Fall Classes Begin Monday, August 31, 2026

Nutcracker Auditions (Levels II-VI with full year registration) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 *Please note that there will be a mandatory Nutcracker rehearsal on Sunday 11/29 of Thanksgiving weekend and mandatory parent meeting during your child’s audition time

Labor Day Monday September 7, 2026 | No classes

Rosh Hoshanah Saturday September 12, 2026 | No classes

Yom Kippur Monday September 21, 2026 | No classes

Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day Monday, October 12, 2026 | No classes.

Visitor Week Monday, October 19-Saturday, October 24, 2026

Election Day Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | No classes.

Veterans Day Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | No classes.

Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28, 2026 | No classes.

Thanksgiving Sunday Mandatory Nutcracker Rehearsal Sunday, November 29, 2026 (for all Nutcracker performers)

Holiday Stroll Nutcracker Window Mannequins TBD (likely Friday Dec 4)

Holiday Showcase for Pre-Ballet Performance on Sunday December 6, 2 pm @ RCDwith 4 rehearsals TBD

Last Day of Fall Classes Saturday December 5, 2026

Nutcracker 2026 | Five performances at Ridgefield Playhouse Friday, December 11 (With opening Night Pre-Show Event), Saturday December 12, & Sunday, December 13, Tech Dates TBD week of December 7-10

Holiday Break Monday December 14, 2026- Saturday January 2, 2027 | No classes.

Spring Semester Classes Start Monday, January 4, 2027

Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday January 16 -Monday January 18, 2027| No classes.

Conferences for Levels III-VI | Tuesday February 2 – Thursday February 4, 2027 | No classes.

February Break | Monday, February 15 – Saturday, February 20, 2027 | No classes.

Good Friday |  Friday March 26 – Saturday March 27, 2027 | No classes.

Spring Break l Friday April 12, 2027- Saturday April 17, 2027 | No classes.

Spring Concert Tech Week l TBD

Spring Concert | TBD

Young Dancers Performance | TBD

Memorial Day Weekend l Friday May 28 – Monday May 31, 2027 | No classes.

Spring Term Ends Tentative: Thursday, May 27

Summer Session: TBD                                                                                                 

Class absences are excused for illness and religious holidays and observances.