Traverse City Dance Project

Traverse City Dance Project The Traverse City Dance Project is a professional dance company in Northern Michigan.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us across Northern Michigan and helped make this our biggest summer tour yet. ❤...
08/19/2026

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us across Northern Michigan and helped make this our biggest summer tour yet. ❤️

If you attended one of our performances, we’d love to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete our audience survey. Your feedback helps us improve future programming, demonstrate our impact, and strengthen our grant applications.

👉 Audience survey at the link in our bio!

We also want to give a huge THANK YOU to Danielle Simpson, who generously donated a car to TCDP! 🚙 Our dancers used it throughout this summer’s tour, and it will continue to support our artists and programs for years to come. Danielle, we are incredibly grateful for your generosity!

As we wrap up our 15th Anniversary Summer Tour, please consider helping us finish the season strong with an end-of-summer gift. Every donation—$25, $50, $100, $500, or whatever amount is meaningful to you—helps us pay our artists and production team, create new work, bring performances to communities across the region, and keep professional dance accessible throughout Northern Michigan.

❤️ Support TCDP at the link in our bio!

📸 ssketteringphotography
Dancers: Colin Heino, Jess He, Zachary Guthier, Severin Brutschul @ Sarah Simon Wolff
Choreographer: Brent Whitney

Our 2026 Summer Tour was officially our largest-attended summer tour to date, bringing professional dance and live music...
08/12/2026

Our 2026 Summer Tour was officially our largest-attended summer tour to date, bringing professional dance and live music to communities across Northern Michigan—from Kalkaska and Bellaire to Frankfort, Charlevoix, Traverse City, and Petoskey!

This year, we were especially excited to add two new tour stops in Bellaire and Petoskey, reaching new audiences and continuing to grow TCDP’s presence throughout the region.

But this summer was about so much more than what happened onstage. We shared meaningful post-show Q&As with our dancers, choreographers, and musicians, offered free dance classes for local children, and created opportunities for audiences of all ages to connect directly with our artists.

For 15 seasons, our mission has remained at the heart of everything we do: bringing exceptional professional dance to Northern Michigan and making it accessible to everyone. All but one of our performances were completely FREE to the public—and your support makes that possible.

As we close this milestone season, please consider making an end-of-summer gift to TCDP. Every donation—$25, $50, $100, $500 or whatever is meaningful to you—helps us employ professional artists, create new work, reach more communities, and keep dance accessible.

❤️ Help us celebrate 15 incredible seasons and begin the next 15.

And if you missed us this summer, stay tuned! We’ll soon be sharing a recording of our 2026 Summer Tour performance so you can experience the season from wherever you are.

Thank you to every artist, audience member, donor, sponsor, volunteer, and community partner who made this our biggest summer yet. We couldn’t do it without you.

🔗 Support TCDP through the link in our bio.

📸: Susan Kettering

Photo 1: Severin in Choreographer Zachary Guthier new work, “Passing Tides”

Photo 2: Jessica He & Colin Heino in Artistic Director Brent Whitney new work, “Aperature 5.10”

Photo 3: Petoskey Performamce Q&A

Photo 4: Summer Tour Dancers, Musicians, Choreographers, Composers, Directors & Production Team

Don’t miss our last 2 shows for our 2026 season! Join us tonight in Petoskey at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts and ...
08/02/2026

Don’t miss our last 2 shows for our 2026 season! Join us tonight in Petoskey at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts and tomorrow in Traverse City at Open Space. Info at the link in our bio!

Don't miss our last 2 shows for our 2026 season! Join us tonight in Petoskey at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts and ...
08/02/2026

Don't miss our last 2 shows for our 2026 season! Join us tonight in Petoskey at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts and tomorrow in Traverse City at Open Space.

Ticket link for tonight's performance here: https://greatlakescfa.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/events/a0SQi000004mdG5MAI

Due to today’s rainy weather forecast, the Traverse City Dance Project performance in the Open Space in downtown Travers...
08/01/2026

Due to today’s rainy weather forecast, the Traverse City Dance Project performance in the Open Space in downtown Traverse City is POSTPONED until Monday, August 3.

6:30 - Live music by the Charlie Millard Band
7:30 - Dance performance

Bring your blankets & picnics and enjoy a gorgeous evening of dance and music, all overlooking brautiful Lake Michigan ! 🌊

Please help us spread the word!

After last night’s sold-out show and standing ovation The Garden Theater, you’ve got 3 more chances to catch our 2026 Su...
07/29/2026

After last night’s sold-out show and standing ovation The Garden Theater, you’ve got 3 more chances to catch our 2026 Summer Tour🪩!

✨Tomorrow, 7/30, 6:30pm - Charlevoix, Odmark Pavillion

✨Saturday, 8/1 - Traverse City, The Open Space

✨Sunday, 8/2 - Petoskey, Rooftop Terrace of the Great Lakes Center for the Arts (reserve tickets @ link in our bio)

Schedule for all shows:
6:30pm - Live music by Charlie Millard Band
7:30pm - Dance Performance

Dancers:
Zachary Guthier Cori Lewis Jessica He Sarah Simon Wolff Severin Louis Martin Millard Colin Heino

With special guests:
Charlie Millard Band Madison Hilligoss Bboymarito Sam Cooper

Tonight! Join the Traverse City Dance Project for the third stop of our 2026 Summer Tour at the Garden Theater in Frankf...
07/28/2026

Tonight! Join the Traverse City Dance Project for the third stop of our 2026 Summer Tour at the Garden Theater in Frankfort, MI. Enjoy this FREE performance featuring live music by the Charlie Millard Band beginning at 7:00 PM, followed by the performance at 7:30 PM. We can’t wait to see you there!

07/26/2026

Tonight! Join us at Shorts Brewing Company Beer Garden in Bellaire, MI, for this FREE event. Live music begins at 6:30 PM with the Charlie Millard Band, and the performance starts at 7:30 PM.

Tomorrow Night! Join us at Shorts Brewing Company Beer Garden in Bellaire, MI, for this FREE event. Live music begins at...
07/26/2026

Tomorrow Night! Join us at Shorts Brewing Company Beer Garden in Bellaire, MI, for this FREE event. Live music begins at 6:30 PM with the Charlie Millard Band, and the performance starts at 7:30 PM.

Don’t miss the first performance of our summer tour, TODAY at 4:00 PM in Kalkaska at the Railroad Square Pavilion!Brings...
07/25/2026

Don’t miss the first performance of our summer tour, TODAY at 4:00 PM in Kalkaska at the Railroad Square Pavilion!

Brings your family and friends! The event is FREE!

Join us for an afternoon of dancing and live music by the Charlie Millard band!

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