Block Club Chicago picks our presentation of Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre in its line-up of things to do over the May Day weekend!
Third Coast Review: Didę Is African Tradition and Spirit Rising Up
Chatting with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre’s Co-Founder and Artistic Director Wilfredo Rivera
Artistic Director Meredith Sutton sat down with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre’s Co-Founder, Artistic Director, and CEO Wilfredo Rivera to talk about the company's first concerts at the Dance Center on April 30-May 2, 2026.
La directora artística Meredith Sutton se reunió con Wilfredo Rivera, el cofundador, director artístico y CEO de Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, para dialogar sobre los primeros conciertos de la compañía, que se darán a presentar en el Dance Center, del 30 de abril de 2026 al 2 de mayo de 2026.
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Marcel Gbeffa speaks with Artistic Director Meredith Sutton about Didę, his collaboration with Sarah Trouche
New City Stage Picks Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre for Top Five Shows for April
Third Coast Review: The Seldoms Connect the Body and Spirit to Climate Change with Floe at the Columbia College Dance Center
Like the river, Natya Dance Theatre flows through and beyond 50 years
LaRita S. Smith reviews the Seldoms's FLOE for Splash Magazine
See Chicago Dance: Natya Dance Theatre Celebrates 50 Years at Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Like all of Natya Dance Theatre’s canon, “Sharīra Sharīri – Held Within” is representative of Artistic Director Hema Rajagopalan’s philosophy, put simply, “to get better, to love each other, to share, to lose one’s ego.” Rather than narrating philosophy, Natya’s work embodies it, allowing the audience to experience phenomenally the interconnection of all beings and how they are intertwined with the source of life, a message as old as the practice of philosophy itself, re-imagined by a classical dance company whose tradition is to be contemporary.





