2024-25 schedule posted-registration is now open!
The 2024-25 schedule is posted and registration is open! Classes begin Wed. Sept. 13. View the schedule here. Register online today!
Summer Intensive
Don’t miss the Olympia Summer Dance Intensive for intermediate and advanced ballet dancers! One, two or three-week options are available. Guest faculty include former dancers with Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and more! Click here for more information.
Puget Sound Dance Festival
Sunday, March 17 at 6:30pm Tickets: Puget Sound Dance Festival – Performing Arts and Event Center (fwpaec.org) The inaugural Puget Sound Dance Festival includes a wide range of dance forms including ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, Indian dance, Chinese dance, Flamenco, and more! The festival features 11 top dance companies from throughout the region: Allegro Performing Arts…
Congrats to JODC alumni!
Congrats to JODC alumni who will be dancing with professional companies this season: Giovanny Garibay (Cincinnati Ballet), Ashley Baker (Ballet Idaho), Elina Brein (Eugene Ballet), Jacob Brein (Eugene Ballet), Natalie Allenton (Spectrum Dance Theater), Sunny Swasey (Walt Disney World), Emily Walter (Khambatta Dance Company) and Russell Ridgeway (“Awakening” at the Wynn Las Vegas). We’re so…
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker has been a South Sound holiday tradition for 40 years! This year’s production runs from December 8-17 at the Washington Center. The production features stunning professional sets and costumes and guest artist James Kirby Rogers, Principal Dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Join Clara and The Nutcracker on their magical journey through the…
Pas de Deux
Don’t miss Principal Dancers from Pacific Northwest Ballet in Olympia on Saturday, February 24! Get your tickets now!
In Memory of Bud Johansen
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…
Summer Kids Dance Camps
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.
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker Film
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.
2020-21 School Year Schedule
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…