Legacy in Motion: The Happendance 50th Anniversary Choreographic Commission
Help Choose Our 50th Anniversary Choreographer
As part of Happendance’s Legacy in Motion 50th Anniversary celebration, we’ve selected three outstanding finalists from a nationwide search. Now, we invite you to help decide who will premiere a new commissioned work at our August 2026 Gala Concert.
Explore the finalists’ proposals and cast your vote for the artist whose vision should help shape our next fifty years.
Voting is open through February 25, 2026
Be part of the legacy.
We are seeking a choreographer whose artistic voice resonates with the theme of legacy—whether exploring lineage, intergenerational connection, collective memory, or the ways movement preserves and shapes stories that outlive us.
Candidate A:
Madison Falconer
Based in Traverse City, Michigan
Work Samples
Candidate B:
Chanon Judson
Based in Brooklyn, New York
All work samples courtesy of Urban Bush Women and Pomegranate Media
Candidate C:
Liv Schaffer
Based in Oakland, California
Work Samples