RCDA Important Dates*
- Aug 25: General Registration opens (allows option to enroll in no-obligation trial classes, as space allows)
- Sept 7: Open House at Maplewood-Alta Vista Park Studio 2:00-4:00pm
- Sept 8: First Day of Classes
- Oct 19: Cecchetti Dance Conference
- Oct 24-30: Halloween Costume Week! Children are invited to wear costumes to dance classes.
- Oct 31: No Classes (Halloween)
- Nov 10-16: Fall Visitor’s Week
- Nov 26-30: No Classes (Thanksgiving Break)
- Dec 1: Tuition Installment #2 DUE (with recital costume payments due at this time)
- Dec 22, 2025-Jan 4, 2026: No Classes (Winter Break)
- Jan 19: No Classes (MLK Jr. Day)
- Feb 2: Summer Program Registration opens
- Feb 7-8: Cecchetti Ballet Exams
- Feb 16: No Classes (Presidents Day)
- Mar 2: Tuition Installment #3 DUE
- March 9-15: Spring Visitor’s Week
- Mar 7-8: Cecchetti Dance Conference
- Mar 27-Apr 5: No Classes (Spring Break); make-up classes will be held on 3/29 and 3/30
- Apr 18-19: Cecchetti Ballet Exams
- May 16-17: Cecchetti Ballet Exams
- May 21, 2026: Last Day of Classes for 2025-2026 School Year
- May 22-25: No Classes (Memorial Day Weekend)
- May 26-30: Recital rehearsals
- May 31: Recital performance at 3:00pm
- June 22: First Day of Summer Classes
- July 6-10: Summer Camp Session 1
- July 13-17: Summer Sampler Session 1
- July 20-24: Summer Camp Session 1
- Aug 10-14: Summer Sampler Session 2
- Aug 13: Last day of Summer Classes
- Aug 17-20: Summer Teen Master Class Series
*Dates subject to change