Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre presents "Jubilation"

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) will present its annual “Jubilation”. The performance will mark the first of many collaborations between CRDT and renowned ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson, as well as the premiere of Four Negro Spirituals, a new work choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera.

Other featured pieces include:

“Corner Sketches- A Tribute to Miles Davis” blends different periods and styles of Davis’s music to honor his major influences on American music.

Stones of Hope: “Caged Bird, Million Man March, Still I Rise” is a public and personal depiction of the Civil Rights Movement, featuring the profound and brilliant work of the legendary Maya Angelou.

Reginald R. Robinson, born and raised in Chicago, is America’s leading ragtime composer, as confirmed by his 2004 MacArthur Genius Grant for his innovation in the genre. Between recording, performing and composing, Reginald is at work on his most ambitious project, a documentary film about the history and development of ragtime music.