RADFest Schedule & Events

RADFest Schedule & Events

Performance Lineup and Artists: coming soon
Masterclass Schedule and descriptions
Dance Film Screenings
Special Events
    • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT: Wellspring Company Class with Marisa Bianan

    • 5:00PM: INSTALLATION OPENING: Un/Rerooted  by Dani Oblitas

    • 5:30PM: RADFEST KICKOFF PARTY/DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE | Un/Rerooted  continues

    • 6:30PM: MICHIGAN MADE PRESHOW: Western Dance Project and Aubrey Roger’s Illustrated Musings

    • 7:00PM: MICHIGAN MADE PERFORMANCE with Post-Show Michigan Makers Talkback

    • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT: Countertechniquewith Kelsey Paschich

    • 10:30AM: MEET AND GREET with snacks

    • 11:30AM: Panel Discussion: Trends in Dance with the 2026 RAD Adjudicators — in-person & live on ZOOM

    • 12:30PM: INFORMAL PLATFORM

    • 2:45PM: MASTER CLASS: Awe & Improvisation for Sparking Creativitywith Gina Laurenzi & The Druid Drummer

    • 4:30PM: WEdances movement collaborative performs

    • 5:00PM: Dance Film PREMIERE w/post screening Producers Talk Back

    • 6:00PM: Durational Artist Installation performance continues: Un/Rerooted by Dani Oblitas

    • 7:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES I

    • 8:15PM: ALTERNATIVE SPACE PROGRAM:soft belly/steel by Lucy Dillon

    • 9:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES II

    • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT:Yoga for Dancers with Betty Kondo

    • 10:45AM: MASTER CLASS: Contemporary Jazz with Elijah Alhadji Gibson

    • 10:45AM: MASTER CLASS: Contemporary Fusion Class: Fragments and Fluidity with Megan Mazarick

    • 11:45AM: BOX LUNCH for purchase

    • 12:15PM: MIDDAY CREATIVE EXCHANGE: A Tribute to Martha Graham Dance Company’s 100th Anniversary in Movement, Music, and Words 

    • 1:30PM: Durational Artist Installation continues: Un/Rerooted by Dani Oblitas

    • 1:30PM: MASTER CLASS: Contemporary Flow with Lucy Dillon

    • 1:30PM: MASTER CLASS: Closed-Eyes Exploration with Jacob Regan

    • 3:00PM: COMMUNITY DANCE & DRUMMING JAM with Carolyn Pampalone-Rabbers and live music by The Druid Drummer

    • 3:15PM: DANCE FILM SCREENING

    • 5:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES III

    • 6:15PM: NETWORKING SOCIAL

    • 7:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES IV

    • 8:15PM: ALTERNATIVE SPACE PROGRAM: Wild Space Dance Company's Beyond the Shimmer

    • 9:00PM: RAD ENCORE PERFORMANCE

    • 10:15PM: AFTER-GLOW RECEPTION 

    • 10:00AM: COFFEE TALK with Cori Terry & Peter Sparling

    • 10:00AM: MASTER CLASS: Somatic Contemporary Ballet with Seyong Kim

    • 11:30AM: MASTER CLASS:Release-Based Contemporary with William Brighton

    • 11:30AM: MASTER CLASS #8: Improv and Phrasework with Wildflower Collective

    • 11:45AM:  BOX LUNCH for purchase

    • 11:45AM: DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE: Lunch & Dialogue

    • 1:15PM:  DANCE FILM SCREENING

    • 2:30PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES I

    • 4:00PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES PRE-SHOW with Wellspring Youth Company

    • 4:30PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES II

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