ACADEMY CALENDAR

Date

Event

November 1, 2024

Summer 2025 Audition Tour Registration opens

December 20, 2024

Summer Registration for Current Students opens

January-February, 2025

Summer 2025 Audition Tour

May 27-31, 2025

Adult Intensive

June 2-6, 2025

Children’s Workshop - Raymonda

Boys Workshop

June 9-20, 2025

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 1

June 21-July 26, 2025

Summer Intensive Program

July 4, 2025

Fourth of July Holiday - No Classes for Summer Intensive and Adult Programs

July 13-August 10, 2025

Preschool Summer Classes

July 21-25, 2025

Children’s Workshop - The Nutcracker

July 28-August 8, 2025

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 2

Date

Event

July 21, 2025

Houston Ballet II returns

July 31, 2025

Deadline to register for Pre-Professional and Professional Programs

August 18, 2025

Professional Program Ramp Up Week

2025-2026 Orientation for Professional Program Families (Pro 1, Pro 2, HBII)

August 19, 2025

2025-2026 Orientation for Pre-Professional Program – Lower School Families (Level 1, Level 2)

August 20, 2025

2025-2026 Orientation & Pointe Readiness Meeting for Pre-Professional Program – Lower School Families (Level 3, Level 4, Intermediate)

August 21, 2025

2025-2026 Orientation Pre-Professional Program – Upper School Families (Level 5, Level 6, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, Level 10)

August 23-24, 2025

Nutcracker Auditions

August 24, 2025

2025-2026 Orientation for Preschool Program Families (Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet, Elementary Ballet)

August 25, 2025

Fall Semester begins

September 1, 2025

Labor Day Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

September 2, 2025

Session 1 begins (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

Nutcracker Info Session

September 11, 2025

Academy Nutcracker Rehearsals begin

September 18, 2025

Academy Town Hall

September 29-October 10, 2025

Studio Series

October 5, 2025

Sensory-Friendly Studio Series

October 11-14, 2025

Fall Break – No Classes for Professional Program

October 13-November 2, 2025

Class Observations – Preschool and Pre-Professional Programs (except Level 6, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, Level 10)

October 16, 2025

Academy Town Hall

October 19, 2025

Strength and Center Workshop

Session 1 ends (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

October 21, 2025

Session 2 begins (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

October 22, 2025

Nutcracker Theater Orientation

October 31, 2025

Halloween – No Classes for Preschool and Pre-Professional Programs

November 2, 2025

Moores School of Music Collaboration

November 13-14, 2025

Class Observations – Professional Program

11/13/2025 12:00:00 AM

Pro II Solo Night

November 20, 2025

Academy Town Hall

November 24, 2025

Make-Up Classes – Preschool and Pre-Professional Programs

November 24-30, 2025

Thanksgiving Holiday - No Classes for Preschool and Pre-Professional Programs (except for those participating in The Nutcracker)

November 26-28, 2025

Thanksgiving Holiday - No Classes for Adult Program

November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving Holiday - No Classes for Professional Program

November 28, 2025

The Nutcracker Opening Night

December 7, 2025

Spring 2025 Audition for Pre-Professional & Professional Programs

December 8, 2025

Summer Placement Class for Current Pre-Professional Program Students in Upper School

Week of December 8, 2025

Fall evaluations published for Pre-Professional Program - Lower School

December 9, 2025

Houston Ballet II Class Observation

Houston Ballet II Evaluations

December 13, 2025

Class Observation and Showing - Level 8, Level 9, Level 10

December 14, 2025

Session 2 ends (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

Week of December 15, 2025

Summer Registration for Current Students opens

December 20, 2025

Class Observation and Showing - Level 6, Level 7

December 22, 2025 - January 4, 2026

Winter Holiday - No Classes for Preschool, Pre-Professional, and Adult Programs (except for those participating in The Nutcracker)

December 29, 2025 - January 11, 2026

Winter Holiday - No Classes for Professional Program

January 3, 2026

Spring 2026 Orientation for NEW Preschool Program and Pre-Professional Program Families

January 4, 2026

Peak Performance Workshop

January 11, 2026

Fall Semester ends

January 12, 2026

Spring Semester begins

January 13, 2026

Session 3 begins (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

January 14, 2026

Spring Showcase Orientation

January 15, 2026

Academy Town Hall

January 19, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

January 23, 2026

Intermediate Meeting on Spring Evaluation Class

January-February, 2026

Studies Casting – Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Intermediate

February 2-13, 2026

Studio Series

February 19, 2026

Academy Town Hall

February 27-March 5, 2026

Evaluation Class for Pre-Professional Program – Intermediate, Level 5, Level 6, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, Level 10

March 1, 2026

Session 3 ends (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

March 8, 2026

Spring into Action Workshop

March 9-15, 2026

Spring Break - No Classes for Preschool, Pre-Professional, and Professional Programs

March 17, 2026

Session 4 begins (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

March 19, 2026

Academy Town Hall

March 22, 2026

Renew and Refresh Workshop

April 3-5, 2026

Spring Holiday - No Classes for Preschool, Pre-Professional, and Adult Programs

April 4-5, 2026

Spring Holiday - No Classes for Professional Program

Week of April 6, 2026

Spring evaluations published for Pre-Professional Program

April 11-12, 2026

My First Ballet

April 12, 2026

Sensory-Friendly My First Ballet

April 23-May 17, 2026

Class Observations - Pre-Professional, and Professional Programs

April 24-25, 2026

Academy Spring Showcase

April 27-May 17, 2026

Preschool Celebration for Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet, and Elementary Ballet

Week of April 27, 2026

Evaluation Class for Professional Program – Pro 1, Pro 2

Week of May 4, 2026

Variations Evaluation for Professional Program – Pro 2

May 10, 2026

Session 4 ends (Parent & Me, Joy of Motion)

May 15, 2026

2026-2027 Registration for Current Students opens

May 17, 2026

Spring Semester ends

Boys Trial Class

May 18, 2026

Make-Up Classes – Preschool and Pre-Professional Programs

May 30, 2026

Preschool Open House

June 7, 2026

Fitness on the Go Workshop

June 13, 2026

2026-2027 Audition for Pre-Professional & Professional Programs

June 18, 2026

Houston Ballet II Graduation

Summer 2026

Date

Event

November 1, 2025

Summer 2025 Audition Tour Registration opens

Week of December 19, 2025

Summer Registration for Current Students opens

January-February, 2026

Summer 2025 Audition Tour

May 26-30, 2026

Adult Intensive

June 1-5, 2026

Children’s Workshop - Giselle

Boys Workshop

June 8-18, 2026

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 1

June 19, 2026

Juneteenth Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

June 20-July 25, 2026

Summer Intensive Program

July 4, 2026

Fourth of July Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

July 11-August 9, 2026

Preschool Summer Classes

July 20-24, 2026

Children’s Workshop - The Nutcracker

July 27-August 6, 2026

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 2

November 1, 2025

Summer 2025 Audition Tour Registration opens

Week of December 19, 2025

Summer Registration for Current Students opens

January-February, 2026

Summer 2025 Audition Tour

May 26-30, 2026

Adult Intensive

June 1-5, 2026

Children’s Workshop - Giselle

Boys Workshop

June 8-18, 2026

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 1

June 19, 2026

Juneteenth Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

June 20-July 25, 2026

Summer Intensive Program

July 4, 2026

Fourth of July Holiday - No Classes for All Programs

July 11-August 9, 2026

Preschool Summer Classes

July 20-24, 2026

Children’s Workshop - The Nutcracker

July 27-August 6, 2026

Youth Summer Training Program - Session 2