The Midwest RADFest is hosted and supported by Southwest Michigan's oldest professional dance company, Wellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers. The festival is a juried event held in downtown Kalamazoo with most events scheduled at the Epic Center. The festival features the best in modern, post-modern, and contemporary dance from all over the world. RADFest offers emerging, professional, and experimental artists the opportunity to present their work without financial commitment; while including opportunities for professional development, master classes, lectures, discussion panels, and networking events.

RADFest 2025 will present live stage performance, installation and alternative space works, a Screendance film series, master classes, workshops, a mediated discussion group, youth showcase, and several different networking opportunities for artists and patrons. Selected artists receive a presenting stipend and opportunity to apply for lodging assistance. All artists receive promotional and media coverage. Additionally, RADFest offers audience development events; open rehearsals, Q and A sessions, open lectures, and interactive performances.

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, February 27, 2025

5:30 pm: RADFest Kickoff party - Black Arts and Cultural Center
5:30 pm: Installation opening- Kayla Schiltgen - Black Arts and Cultural Center
6:30 pm:Michigan Made preshow - The Improvisation - Quartet Cori Terry Theatre lobby
7:00 pm: Michigan Made Concert - Cori Terry Theatre
8:30 pm: post show MI Makers Talk Back - Cori Terry Theatre

Friday, February 28, 2025

08:00 am - 09:00 am: AM Morning Movement - Lynn Bowman Judy Jolliffe Theater
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Master Class 1 - Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón: Contemporary Dance...to Music of the - Caribbean! Judy Jolliffe Theater
05:00 pm: Screendance - PREMIER w-post show Producers - Talk Back KP Cinemas
07:00 pm: Short Works Live Performance Series I - Cori Terry Theatre
08:15 pm: Alternative Space program - RE-dance group - Judy Jolliffe Theater
09:00 pm: Short Works Live Performance Series II - Cori Terry Theatre

Saturday, March 1, 2025

08:00 am - 09:00 am: AM Morning Movement - Julie Marie Muskat: Yoga Fusion - Judy Jolliffe Theater
09:15 am - 10:30 am: Master Class 2 - Elijah Alhadji Gibson: Jazz-Contemporary fusion - Judy Jolliffe Theater
09:15 am - 10:30 am: Master Class 3 - Storm Stokes: Explorative - Videodance Ballet Kalamazoo
10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Master Class 4 - Jacob and Jen: Contact Improvisation and Spontaneous Composition - Judy Jolliffe Theater
10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Master Class 5 - Improvisation with Halie Bahr Ballet Kalamazoo
10:30 am: Art Detectives and Wellspring Creative Movement partnership Kalamazoo Institute of Art
12:30 pm - 02:00 pm: Lunch and Learn - Vulnerability is Your Friend: CoCreating Robots with Dancers w- Stephanie Miracle and collaborators - Kalamazoo Pubic Library- Central
03:15 pm: Dance Film Screening - KP Cinemas
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Community Dance JAM w-Live Music - Kalamazoo Institute of Art
05:00 pm: Short Works Live Performance Series III - Cori Terry Theatre
06:15 pm: Networking Social Hour - Black Arts and Cultural Center
07:00 pm: Short Works Live Performance Series IV - Cori Terry Theatre
08:15 pm: Alternative Space program - Stephanie Miracle - Judy Jolliffe Theater
09:00 pm: Encore Short Works Live Performance - Cori Terry Theatre
10:15 pm: After-Glow Reception - The Epic Center

Sunday, March 2, 2025

08:30 am - 09:30 am: AM Morning Movement - Judy Jolliffe Theater
10:00 am: Coffee Hour Discussion - Black Arts and Cultural Center
10:00 am - 11:15 am: Master Class 6 - Snack Break Movement Arts: House: Rhythms and Techniques - Judy Jolliffe Theater
10:00 am - 11:15 am: Master Class 7 - Anna Pinault: Contemporary Floorwork - Ballet Kalamazoo
11:30 am - 12:45 pm: Master Class 8 - Monique Haley: Contemporary - Jazz Judy Jolliffe Theater
01:00 pm: Dance Film Screening - KP Cinemas
02:30 pm: Youth Performance I - Cori Terry Theatre
04:30 pm: Youth Performance II - Cori Terry Theatre
04:00 pm: Dance Film Screening - KP Cinemas

Date: February 27 - March 2, 2025

Location: Downtown Kalamazoo, MI

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