2025-26 Calendar
2025
August 4: Registration begins online for the 2025-26 year of ballet classes
August 21 & 22: Pointe shoe fittings by appointment between 4:30-6pm in the studio
August 29: Registration closes; last day to receive 10% tuition paid in full
September 8: Classes begin
October 4: Nutcracker rehearsals begin (**First time performers will also rehearse on September 27)
November 17-21: Fall Open House
November 24-28: Fall Break – no classes in studio (Nutcracker rehearsals Nov 24-26, no rehearsal Nov 29)
December 9-12: Nutcracker Tech Week
December 13, 14, 18 (video), 19, 20, 21: Dubuque City Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the Grand Opera House
December 22: Winter Break begins
2026
January 19: Classes resume
January 24: Coppelia Saturday rehearsals begin
March 17-20: Coppelia Tech Week
March 21-22 and 28-29: Heartland Ballet performs Coppelia at the Grand Opera House
March 30-April 3: Spring Break – no classes in studio
May 8: Last day of classes in studio
May 9: All Class Presentation on stage at the Grand Opera House