Registration is open for the Olympia Summer Dance Intensive, August 7-25 (one, two or three week options for intermediate and advanced dancers.) Guest faculty include former dancers with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and more! Click here for more information!
Registration for summer weekly classes (June 27-August 3) is now open! Students do not need to attend the entire six-week session.View the schedule here.
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of the amazing Bernard “Bud” Johansen. Bud touched the lives of thousands of dancers and their families over the past fifty years in Olympia. He was an amazing teacher, director, mentor, and friend. Through his work at the studio, with Ballet Northwest, and at…
Registration is open for the 2022 Summer Creative Dance Camps for kids age 4-9: MOANA June 27-July 1 LION KING & JUNGLE BOOK July 11-15 NUTCRACKER & SUGAR PLUM FAIRY July 25-29 Click here for more information.
The 2023 Olympia Dance Festival features 17 dance groups from throughout Western Washington, plus guest artist Jason Rodgers, a renowned tap dancer who has been seen on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”, the North American tour of the Broadway musical “Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk”, the Disney Channel, and more. The program includes ballet, contemporary,…
Get your tickets to Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker Film, December 3 & 17 at the Skyline Drive-In on Highway 101, or stream online anytime before January 1! For more info, visit www.balletnorthwest.org.
The 2019-20 schedule is now online! Check out our new FREE Boys Dance Conditioning! Click here to view the schedule. Online registration is open and classes begin Wed. Sept. 11. Register online today!
Congrats to JODC students Giovanny Garibay and Natalie Allenton, who recently performed the lead roles in Ballet Northwest’s Don Quixote. For this school year, Gio will be attending the prestigious San Francisco Ballet School on full scholarship, and Natalie will be attending the renowned Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet on scholarship.
The 2020-21 schedule is posted! In-person or Zoom classes are available. Students will have the option of registering for classes in person (with strict health & safety guidelines in place and following the Governor’s capacity restrictions) or on Zoom. If you would like to attend on Zoom, please register for the normal class AND register…
Ballet Northwest celebrates its 50th anniversary with a gala featuring professional dancers from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, and National Ballet of Cuba. The event will include memorabilia displays and video interview clips from throughout BNW’s 50 years, and raise funds for BNW’s costume and scholarship funds. The…