2025/2026 Season Auditions

June 7, 2025; 1:00pm-3:00pm

Happendance Studios

3448 Hagadorn Rd.

Okemos, MI, 48864

517-333-3528

andrew@happendance.org

  • Season Contract Information

    Happendance Company contracts run from Sept. 3, 2025-August 16, 2026, with at least four 1-3 week breaks for the duration of the contract. Company members are contracted to be in rehearsal each week on Mondays from 10:00am-1:00pm, Wednesdays from 10:00am-2:00pm and Fridays from 10:00am-1:00pm. Each season brings new performance opportunities. In the 2024-2025 season, the professional company performed in eight public concerts and 15 in-school concerts. Company members may also have the opportunity to teach in the Happendance School and Education Exchange Program, which brings additional income.

  • Qualifications and Audition Information

    Prospective company members must be over the age of 21 and submit a resume containing dance education, teaching, performance, and choreographic experience. The audition will consist of a short warm-up followed by modern/contemporary, jazz, and HipHop/Urban Dance movement phrases. Company dancers are versatile, however, most excel in one or two styles rather than all three.

  • Pay Rate

    Starting rehearsal pay rate is $15/hour and $100/performance. Each new season may bring cost-of-living raises if contracts are renewed. Company members asked to choreograph on the company receive $250 per piece. Company members who teach in the school or in the Education Exchange program have additional income opportunities.