Events Calendar 

August 2026

• Summer Intensive Classes Start:  August 3, 2026
• August Showcase:  August 21, 2026
• August Break:  No classes 8/24 - 9/7, 2026

September 2026

• Labor Day: September 7, 2026 (Academy closed)
• Academy/Conservatory Classes Start: September 8, 2026
• Theatre Program Classes Start: September 8, 2026
• Welcome Back Potluck:  September 9, 2026
• Open Division Classes Start: September 14, 2026
• Creative Movement Classes Start: September 14, 2026
• NO CLASSES: September 24-25, 2026

October 2026

• Bring a Friend to Class Week: October 5-9, 2026

November 2026

• Observation Week:  November 16-20, 2026
• Fall Break:  November 23-27, 2026
• Start of Nutcracker at the Castle:  November 28, 2026

December 2026

• Tech/Performance Week Nutcracker:  December 14 - 20, 2026
  • Nutcracker School Performances
    • December 16, 2026, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm
  • Nutcracker Theatre Performances (Fredric March Theatre, UW Oshkosh)
    • December 17, 2026, 7:00 pm
    • December 18, 2026, 7:00 pm
    • December 19, 2026, 10:00 am and 4:00 pm
    • December 20, 2026, 2:00 pm​

• Winter Break: December 21, 2026 - January 3, 2027 (No Classes)

January 2027

• Classes resume: January 4, 2027
• No Classes: January 15-18, 2027

March 2027

• Spring Break: March 26 - April 5, 2027

April 2027

• Open Division Recital: April 17, 2027
• Tech/Performance Week "Twelve Dancing Princesses":  April 26 - May 2, 2027

May 2027

• Observation Week:  May 10 - May 14, 2027
• Last Day of Classes: May 14, 2027
• Exams for Levels 4,5,6:  May 15, 2027
• Student Conferences:  May 17-19, 2027