Calendar
(dates subject to change)
2025-2026 School Year
FALL 2025
AUGUST 9 – 2025-26 Season Open House
AUGUST 16 – First Day of Fall Semester Classes
AUGUST 23 – Nutcracker Auditions (details TBA)
SEPTEMBER 1 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Labor Day)
SEPTEMBER 5 – Registration Opens for Nutcracker “Be an Angel” Program
SEPTEMBER 6 – MYB Performs at the Penrod Arts Fair Dance Stage
SEPTEMBER 12-14 – Nutcracker Intensive Weekend
SEPTEMBER 20 – MYB Performs at the Carmel Mooncake Festival (subject to change)
SEPTEMBER 26 – Nutcracker Weekly Rehearsals Begin
SEPTEMBER 27 or 28 – MYB Performs at the Carmel International Arts Festival
OCTOBER 3 – Registration Closes for Nutcracker “Be an Angel” Program
OCTOBER 13-19 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Fall Break)
OCTOBER 24 – Nutcracker “Be an Angel” Program Rehearsals Begin (subject to change)
NOVEMBER 26–30 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Thanksgiving Break)
NOVEMBER 29 – MYB Walks in Zionsville Holiday Parade
DECEMBER 1-6 – Observation Week
DECEMBER 20 – Last Day of Fall Semester Classes
DECEMBER 19-21 –Nutcracker Performances (Star Bank Performing Arts Center, Zionsville)
DECEMBER 22 – JANUARY 4 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Winter Break)
SPRING 2026
JANUARY 5 – First Day of Spring Semester Classes
JANUARY 17 – Spring Ballet Auditions (Swan Lake)
JANUARY 19 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
JANUARY 23 – Spring Ballet Rehearsals Begin
FEBRUARY 13 – Registration Opens for our Swan Lake “Be a Fairy” Program
FEBRUARY 16 – ACADEMY CLOSED (President’s Day – possible snow day make-up classes if necessary)
FEBRUARY 21 – Soloist Initiative Showcase # 1 (5-6pm, Studio A)
MARCH 9-14 – Observation Week
MARCH 13 – “Be a Fairy” Registration Closes
MARCH 14 – Youth America Grand Prix Participant Showcase (details TBA)
MARCH 20 – Be a Fairy Rehearsals Begin
MARCH 19-22 – Youth America Grand Prix Indianapolis Semi Finals
April 4-12 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Spring Break)
MAY 23 – Spring Ballet Performances (Swan Lake – Star Bank Performing Arts Center, Zionsville)
MAY 23 – Last Day of Spring Semester Classes
MAY 25 – ACADEMY CLOSED (Memorial Day)
MAY 26-28 – Make Up Class Week
May 29-June 5 – Student Showcase Production Week
June 6 – Student Showcase (Marian University Theatre)
SUMMER 2026
JUNE 15-26 and July 6-23 – Evening Open Classes
JUNE 15-19 – Senior Intensive Week 1
JUNE 22-26 – Senior Intensive Week 2
JUNE 15-19 – Fairy Fantasy Camp
JUNE 22-26 – Swan Lake Camp
JUNE 27 -JULY 5 -ACADEMY CLOSED – INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAYS
JULY 7-9 – Once Upon a Fairytale Camp
JULY 7-9 – Junior Intensive Week 1
JULY 14-16 – Junior Intensive Week 2
JULY 14 -16 – Under the Sea Camp
JULY 21-23 – Nutcracker in July Camp
JULY 24 -AUGUST 7– ACADEMY CLOSED (Facility Maintenance, Open classes may be available)
AUGUST 8 – 2026-27 Season Open House
AUGUST 15 – First Day of Fall Semester Classes