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.
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.
Fall 2025 Schedule
origins
Recovery in Motion was born 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, and circle keeper whose work defies category and dances at the edge of disruption, wonder, and radical possibility. Trained at the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase, and Germany’s Folkwang Hochschule under Pina Bausch’s legacy, Campos soaked in a movement philosophy rooted in risk and raw humanity. His European decade included collaborations with visionaries like Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Vivienne Newport, and Yoshiko Waki. Returning stateside, he founded Camposition, a Miami-based collective crafting provocative, site-specific works tackling HIV/AIDS, religious extremism, and domestic violence. He has redefined audience-performer relationships with Juggerknaut Theatre Company and now performs with the Pioneer Winter Collective, where he also facilitates Recovery in Motion, blending movement, expressive arts, and recovery practices. As founder of LALA Open Studio, Campos nurtures a new generation of interdisciplinary artists, expanding Miami’s creative terrain through artist-led gatherings and wellness incubators. Campos has taught at New World School of the Arts and NIDA in Sydney, sharing his dynamic approach to storytelling, embodiment, and social engagement. Offstage, he is a certified mindfulness instructor, somatic practitioner, and peer support worker serving on the board of B. Riley, an LGBTQ+ treatment center.
Spring 2025 Culminating Performance & Gathering
