Monday – Saturday August 4-7 August Workshops – Nutcracker Dance Forms – Ballet, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Pointe
Saturday August 9 10:30 AM – 2 PM Mandatory faculty meeting + Professional Development
Saturday August 9 2 PM – 4 PM In Person Open House
Monday August 11 Season begins & new class schedule for All classes
Thursday August 21 Emerge Youth Ensemble and Emerge Youth Ensemble Junior Audition 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday August 23 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CCD Fall Families Meeting
Saturday August 23 2 PM – 7 PM The Nutcracker cast auditions, Elementary through Adult dancers, please visit our The Nutcracker Participation page for updated information and times
Monday – Saturday August 25 – 30 Bring a friend week
Monday August 25 The Nutcracker casting announced
Thursday August 28 7 PM Emerge Youth Ensemble + Junior Mandatory Meeting – Cast and Family
Monday September 1 Labor Day – NO classes
Saturday September 6 MANDATORY The Nutcracker Kickoff meeting and Hair Training at 1:00 PM +MANDATORY Better Lives Through Dance campaign kick off
Saturday September 6 The Nutcracker Rehearsals begin at 2:30 PM
TBD TBD YAGP/DBG Classes begin
Monday-Saturday September 15-20 Spirit Week
Saturday September 20 Broomfield Days – come parade with us/Cast from The Nutcracker
Saturday October 4 MANDATORY for NEW parent service hours training 2:30p
Saturday October 4 12 PM – 1 PM MANDATORY DanceFound Kick Off Meeting (for choreographers and dancers)
Monday October 6 DanceFound Choreographer’s application open – Submit your proposal!! (10/6-11/1)
Saturday October 11 The Nutcracker service opportunities posted
Saturday October 11 Ballet Hispanico Master Class
Monday October 13 Indigenous peoples’ Day – studio open
Thursday October 23 Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos Pinnacle Performance with Fiesta Colorado
Saturday – Friday October 25 – 31 Halloween costumes Week
Saturday November 1 DanceFound Application CLOSED
Saturday November 8 DanceFound Choreographers Announced
Monday November 10 DanceFound Dancer’s Application Open (11/10 – 12/6)
Monday November 10 Veterans Day – Studio Open
Saturday November 15 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM CCD Winter Meeting, The Nutcracker Mandatory Meeting + Cast Makeup Training
Monday-Saturday November 17 – 22 Fall Conservatory training assessment (Serves as the Summer Program Audition for CCD students)
Saturday November 22 The Nutcracker BOH Volunteers Training
Saturday November 22 The Nutcracker service opportunity sign ups closes
Saturday November 22 Summer 2025 Intensive Information Released/MANDATORY Rehearsal for The Nutcracker
Sunday November 23 The Nutcracker and Emerge Youth Ensembles in-studio photo shoot with Amanda Tipton
Monday-Sunday November 24 – 30 Thanksgiving Break – No Classes/Studio CLOSED
Monday December 1 2025 Summer Intensive Special Registration Opens for CCD students
Friday December 5 Brookdale Senior Center Special Nutcracker Performance
Saturday December 6 The Nutcracker Mandatory Rehearsal @ CCD – Full Cast
Saturday December 6 Load trucks for Nutcracker @ CCD
Monday December 8 DanceFound Cast Finalized
Monday December 8 The Nutcracker Tech Rehersal At Parsons Theater/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Tuesday December 9 Colorado Gives Day
Tuesday December 9 The Nutcracker Tech Rehersal At Parsons Theater/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Wednesday December 10 The Nutcracker Full Dress Rehersal At Parsons Theater/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Thursday December 11 The Nutcracker Performance at Parsons Theater at 6:30 PM/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Friday December 12 The Nutcracker Performance (sensory friendly) at Parsons Theater at 6:30 PM/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Saturday December 13 The Nutcracker performances at Parsons Theater at 1:00 pm, 6:30 pm/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Sunday December 14 The Nutcracker performance at Parsons Theater 1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17 The Nutcracker Load-in + In Studio Run Through/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Thursday December 18 The Nutcracker Tech Rehersal At Pinnacle Event Center/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Friday December 19 The Nutcracker Full Dress Rehearsal at Pinnacle Event Center/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Saturday December 20 The Nutcracker performances at Pinnacle Event Center at 1:00 pm, 6:30 pm/Studio Classes will be adjusted
Sunday December 21 The Nutcracker performance at Pinnacle Event Center at 1:00 pm
Sunday – Friday December 21 – January 2 Winter Break – No Classes/Studio Closed
Saturday January 3 Faculty Mandatory meeting and Work Time for Showcase 10 AM – 2 PM
Saturday January 3 2 PM – 5 PM DanceFound Donation based dance workshops
Monday January 5 Classes Resume + DanceFound Rehearsal begins
Monday January 12 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Studio Open
Thursday January 22 8 AM – 1 PM Anti-Bullying Performance at Pinnacle – Emerge Performance
Saturday January 24 10:30 AM – 12 PM 2026 Summer Adv Intensive Audition (Adv 1-4 Ballet Class Time)
Tuesday January 27 12 – 2 PM Anti-Bullying Performance at PASB/MAC – Emerge Performance
Thursday January 29 Anti-Bullying Performance at TBD – Emerge Performance
Saturday January 31 5 PM DanceFound Showing 1 – Choreographers only
Monday Feburary 2 Annual Showcase Information go out to parents
Monday – Saturday February 2 – 7 Demonstration Week – We invite you to come into classes and ask questions!
Thursday February 12 6 PM Anti-Bullying Performance at Broomfield Auditorium – Emerge Junior Performance
Sunday February 15 10:30 AM – 12 PM 2026 Summer Intermediate and Advanced Intensive Audition
Monday February 16 Presidents Day – Studio Open
Friday – Sunday February 20-22 Youth American Grand Prix
Friday – Sunday February 27 – March 1 Denver Ballet Guild
Saturday March 7 5 PM DanceFound Showing 2 – Close Showing
Monday March 9 or 16 Sensory-Friendly performance with Colorado Symphony – Emerge + Junior Performance
Monday – Sunday March 22-29 Spring Break—No Classes
Saturday April 11 5 PM DanceFound Final Showing
Friday April 17 DanceFound Tech/Dress Rehearsal at CCD
Saturday April 18 DanceFound Performances 1 PM and 6:30 PM at CCD
Saturday TBA Future Fest Performance/Emerge Junior – Downtown Denver
Wednesday April 29 Coppélia Tech Rehearsals at Pinnacle Event Center
Thursday April 30 Coppélia Dress Rehearsal at Pinnacle Event Center
Friday May 1 2025/2026 Season Posted and Class Registration Opens
Friday May 1 Coppélia Performance at Pinnacle Event Center
Saturday May 2 Pre Pro Junior/Emerge/Emerge Junior Coppélia performance with Ballet Ariel at Lakewood
Sunday May 3 Pre Pro Junior/Emerge/Emerge Junior Coppélia performance with Ballet Ariel at Lakewood
Monday – Saturday May 4 – 9 Special Dance Week 1 – Create our own ballet/dance inspired by Literatures (3-6 years old: Three Little Pigs, Elementary: Cinderella, Intermediate+Advanced: Wonder
Monday – Saturday May 11 – 16 Special Dance Week 2 – Learn a little from a famous dance (ballet – Sleeping Beauty, theater jazz and tap – Oliver, modern – Revelations)
Monday – Saturday May 18 – 23 Special Dance Week 3 – What roles you can dance in CCD’s 2026 Nutcracker
Monday May 25 Memorial Day – No Classes
Tuesday May 26 Young Dancers + Elementary + Pre Pro Junior in Studio Showing
Wednesday May 27 Intermediate + Advanced In Studio Showing
Thursday May 28 In-Studio Photo Session with Amanda Tipton for Spring Production
Saturday June 13 Tutu 5K Run
Monday – Thursday June 15 – 18 2026 Summer Program Week 1 – Camp Only
Friday June 19 Juneteenth- Studio Closed
Monday – Friday June 22 – 26 2026 Summer Program Week 2 – Camp and Intensives
Monday – Friday June 29 – July 3 2026 Summer Program Week 3 – Camp and Intensives
Saturday July 4 4th of July – No Classes/Studio Closed
Monday – Friday July 6 – 10 2026 Summer Program Week 4 – Intensive Only
Monday – Friday July 13 – 17 2026 Summer Program Week 5 – Intensive Only
Saturday – Sunday July 19 – August 1 No Classes/Studio Closed
Monday – Saturday August 3 – 8 2026 Summer Program Week 6 – Elementary to Adults (Dance with the Artistic Director and Special Guests)
Monday August 10 2026/2027 Classes begin & New class schedule for ALL classes