2026 Performances & Events Calendar
Youth Ensemble
8/9 @ 3:30pm Taste of “The Dream” - Hunter Museum of American Art
9/17 @ 5 - 8:30pm Nutcracker.com Audition + Casting + Setting Rehearsal
9/18 @ 7pm Chattanooga Dances - Center For Creative Arts
9/19 - 20 @ Ignite Festival - Center For Creative Arts
9/27 @ 1 - 5pm Assemblé - Red Bank Park
10/24 @ 11am - 5pm “Magic of Literacy” Event Co-Lab with Moms for Social Justice at Chattanooga Choo Choo with Plumbline Project participants present The Four Elements twice
11/17 - 20 @ 4 - 9pm ALTER-Nut Performances + Silent Auction + Cast Party - Chattanooga Theatre Centre accompanied by Ben VanWinkle + Chattanooga Strings
11/22 @ TBD Nutcracker.com Performance - Memorial Auditorm
12/5 @ After Main X 24 Parade Trail Hop
7/6 - 10 + 13 - 17 @ 9am - 4pm Plumbline Project Dance Intensive - St. Elmo studios + Hunter Museum with Performance in “Magic Of Literacy” Event at Choo Choo on 10/24 @ 11am - 5pm
9/17 - 18 @ 5pm - 7pm Auditions and casting for Nutcracker! Location - TBD
11/22 @ TBDNutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet - Memorial Auditorium
12/28 - 31 @ 9am - 4pm Winter Dance Intensive for ages 3rd - 12th grade - field trip TBA
2026 - 27 Conservatory Calendar
These dates are set by Ballet Esprit and are not based on any specific school’s calendar.
Payment Installment Due
August 15 @ Open House and Orientation
August 15 - October 15 First Quarter
September 4 - 7 No classes in observation of Labor Day Weekend
September 17 - 18 Nutcracker.com Auditions and Casting Rehearsals, No regular classes
October 9 - 16 No regular classes, Fall Break
Payment Installment with Performance Fee Due
October 17 - December 19 Second Quarter
November 23 - 27 No regular classes, Thanksgiving Holidays
December 20 - Jan 5 No regular classes, Winter Break
Payment Installment Due
January 6 - March 15, Third Quarter
January TBDNational Summer Intensive Auditions @ Atlanta Ballet or @ Nashville Ballet
January 18 No regular classes in observation of MLK Day
February 15 No regular classes in observation of President’s Day
Payment Installment with Performance Fee Due
March 8 - 13 Parent Observation Week
March 16 - Season Finale TBD, Forth Quarter
March 22 - 26 No regular classes, Spring Break
May 24 - 28 10th Anniversary Season Finale Performances
May 29 - 31 No regular classes, Memorial Day Weekend
Separate summer payment installment due
June 1 - 6 1st Summer Break
June 7 - July 30 Summer Session open summer maintenance classes and weekly camps
July 5 - July 16 Plumbline Project Dance Intensive
July 31 - August 14, 2nd Summer Break
August 15, 2027 - 28 Season Begins Begins