Important Dates

Wednesday, September 10:
Classes begin

Saturday, September 20:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker auditions 
(8 years and older before September 1)

Sunday, September 21:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker call-backs    

Saturday, October 11:
Ballet Northwest’s 55th Anniversary Performance at the Washington Center

Tuesday, November 11:
YES there are classes, Veterans’ Day

Wednesday, November 26 – Saturday, November 29:
NO classes, Thanksgiving

Friday, December 12 – Sunday, December 21:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker at the Washington Center

Sunday, December 21 – Saturday, January 3:
NO classes, Winter Break
(classes resume Sunday, January 4)

Monday, January 19:
YES there are classes, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Saturday, February 14 – Tuesday, February 17:
YES there are classes,
President’s Day Weekend/Mid-Winter Break

Saturday, February 28:
Olympia Dance Festival at the Washington Center

Monday, April 6 – Friday, April 10:
NO classes Mon.-Fri., Spring Break
(YES there are classes both weekends.)

Friday, May 8 – Sunday May 10:
Ballet Northwest’s Swan Lake at the Washington Center

Friday, May 22 – Monday, May 25:
YES there are classes, Memorial Day weekend

Saturday, May 30:
Recital photos at Johansen Olympia Dance Center

Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7:
Recital dress rehearsals (Saturday)
and performances (Sunday)
at the Washington Center