Artist Director Wilfredo Rivero speaks with the WGN-TV Spotlight Chicago team about the upcoming performances by Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre coming to the Dance Center’s stage on Channel 9.
Third Coast Review’s Kathy D. Hey reviews Didę by Compagnie Multicorps, choreographed by Marcel Gbeffa from Benin, with direction and wood masks designed by Sarah Trouche from France.
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.
Guadalupe Loza-Sanchez, Reporter for the Columbia Chronicle, featured the Mi Gente showcase in an article that highlighted the student dance club dedicated to Latin dance forms and its performances as part of the first-ever Festival of Dance Clubs at the Dance Center.
See Chicago Dance’s Tristan Bruns picks our upcoming presentations of the midwest premiere of Didę by Marcel Gbeffa and Sarah Trouche and our upcoming performances by Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre coming for the first time to our stage.
Red Clay Dance Company’s upcoming program pairs two works created in collaboration with the dancers: Bebe Miller’s Field: New Ground and Vershawn Sanders-Ward’s Written on the Flesh. Asked about how it has been for the company to work with Bebe, for Vershawn it’s something of a full circle moment: “I’m still in awe. I don’t want to get all sentimental – it just reminds me of the specialness of the Dance Center.” Read about the two works and the collaboration between these two artists.
See Chicago Dance’s Megan Kudla reviews our recent Chicago Artist Spotlight Festival second weekend of performances: “Every piece was carefully crafted and packed a punch, and the performers masterfully navigated the worlds created. The artistic output of Kilmurray & Brody, Howard and Swilley were meaningful and exciting, setting a high standard for what performance art can be and say about process, product and the relationships that are essential to them.”
