulkind, Gianni Di Marco, Courtney Peix, Nicole Pierce, Eve Summer, Lorraine Chapman, Stephanie Sherman, Heather Roffe, Jennifer Hardy, and Lucy Warren-Whitman. The repertory currently features 19 original pieces. In 2011, Contrapose Dance expanded its 8 dancers company to 12 high trained and skilled dancers. They received funding from the Mass Cultural Council through the Somerville Arts Council, was awarded the Boston Center for the Arts Residency and continue to participate in many free performances in an effort to provide free, high quality dance to all.

Building on a backbone of classical training, Contrapose Dance presents contemporary works designed to plumb deep emotions and celebrate the exhilaration of pure movement. The Company aims to bring a new energy to the theater scene, in Boston and beyond, by commissioning innovative works that challenge choreographers, dancers, and audiences alike. These diverse works challenge their choreographers, by pushing them to take creative risks; the dancers, by asking them to stretch their artistic and athletic abilities; and, finally, our audiences, by inviting them to set aside expectations and respond to the thrill of the new.

Contrapose seeks not only to reach existing dance audiences but also to widen the circle by reaching out to communities that may never have attended dance concerts. By doing so, and eventually by touring nationally and internationally, Contrapose Dance hopes to bring a new generation of dance lovers along with us to a place where tradition and originality meet.