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Happendance Fall School Schedule Posted

It's almost back-to-school time at Happendance. The fall term begins on September 2. All of your favorite classes are now available for online registration!

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Happendance 2 Live in Concert at the Small Planet!!

This program features the pre-professional young dancers of the Happendance 2 Company performing hip-hop, modern and lyrical dance pieces by choreographers: Nick Sanchez, Liz Kruetziger, Clara Martinez and Artistic Director, Missy Bischoff Lilje.

Admission is pay-what-you-can. The Small Planet is located at 16800 Chandler Rd, East Lansing 48823 -- north of Lake Lansing Rd in the Chandler Crossing Center.

Happendance Sock Hop

Kick off your shoes and have a blast on the dance floor, play pool and eat pizza! Kids ages 6 and older welcome. Admission just $5.00! Included in the ticket price is a special performance by the Happendance Professional Company! You do not want to miss this!!! The Happendance Sock Hop will be held at Visions Night Club on the northeast corner of Larch and Lake Lansing Rd.

Open Rehearsal

Join the Happendance Professional Company for an open rehearsal and get a sneak peak preview of this year's Winter Concert.

Happendance Homecoming

Save the date!

Kids' Fun Day at Happendance

Holiday fun at Happendance!

Sneak Preview

Join Happendance Professional Company for a sneak preview of the Winter Concert!

Winter Concert 2009

Mark your calendars now so you won't miss the always-entertaining Happendance Professional Company in this year's Winter Concert. The Winter Concert this year will further explore themes of life in Lansing in honor of the city's sesquicentennial.

Congratulations to Cosmo Award Winners!

This year's Cosmo Award winners are Liz Hubert and Heather Glidden. The Cosmo Award is given every year to two individuals to recognize their service to Happendance.

Liz is, in the words of Diane Newman, an "amazing costumer" who has volunteered costume efforts for Happendance many times in the past. Most recently she created the costumes for the Happendance tribute to Isadora Duncan, performed at the Detroit Institute for Arts. Photos of Liz's beautiful creations can be viewed in our photo gallery. These were not simple costumes and, because there was no prototype for a male Duncan costume, she had to create one for Matt. She works full time but squeezed it in "because it's Happendance!"

Heather Glidden is...well, I am Heather Glidden. I have been maintaining this website since I joined the Happendance board nearly four years ago. I am very honored to accept the Cosmo award this year and look forward to many more great years with Happendance!

Happendance Receives 2008 Best of Okemos Award!

Happendance School & Professional Dance Company has been selected for the 2008 Best of Okemos Award in the Dance Companies category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USLBA and data provided by third parties.