2025/2026 SEASON CALENDAR

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1st Session: September 8 – January 24, 2026
2nd Session: January 26 – May 16, 2026

Fall Break: November 24 – 29, 2025
Winter Break: December  22 – January 7, 2026
Spring Break: March 30 – April  4, 2026

No regular classes on the following:
MEA Week October 16-18, 2025
Nutcracker tech week  December 10-14, 2024

Martin Luther King, January  19, 2026

2025-2026 Performance Calendar

The Nutcracker : December 12-14, 2026

Spring Gala: May 10, 2025
All performances take place in EPHS stages
Subject to change.

The Nutcracker 2025 Audition September 7

10:45-11:30 am Ballet 1, 2 and 3 Levels (age 8-13)
12:00-1:00 pm Ballet 4, 5 and 6 Levels (age 13-19) 

The Nutcracker 2025 Audition September 14
10:30 -11:00am Pre-Ballet Levels (age 5-8)

Picture Day 2025/26

• The Nutcracker |  November 26, 11:00-4:00pm

• May 12-16, 2026

Summer Program 2026
June 1– August 22

Intensive Ballet Camp 2026

June 15-26 Camp 1

July 6-17 Camp 2

Ballet Art and Craft Camps 2026

TBA

Open House & Registration for 2025-2026 Season  

Saturday | December 20

• 8:45-11:30 am

Nutcracker Turkey Trot 2025 (5K Marathon)
November 27, 8:30am

Winter Intensive 

December 26-28, 10:00am-1:00pm

Bring a Friend
March 9-14, 2026

Registration Form

Summer Intensive Audition 2026
TBA

Father Daughter Dance Day, 2026
February week of 9-14 (pre-ballet levels only)

Easter Egg Hunt  2026
TBA

Masquerade Competition 2026
TBA / AMES Center 12600 Nicollet Ave

TBA /HOPKINS, Lindbergh Center

YAGP Competition 2026

TBA

Chanhassen Parade
July 4th, 2:30-4:00pm