Recovery in Motion

A movement and theater workshop series for people in recovery.

Recovery in Motion is a weekly creative space led by Pioneer Winter Collective for people engaged in 12 Step programs or similar recovery journeys. The sessions use movement, theater, writing, and sound to explore themes like trust, willingness, surrender, and joy. Each gathering is a chance to move, reflect, and reconnect with self and community. No dance experience is required.

The program began in 2024 at Miami Theater Center as a pilot in partnership with local recovery groups. It has since grown into an ongoing community led practice facilitated by Andrea Labbée and Octavio Campos. Together, they create a supportive environment where movement becomes a path toward healing and shared growth. In 2026, Darryl Brown joined Andrea and Octavio as co-facilitator after coming into Recovery in Motion as a participant.

Each session focuses on a principle of recovery such as gratitude, unity, faith, or service, explored through exercises in embodiment, improvisation, and storytelling. Over time, participants have built strong bonds and created original performances rooted in their lived experiences.

Summer 2026 Schedule | Miami-Dade

5 Consecutive weeks: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at miami theater center

origins

Recovery in Motion was borne out of Creative Connections, Pioneer Winter Collective’s artist accelerator program. In 2024, Andrea Labbée created Miss Enfranchised, a deeply personal work about addiction, loss, and recovery during her Creative Connections residency. The conversations that followed her performance revealed how many people in the audience were in recovery themselves or had been touched by it. What began as a single artist’s project quickly became an ongoing community practice, expanding from one person’s story into a shared space for creative healing and collective recovery.

Facilitators

Andréa Labbée (she/her) is a motivational speaker in the South Florida recovery community, driven by the mantra, "I aspire to inspire until I expire." Her work focuses on aiding others in self-discovery and spiritual growth. She also contributes to an elementary school in Miami Springs and has collaborated and danced with Pioneer Winter Collective and Foundation for Emerging Arts and Technologies. Andréa’s career highlights include performing in musical theater and dramatic productions across the U.S., notably as a "Kelly Girl" in Donn Arden's Hello, Hollywood, Hello! at MGM Grand Hotel. As part of Pioneer Winter Collective’s Creative Connections, Andréa created and performed Miss Enfranchised, a work that embodies her resilience and vision. She is also a teaching artist with Recovery in Motion, where she leads workshops that use movement and theater to support recovery and self-discovery.

Octavio Campos (he/him) is a Cuban-American performance artist, choreographer, educator, community organizer, restorative justice circle keeper, and multidisciplinary trickster whose work defies categories and dances on the edge of possibilities, disruption and wonder. Born into a world of contrasts — Cuban, Queer, Buddhist, Positive, Rebellious — Campos’ artistic voice emerged as a force for disrupting norms and revealing the unseen. Over four decades, he has created countless works and collaborated with hundreds of artists across disciplines, forging a path where spectacle meets intimacy and activism meets art and wellness. Trained at the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, and Germany’s Folkwang Hochschule under the legacy of Pina Bausch, Campos absorbed a movement philosophy rooted in humanity, rawness, and risk. After a decade of work in Europe, he has collaborated with visionary artists including Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Vivienne Newport, and Yoshiko Waki, leaving his mark on experimental performance, immersive theater, and politically charged rituals. Campos founded Camposition, an interdisciplinary collective in Miami dedicated to creating provocative, site-specific works confronting themes such as HIV/AIDS, religious extremism, and domestic violence. His collaborations with Juggerknaut Theatre Company have redefined audience-performer relationships through immersive, boundary-breaking productions. He is a member of the Pioneer Winter Collective, where he performs, collaborates, and facilitates Recovery in Motion, a signature program blending expressive arts, movement, and recovery principles. Offstage, Campos is a certified mindfulness instructor, restorative justice circle keeper, somatic practitioner, and peer support worker. He also serves on the board of B. Riley, an LGBTQ+ treatment center supporting individuals in recovery and mental health resilience.

Darryl Brown (he/him) was first exposed to dance at a cultural art center in Miami, Florida with a Caribbean dance company that focused on Horton technique. He left Miami to attend college in Atlanta at Morris Brown College and ended up dancing with most of the students at Morehouse and Spelman, taking ballet classes and participating in their homecoming and King & Queen ceremonies. One of his teachers there was a former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and encouraged him to try out for the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) where he became a training company scholarship recipient. He also studied Horton with Faye Snow in Philadelphia. Once he returned to Miami, he joined Karen Stewart at Miami Dade North College and taught modern dance classes and choreography. Soon after, he began to dance with Momentum Dance Company under Delma Iles for three seasons. He also danced in Rhythm City and Energy Dance Productions. Pre-pandemic, he was a leader, choreographer, and dance teacher for the dance ministry at his church. Darryl takes inspiration from music and the emotions that reflect his current state of being in dialogue with his surroundings. His process is storytelling, or to take the dancer and the audience on an journey to return to a more enlightened reality. Darryl currently co-facilitates Pioneer Winter Collective’s weekly Recovery in Motion workshops, along with participating in PWC artist accelerators Grass Stains and Creative Connections.