

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: RADFest Midday Creative Exchange: A Tribute to Martha Graham Dance
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 12:15 pm – Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 01:15 pm
- **Event Description**: Midday Creative Exchange: A Tribute to Martha Graham Dance Company’s 100th Anniversary in Movement, Music, and Words

March 7, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
This event is FREE | Registration is required
REGISTRATION &amp; INFO: https://wellspringdance.org/rad-events

Dancing Martha: A Tribute to the Martha Graham Dance Company’s 100th Anniversary in Movement, Music, and Words is an informative and engaging lecture-demonstration presented by Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet under the guest direction of former Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer Peter Sparling. The program features two of Graham’s most iconic works, Lamentation (1930) and Appalachian Spring (1944), offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience these masterworks through performance, context, and conversation.

A true radical of her time, Martha Graham transformed American modern dance by inventing a powerful new movement language to express profound, timeless, and universal truths of the human condition. Through biographical insight, behind-the-scenes perspectives on Graham’s creative process, and the embodied act of “dancing Martha,” Sparling and the dancers illuminate Graham’s enduring legacy and continued relevance.

Credits
Project Director / Narrator: Peter Sparling
Artistic Director, Crooked Tree School of Ballet: Heather Raue
Dancers: Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet with alumni guests Marie Millard and Benjamin Cheney

Registration is required. Duration 1 hour
This event is FREE.

LOCATION: Judy K. Jolliffe Theatre at The Epic Center downtown Kalamazoo, 359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

COMPLETE FESTIVAL DETAILS &amp; SCHEDULE: https://wellspringdance.org/rad-events
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/radfest-midday-creative-exchange-a-tribute-to-martha-graham-dance/200029580421601
- **Event Categories**: art, festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 19

## 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**: 359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4842, United States
- **lat**: 42.28912
- **long**: -85.58301
- **full address**: 359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4842, 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:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 12:15 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4842, 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, festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about RADFest Midday Creative Exchange: A Tribute to Martha Graham Dance ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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