Ballet Petit Calendar for the 2008-2009 Academic Year

First Semester

Semester Production: The Nutcracker

Production Participation Registration: till Aug. 30
Late Production Participation Registration no later than Aug. 30. $10.00 Late fee required for Late Registrants.

Semester Length / Required Registration: Sept. - Dec. (4 months)
Performances scheduled for Dec. 6 , 2008, 2 PM and 7 PM for entire cast with the Closing Show cast only on December 7, 2008 at 7 P.M. for the closing night cast only. (See staff for details.)
Performances at Chabot College Centre for the Performing Arts in Hayward.

First Semester Ballet School Holidays:

• Labor Day Holiday Weekend (Sat.-Mon.)


• Halloween Night


• Thanksgiving Weekend (Wed.-Sun.)


• Christmas/Winter Break (Dec. 21 - Jan. 4)

Second Semester

Semester Production: Dancing Princesses
( Jr. Company will be performing TBA

Production Participation Registration January 1-20.
NO LATE REGISTRATION POSSIBLE FOR SPRING CONCERT PARTICIPATION DUE TO CASTING / COSTUMING TIME CONSTRAINTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

Semester Length / Required Registration: Jan. - June (6 months)
Performances tentatively scheduled for May 16, 2009 2 PM and 7 PM at Chabot College Centre for the Performing Arts in Hayward.
All dancers perform in both shows of Spring Concert.

Second Semester Ballet School Holidays:

• Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday (Mon.)


• President’s Day Weekend (2/14-2/16 2009)


• Spring Break (Good Friday-Sunday after Easter)


• Memorial Day Holiday Weekend (Sat.-Mon.)


• Summer Break (June 19-July 6)

Summer Session

Semester Length/ Suggested Registration: July and Aug. (2 months)
Summer Enrichment Program: Master / Pieces (Info. available at a later date)

Previous offerings have included ballet day camps, water ballet, master classes, Fairy Princess Day Camp, Pilates, Modern meets the Classics, etc.

Regular Classes: Summer Session 2009 beginson Monday, July 6, 2009 following the Fourth of July holiday and ends the Thursday before Labor Day.