Tickets $26-$30. The program features the Chicago premiere of African-American choreographer Ronald K. Brown’s Espiritu Vivo, which examines the intersection of the African and Latino diasporas in the Caribbean and Latin America, set to a suite of four songs performed by Peruvian singer Susana Baca. Another Chicago premiere, Asuka, created by Ballet Hispanico Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro—a Columbia College Chicago alumnus and former Dance Center artist in residence—honors salsa legend Celia Cruz. Also on the program are Naci, choreographer Andrea Miller’s investigation of the Moorish influences on Sephardic Jewish culture of Spain, and Locked Up Laura, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s exploration of the human struggle to maintain authenticity in the face of routine.
Location: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago