Important Dates

Sunday, August 25: 
Ballet Northwest’s Young Choreographers Showcase
at the Capital High School Performing Arts Center

Wednesday, September 11:
Classes begin

Saturday, September 21:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker auditions 
(8 years and older before September 1)

Sunday, September 22:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker call-backs    

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

Wednesday, November 27 – Saturday, November 30:
NO classes, Thanksgiving

Friday, December 13 – Sunday, December 22:
Ballet Northwest’s Nutcracker at the Washington Center

Sunday, December 22 – Saturday, January 4:
NO classes, Winter Break
(classes resume Sunday, January 5)

Monday, January 20:
YES there are classes, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Saturday, February 15 – Tuesday, February 18:
YES there are classes,
President’s Day Weekend/Mid-Winter Break

Saturday, March 1:
Olympia Dance Festival at the Washington Center

Monday, March 31 – Friday, April 4:
NO classes Mon.-Fri., Spring Break
(YES there are classes both weekends.)

Friday, May 9 – Sunday May 11:
Ballet Northwest’s Sleeping Beauty at the Washington Center

Friday, May 23 – Monday, May 25:
YES there are classes, Memorial Day weekend

Saturday, May 31:
Recital photos at Johansen Olympia Dance Center

Saturday, June 7 – Sunday, June 8:
Recital dress rehearsals (Saturday)
and performances (Sunday)
at the Washington Center