Swan Lake
Don’t miss BNW’s production of Swan Lake at the Washington Center, May 6-8, featuring guest artist Brian Simcoe, Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Tickets will be on sale soon at www.washingtoncenter.org. View the casting here.
Summer Camps & Intensive
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. Registration is also open for the Olympia Summer Dance Intensive, August 8-26 (one, two or three week options for…
Summer Weekly Classes
Registration for summer weekly classes (June 28-August 4) is now open! Students do not need to attend the entire six-week session. View the schedule here.
Class Registration for 2021-22 now open!
Registration is now open for the 2021-22 school year! Classes begin Wednesday, September 15 and run to June. Classes are offered in pre-ballet/creative dance, parent/child, ballet, pointe, contemporary, hip-hop, tap, jazz, yoga, and Downs’ at Dance. Check out our new Improv/Composition class as well as Dance Conditioning and Barre Time! View the schedule here. Register…
Olympia Dance Festival
Save the date for the 2022 Olympia Dance Festival on Saturday, March 5 at the Washington Center. Tickets are available here. The Festival features over 200 dancers from throughout Western Washington plus guest artists Adji Cissoko and Shuaib Elhassan from the world-renowned LINES Ballet of San Francisco. The two unique programs include ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, tap, jazz, ballroom, bellydance,…
JODC alumni excel at top schools
Congrats to JODC alumni Natalie Allenton and Gio Garibay who are currently studying on scholarship at two of the most prestigious ballet schools in the country. Natalie is training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle, and Gio is studying at San Francisco Ballet School. We are so proud of them!
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker
Tickets for Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker go on sale Friday, October 8 at www.washingtoncenter.org. Performances are December 10-12 and 17-19. Olympia’s holiday favorite for over 35 years returns to the Washington Center, featuring stunning sets, beautiful costumes, local dancers, and guest artist Lucas Horns, former dancer with Ballet West of Salt Lake City. Join Clara and the Nutcracker Prince…
Young Choreographers Showcase
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.
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.
2019-20 schedule now posted – registration open!
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!