RAD Festival hosts cutting-edge dancers

The Michigan Regional Alternative Dance Festival, also know as RAD Fest, takes to the Wellspring Theater stage March 13-16.

 

The event is juried and brings to Kalamazoo cutting-edge modern and contemporary dancer from across the Midwest.

 

“The jury panel really had their work cut out for them when they were choosing the pieces to feature this year," says Festival Coordinator Rachel Miller. "The fact that we have made it to the fifth anniversary of this festival, and it continues to thrive and grow, is very exciting to us here at Wellspring and says so much about our supportive Kalamazoo community. This festival has really put Kalamazoo on the map in the modern dance world.” 

 

The festival received "an unprecedented amount" of choreographic, improvisational, and Dance for the Camera film submissions from choreographers across the country, Miller says.

 

Fifty-one dancers and their companies will be in five different concerts -- two evening concerts Friday and Saturday, and a matinee Sunday. 

 

Each dance concert will feature seven to eight original works by choreographers and improvisational dancers. They come from New York, Chicago, Louisville, Boulder, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Columbus, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and other Midwestern cities.

 

Festival master classes on Friday and Saturday are open to college, university, post-graduate, professional dancers, and instructors. Classes on Sunday are open to pre-professional, pre-college students, and young dancers--18 and under.

 

The festival opens March 13 with an invitation-only RAD Fest kick-off event. All other concerts  are open to the public. 

RAD Fest is presented each year by Wellspring Corey Terry & Dancers. 

 

The festival features many more events. For a complete list and ticket information, visit here.