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  • 2025-2026 Season
    • Dance
      • Dominic Moore-Dunson | The Remember Balloons
      • Pilobolus | Pilobolus is a Fungus
    • Music
      • 123 Andrés | Around the Americas
      • Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards | The Riverboat
    • Theater
      • Theatre Heroes | Wind in the Willows
      • Tutti Frutti Productions | Hare and Tortoise
    • Visual Arts
      • Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
      • Kalamazoo Calendar Project Traveling Exhibition
      • Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper
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Dance

Photo (detail) by Shane Wynn.

Dominic Moore-Dunson
The Remember Balloons

November 18-20, 2025
10:00 AM & 12:15 PM
Comstock Auditorium
Best for grades 2-6

The Remember Balloons is a heartwarming intergenerational tale that embraces the beauty of sharing memories while delicately addressing memory loss. James’s Grandpa treasures his balloons, each representing cherished memories – his wedding with Grandma, a fishing trip with James. When the balloons begin to drift away, James is devastated until he discovers he can share those balloons one by one. Director/Choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson, Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch”, adapts this touching story for the stage, accompanied by an original score and digital projections, crafting a captivating dance-theatre experience suitable for the entire family. MORE

Photo (detail) by Emily Denaro.

Pilobolus
Pilobolus is a Fungus

February 24, 2026
9:45 AM & 12:15 PM
Miller Auditorium
Best for grades K-12

Pilobolus is a Fungus is an interactive performance for young audiences based on Branches, a site-specific dance piece commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the National Endowment for the Arts. The audience journeys through nature, perceiving the sounds, shapes, colors, and movements of birds, water, trees, and of course, their namesake fungus, in new and unexpected ways. Pilobolus began at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, circa 1971, as an outsider dance company and quickly became renowned the world over for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. It has evolved into a pioneering American cultural institution of the 21st century. MORE

EFA Wins Arts Innovation Award

In May, EFA was recognized with the Arts Schools Network 2024 Arts Innovation Award. Designed to recognize schools committed to taking innovative artistic risks, this award is presented to a school that has “broken the mold” in using the arts as a vehicle for teaching academics and/or making a positive difference in the lives of students and/or the community. MORE

About EFA

EFA enhances arts education for all K-12 and special education students in Kalamazoo County by making dance, music, theater, literary arts, media arts, and visual arts an essential part of comprehensive education. MORE

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