Events Calendar 

August 2025

• Ballet Pre-Professional Intensive:  August 4-21, 2025
• Swan Lake Ballet Camp ages 4-9: August 5-7, 2025
• Adult Ballet Intensive:  August 9-10, 2025
• Sleeping Beauty Ballet Camp ages 4-9: August 12-14, 2025
• Nutcracker Auditions: August 15 and 21, 2025
• Tap, Jazz and Hip Hop Camp Ages 4-9: August 19-21, 2025
• Summer Intensive Performance: August 21, 2025

September 2025

• Academy/Conservatory Orientation and School Potluck:  September 3, 2025   5:30 - 7:30 pm  Memorial Park, Neenah
• Academy/Conservatory Classes Begin:  September 8, 2025
• Nutcracker Orientation: September 10, 2025  6:00 - 7:00 pm
• Open Division Orientation and Costume Fitting: September 13, 2025  2:00 - 4:00 pm Valley Academy for the Arts
• Open Division Classes Begin:  September 15, 2025
• Rhythms of the World Festival, Appleton:  September 20, 2025 Houdini Plaza, Appleton.  9:00 am - 4:00 pm

October 2025

• NDEO Conference, Detroit, MI:  October 3 - 6, 2025 (No Classes at VAA October 6th)
• Wisconsin Dance Council Annual Conference, Green Bay, WI: October 11, 2025
• Trunk or Treat:  October 18, 2025  3:00 - 4:30 pm

November 2025
Open Division Recital, Neenah:  November 22, 2025  10:00 am
Nutcracker in the Castle Opens: November 28, 2025

December 2025
Oshkosh Holiday Parade:  December 4, 2025  6:15 pm
Nutcracker Performances - The Grand Oshkosh :  December 19,20,21,27,28,29

January 2026
Auditions for Spring Performance:  January 3, 2026
Nutcracker Cast Party: January 24, 2026
Orientation for Spring Open Division:  Saturday, January 31, 2026

February 2026
UBC Dance Competition - Chicago:  February 6,7,8, 2026
Start of Spring Open Division Classes:  February 9, 2026

March 2026
Spring Conservatory Performance (TBA):  March 21,22
Spring Break:  March 28 - April 5, 2026 (details to follow)

April 2026
Open Division Spring Recital:  Saturday, April 25, 2026

May 2026
Exams (Levels 4+):  May 9, 2026
Vision Dance Performance:  May 16, 2026
Awards Dinner:  May 24, 2026