Register now for our popular kids camps for kids age 4-10: Princess & Prince with themes from Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast & Cinderella (June 26-30), Frozen (July 10-14), and Encanto (July 24-28). Time: 9:00am-11:30am. Cost per camp: $150, including $50 deposit. Click here for more information!
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’s not too late to register for the 2022-23 school year! Classes are offered in pre-ballet/creative dance, parent/child, ballet, pointe, contemporary, hip-hop, tap, jazz, Comp/Improv, Barre Time, Flamenco, and Downs’ at Dance. View the schedule here. Register today!
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…
Don’t miss Ballet Northwest’s “Don Quixote” over Mother’s Day weekend, May 12-14, at the Washington Center. Buy your tickets now! This Spanish-themed ballet is fun for the whole family, featuring the eccentric knight Don Quixote, the goofy nobleman Gamache, leaping toreadors, mysterious Gitanos, mythical Dryads, and the young couple in love, Kitri and Basilio. Don Quixote includes…
Olympia’s holiday favorite for over 35 years returns to the recently renovated Washington Center. Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker features stunning sets, beautiful costumes, 200+ local dancers, and guest artist Sanford Placide from Dance Theater of Harlem. Join Clara and the Nutcracker Prince for the epic battle between the mice and soldiers, journey through the Kingdom of…
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,…
Ballet Northwest’s 10th annual Young Choreographers Showcase will feature 15 world premieres on stage at the Washington Center on Saturday, August 28 at 7:30pm. The show will include ballet, contemporary, jazz, Irish and more! Tickets on sale soon at www.washingtoncenter.org.