

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Coffee Talk with Cori Terry & Peter Sparling during RADFest 26 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am – Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Coffee Talk with Cori Terry &amp; Peter Sparling

Held at the Black Arts and Cultural Center during RADFest, March 8, 10:00 a.m. 

Join us for an informal and engaging Coffee Talk with two influential figures in American modern dance: Peter Sparling, former Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Cori Terry, longtime member of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and Founder and Artistic Director of Wellspring/Cori Terry &amp; Dancers. This mediated coffee-hour conversation offers a welcoming space for shared reflection on dance history, artistic lineage, creative process, and the evolving role of dance in our communities.

Patrons, RAD artists, community members, dance students, arts organizations, and all who are curious about dance are invited to attend—whether to actively participate in the discussion or simply listen and learn. 

Coffee and light breakfast items will be provided.

This event is FREE. Registration is requested.
Register at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/17th-annual-regional-alternative-dance-fes-tickets-250674

Biographies
Cori Terry, Founder and Artistic Director of Wellspring/Cori Terry &amp; Dancers for 43 years, was born in Brooklyn and trained in New York City after attending the State University of New York at Stony Brook. After 2 years of apprenticing, she joined the Erick Hawkins Dance Company in 1974, performing and teaching throughout the United States and Europe. In 1980, Terry came to Kalamazoo as artist-in-residence at Western Michigan University and soon after founded Wellspring/Cori Terry &amp; Dancers. She has choreographed close to 100 works for Wellspring through the years, collaborating with The Kalamazoo Symphony, Fontana Chamber Arts, the Red Sea Pedestrians, The Gilmore Piano Festival, Cavani String Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Bill Ryan and The New Music Ensemble and ZOFO to name a few. Now one of the nation’s longest-standing small professional modern dance companies, Wellspring has played a vital role in the Kalamazoo arts community for over four decades, advancing modern and postmodern dance, fostering collaborations, and introducing generations of audiences to the power of movement.

Peter Sparling is the Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Dance and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Dance at the University of Michigan. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School, he danced with the José Limón Dance Company and served as a principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. As Graham’s assistant, he coached Rudolf Nureyev and collaborated with her on numerous new works. Sparling has performed, staged, and written extensively about Graham’s repertory worldwide and has appeared multiple times on PBS Dance in America. His wide-ranging career includes roles as artistic director, choreographer, educator, video artist, writer, administrator, and activist, with his screendance and visual art presented internationally. Since retiring from the University of Michigan, he continues to create dance films and paintings and remains active as a collaborator and cultural advocate.

COMPLETE FESTIVAL DETAILS &amp; SCHEDULE: https://wellspringdance.org/rad-events
RADFest includes a variety of free and ticketed performances, screenings, classes, and community gatherings.
TICKETS AND REGISTRATION: 
https://www.simpletix.com/e/17th-annual-regional-alternative-dance-fes-tickets-250674
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/coffee-talk-with-cori-terry-and-peter-sparling-during-radfest-26/200029580421358
- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, festivals, performances, workshops, music, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.simpletix.com/e/17th-annual-regional-alternative-dance-fes-tickets-250674?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kalamazoo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Black Arts & Cultural Center
- **lat**: 42.2891892
- **long**: -85.5829025
- **full address**: Black Arts &amp; Cultural Center, 359 S Kalamazoo Mall Ste 202,Kalamazoo,MI,United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: RAD Fest - Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival (https://allevents.in/org/rad-fest-midwest-regional-alternative-dance-festival/14979737)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Black Arts &amp; Cultural Center, 359 S Kalamazoo Mall Ste 202,Kalamazoo,MI,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** RAD Fest - Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, entertainment, festivals, performances, workshops, music, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Coffee Talk with Cori Terry & Peter Sparling during RADFest 26  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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