The Heart of the Story at Douglass Park

The Heart of the Story is a semi-interactive concert dance program, featuring 8 dance artists of Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre performing several pieces from the company’s repertoire. The diversity of the repertoire offers each site customization based on the interests and identity of the community, using dance and storytelling to present deeper concepts of identity and celebrate the complexity of the human experience. Elements of the choreography highlight the many dualities found within each of us–confidence and doubt, strength and vulnerability, grace and intensity. https://www.cerquarivera.org/ This evening’s show will be preceded by a special performance by the Douglass Park Performing Company (DPPC). Tonight they present “Sister Hood” (A Work in Progress), a powerful dance piece featuring twelve performers. This moving work celebrates the strength of sisterhood, an unbreakable bond forged through shared struggles and unwavering support. Through expressive choreography and collective movement, “Sister Hood” reminds us that in times of hardship, sisters lift each other, lean in with love, and stand together with resilience. Click here for more info.