CALENDAR
This calendar is updated throughout the year. Please check back for new information.
Questions?
651-690-1588 or spb@spballet.org
August 18, 12-2 pm: Placement Class for recent Levels 4-6 dancers or youth dancers ages 12-18 interested in joining the School of St. Paul Ballet. Females must have at least six months of pointe work to attend this placement class. Please have anyone interested contact Laura.
AUGUST 25, 2018 Open House & Health Fair 10:00am-2:00pm
Give Us A Whirl! Registration for classes, Demonstrations, Health Fair, gently-used dancewear sale at our studios. 655 Fairview Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55104. Contact us at 651-690-1588 or spb@spballet.org.
SEPTEMBER 2018-AUGUST 2019
SEPTEMBER 2018
Sep 3: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Sep 4: FIRST DAY of ADULT/TEEN drop-in classes FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
Sep 5: FIRST DAY of Children’s, Parent & Me, Lifelong Yoga and all PRE-PROFESSIONAL level classes FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
Sep 15 & 21: ESSENTIAL Fall Parent Meeting Saturday, Sep 15 4:00-5:00pm or Friday Sep, 21 6:30-7:30pm. Mandatory for all parents in the Young Dancer and Pre-Professional Programs. School policies, events, and performance opportunities will be discussed in detail. Q&A.
Sep 16: Sunday 2:00-3:00pm. Nativity County Fair performance for Levels 5 & 6. Celebrate this community fair and free SPB School outreach performance.
Sep 24: Minnesota Dance Medicine Foundation 2018 Annual Conference
This is an outside event endorsed by St. Paul Ballet. More information at http://www.mndancemed.org/learn/mdmf-annual-conference/mdmf-2017-conference/
OCTOBER 2018
Oct 18-20: MEA Break no classes for Levels 1-6, Boy’s Club or Intro to Ballet. Adult classes, Dance Expressions, Parent and Me, RSG, M&M and DF take place as regularly scheduled.
Oct 22-27: Parent Observation Week
NOVEMBER 2018
Nov 4: A Nutcracker Story Full Cast Rehearsal (Time TBA) Levels 4-6
Nov 6: A Nutcracker Story excerpts at Mall of America performances at 10:00am and 11:00am Levels 4-6
Nov 10: A Nutcracker Story Full Cast Rehearsal (Time TBA) Young Dancers and Beginning Ballet – Level 6
Nov 17: A Nutcracker Story Full Cast Rehearsal (Time TBA) Young Dancers and Beginning Ballet – Level 6
Nov 22-24: Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES/NO REHEARSALS
Nov 25: A Nutcracker Story Full Cast Rehearsal (Time TBA) Young Dancers and Beginning Ballet – Level 6
Nov 27-Dec 2: A Nutcracker Story production week and performances at The O’Shaughnessy
DECEMBER 2018
Nov 30-Dec 2: Nutcracker performances at The O’Shaughnessy (all warmup classes at the theater)
Dec 3: Pre-Professional Division day off (BBII, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6)
Dec 17-22: Mid-Year Conferences for Beginning Ballet-Level 6 students
Dec 22: Adult Morning Classes, Ready, Steady, Go and Dance Fundamentals
Dec 22-Jan 6: Winter Break NO CLASSES Pre-Professional, Young Dancers, Dance Expressions, Intro to Ballet, Boy’s Club
Dec 23-January 1: Winter Break for Adult/Teen Classes
JANUARY 2019
Jan 2: Adult/Teen Classes resume
Jan 6: All regular classes resume
Date of SPB Summer Intensives Audition TBA, Saturday or Sunday in January
Jan 21: Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Pre-Professional Division NO CLASSES (BBII, L1, L3, L4, L5, L6)
FEBRUARY 2019
Feb 18: President’s Day Pre-Professional Division NO CLASSES (BBII, L1, L3, L4, L5, L6)
MARCH 2019
March 11-16: Parent Observation Week
March 21-23: OH+ Performances for Levels 5 and 6 at Orchestra Hall
APRIL 2019
April 1: Master Class with American Ballet Theatre (details to be announced)
April 1-7: Spring Break NO CLASSES/NO REHEARSALS except for Adult/Teen drop-in classes
April 28, Sunday 1-3:30pm: Levels 1-4, Boy’s Club and Beginning Ballet – Spring Showcase Full Cast Rehearsal
MAY 2019
May 4, Saturday 1-3:30pm: Levels 1-4, Boy’s Club and Beginning Ballet I & II – Spring Showcase Full Cast Rehearsal (regular classes for Boy’s Club, Levels 2, 3, 5, 6 cancelled for rehearsal)
May 10-11: Student Spring Showcase Production Week and Performances Note: Boy’s Club concludes at Spring Showcase.
May (TBA): Young Dancer Gala Note: Term Young Dancer classes conclude at the Young Dancer Performance.
May 13-19: Year-end Conferences for BBI-L6 (modified schedule for week) and Specialty Genre classes for leveled dancers.
May 25-27: Memorial Day Weekend NO CLASSES
May 28-June 1: LAST WEEK OF CLASSES for the School Year
JUNE 2019
June 4: Summer Drop-in Classes Begin
June 2: SPB School Experience/Performance
June 2-9: End of year break for all classes
June 10: Summer 2019 classes begin
JULY 2019
July 4: NO CLASSES
June – August: Children’s camps and Summer Intensives TBA
AUGUST 2019
Check back for Placement Class and Open House announcements