2024-25 Calendar
2024
August 1: Registration begins online for the 2024-25 year of ballet classes
August 21 & 22: Pointe shoe fittings by appointment from 4:30-6pm each day
August 31: Registration closes; last day to receive 10% tuition paid in full
September 9: Classes begin
October 5: Nutcracker rehearsals begin (**First time performers will also rehearse on September 28)
November 18-22: Fall Open House
November 25-30: Fall Break – no classes in studio (Nutcracker rehearsals Nov 25-27, no rehearsal Nov 30)
December 10-13: Nutcracker Tech Week
December 14, 15, 19 (video), 20, 21, 22: Dubuque City Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the Grand Opera House
December 23: Winter Break begins
2025
January 20: Classes resume
February 22 or March 1 TBA: Swan Lake Saturday rehearsals begin (**swans may begin weekday rehearsals earlier)
April 14-18: Spring Break – no classes in studio (Swan Lake rehearsals Apr 14-16, no rehearsal Apr 19)
April 28-May 2: Swan Lake Tech Week
May 3 & 4: Heartland Ballet performs Swan Lake at the Heritage Center with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
May 9: Last day of classes in studio
May 10: All Class Presentation on stage at the Grand Opera House