2nd Chicago Latine Contemporary Movement Festival by Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre

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2ND ANNUAL CHICAGO LATINX/E CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FESTIVAL By Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Presented in partnership with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Concert: Friday, October 2, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Workshop: Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. Community Conversation: Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m. Festival Pass: Includes concert, workshop, panel discussion registration; General Admission ($35); Elder/Industry ($25); Free to Columbia College Chicago students. Concert Tickets: General Admission ($30); Elder/Industry ($20); Non-Columbia Student/Child ($10); Free to Columbia College Chicago students. Workshop Registration: ($10 or Pay What You Can) Panel Discussion Registration: Free with registration. FESTIVAL PASS Concert Tickets (10/2) Workshop Registration (10/3) Community Conversation Reservation (10/3) Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre’s Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival Concert features CRDT performing an excerpt of a new work by Omar Roman de Jesus alongside six artists/collectives: Anniela Huidobro Castro, Anise Fernández & Amanda Ramirez, Ruben Andrés Castillo Gomez, Mark Travis Rivera | The Professional Storyteller, Paula Sousa, and Victoria Villamil selected through an open call for proposals from Latinx/e creators who engage choreographically with binational and multi-racial identity, multi-generational experiences, immigrant narratives, identity politics, and/or gender expansiveness. After launching the festival in 2025 at the Ruth Page, CRDT is expanding the second year to two days to include the festival concert with post-show Q&A along with a workshop and community conversation by David Herrera from Latinx Hispanic Dancers United platforming the cultural moment in the intersectional Latinx dance community. "The Latinx/e experience is a beautifully complex and layered mosaic of stories shaped by heritage, migration, identity, queerness, resilience, and joy, Through this festival, we uplift and celebrate the depth and…