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.

About Us:

Today's Happendance is a professional company of dancers, choreographers and teachers who are well-known for their original concerts, innovative school programs, and outstanding instruction in which dance is emphasized as an element of life experience and learning. While proud of the professional stature of its dance artists, Happendance continues to embrace its exuberant logo-mascot "Cosmo," who expresses the spirit of dance which resides in every person.

Happendance is mid-Michigan's only professional dance company and is currently celebrating its 38th anniversary in 2014. Each year it presents four major productions: A Dance Concert for Young People (and their grown up friends); a full production winter concert featuring the professional company: "This Is Happendance"; the Happendance School Spring Concert; and the unique “Community Dance Project”, which it founded in 2005. In addition, Happendance 2, the company’s pre-professional youth group, performs at a variety of local bookings. “Happendance To Go”, the company’s highly popular outreach program offers both performances specially designed for youth audiences, and teaching workshops which provide dance classes designed to enhance curriculum and learning skills. This program serves school districts throughout Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Jackson, Livingston, and Shiawassee counties. Happendance School, founded 1993, enrolls 250 students annually.