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Cerqua Rivera Dance holding sneak preview April 16
2020-03-04
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Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre is building on the momentum from its 20th anniversary ( in 2019 ) by launching three brand new art works and engaging with audiences across Chicago.
The company will kick off its season at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln Ave., with a spring showcase and sneak preview Thursday, April 16, 7-8 p.m.
The company will perform excerpts from Place Between Earth & Sky ( 2019 ); Soul Remedy, a work in progress with music by jazz artist Pharez Whitted; Complicating Incidents, a work in progress with choreography by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago alumna Alice Klock; and American Catracho ( 2019 ), by Wilfredo Rivera and Joe Cerqua.
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