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Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presents Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival, Oct. 11

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre to Host Chicago's Premier Latinx/e Choreographers at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Paula Sousa
Paula Sousa (Cayo Vieira)

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre is proud to present the Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival, Saturday Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N Dearborn.

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre features Chicago’s premier Latinx choreographers as well as the CRDT company in the debut of a celebration of Chicago’s Latinx dance artistry. The Latinx/e Dance Festival highlights socially conscious emerging Latinx artists with a line of inquiry that addresses immigration, colonialism, multinationalism, bi-racial and multi-generational identities. Featured Choreographers and their work:

  • Alfonso Abraham Cervera y Irvin Manuel Gonzalez "las cosas que enter(r)Amos"
  • Anniela Huidobro "RÍA, Reconciliación Íntima con el Agua"
  • Lilia Castillo Gomez "La Guerrera"
  • Mark Travis Rivera, The Professional Storyteller "Witness" (Excerpts)
  • Paula Sousa "Alien"
  • Ruben Andrés Castillo Gomez "Los immigrantes"
  • Sandy Perez "FirstGen"
  • Wilfredo Rivera "American Catracho" (excerpt)

Tickets are $38 and available now at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/inagural-latinxe-contemporary-movement-festival.

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