Our Mission.
To stimulate support for the art of dance through performances and educational programs.
To broaden the accessibility of dance to a diverse community and promote dance for lifelong physical and mental fitness.
We gather on the land of the Council of the Three Fires – the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Indigenous nations of the Great Lakes region are also known as the Anishinaabe (Ah-nish-nah-bay), or original people, and their language is Anishinaabemowin (Ah-nish-nah-bay-mow-in). We acknowledge the enduring relationship that exists between the People of the Three Fires and this land.
Happendance School
Happendance School offers a learning-centered environment, where dance is taught as a holistic, developmentally-appropriate process connecting technical skills and creative expression. Classes are of reasonable size, affording the professionally-trained faculty the opportunity to maximize personal attention, including helping students to learn how to establish and achieve goals that match their personal interests, age, and physical development.
Happendance offers teacher in-service workshops, teaching artist residencies, and Happendance To-Go performances in the K-12 schools, which explore implementing movement and dance into existing curricula.
Happendance Education Exchange
Happendance Company
Happendance Company is a professional company of dancers who perform, teach, and choreograph concert dance works. The company is a collective led by Happendance’s CEO, Rachel Miller, and Rehearsal Director, Jennah Quinn Gray. The company specializes in Contemporary dance, working in styles informed by traditional modern, jazz, ballet, and hip hop/urban styles. Their performances are always exciting and unpredictable!
Events
Check out our Events Calendar for all Happendance upcoming events and tickets!
Inspiring through dance since 1976, Happendance celebrated its Fortieth Anniversary in June 2016. Happendance is the leading Dance School and Performance Company in Mid-Michigan with a long history of artistic excellence in Education, Performance, and Engagement. It is a community of dance and movement artists bringing the very best in dance to everyone.
Contact
Happendance Okemos
3448 Hagadorn Road, Suite C
Okemos, Michigan 48864
Email
hoffice@happendance.org
Phone
(517)333-3528