About the Show
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)