Founder, Owner, Director

Michelle Chwastiak is a choreographer and instructor with 17 years of teaching experience. She began her dance training with Charlotte Klein in Worcester, MA. She went on to earn her BA in Dance from Dean College graduating Summa Cum Laude, membership of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and with the honor of the Joan Phelps Paladino Award recognizing her talent in dance and bright future in dance education. While in college she was able to study abroad at the Laban School in London and Dock 11 in Berlin. After graduation she moved to New York City where she studied at the Ailey School, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. She has performed in various contemporary dance companies as well as launching her own that performed in NYC. After over a decade in NY Michelle has found her home on the cape in Yarmouthport. Michelle continues to travel to NY monthly to choreograph and teach the elite competition team at Nadia’s Center for Performing Arts in Bayside. Her choreography has been recognized and continues to be awarded at regional and national competitions. After four years of directing and founding the Cape Symphony Dance Company she steps out on her own with Danceport. Danceport is her brand new dance studio and training center that opened in November of 2025. With a great passion for teaching and choreography Michelle looks forward to continuing to train new generations of dancers to reach their full artistic and technical potential. She also welcomes adults with previous or no training to join in the discovery of movement and for everyone to deepen their love of dance.