Academy Newsletter: April 2025

Preparatory, Young Dancer and Advanced Divisions
Make-up Costume Fittings: April 8 and 9

The final opportunity for make-up costume fittings will be April 8 and 9. If your dancer missed their originally scheduled fitting in March, you should have heard from our administrative team via email with your specific schedule. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions!

Children’s Division
Costume Distribution Week: April 21 - 26

Costumes will be distributed before or after your student’s class the week of April 21 – 26. During that week, we encourage a parent or guardian be present to pick up your student and sign for their costume. It’s important each student’s costume makes it into the right hands. All students are required to have their costume in order to participate in Spring Production, and should costumes not make it home, there’s not sufficient time to order another.

Volunteers for Rehearsals and Performances

Each season, the success of Spring Production relies on the incredible support of Academy parents, guardians and family members who work behind the scenes to support the magic of our students on stage. Volunteer information and sign-ups will come your way later this week. We would be grateful for any time you are able to offer during a rehearsal or performance. All performance volunteers will have the opportunity to view their dancer's piece from backstage, and all volunteers get one free ticket to the Spring Production performance of their choice!

On Saturday, April 12, our Community Division, PD Jazz/Tap and CB Moves classes come together to showcase their talents in the 2025 Community Division Showcase! Featuring a wide array of dance disciplines from jazz and street dance to musical theater and ballet, the Community Division Showcase celebrates the breadth of our Academy community.

Community Division Showcase
Saturday, April 12
2:00 PM and 3:30 PM
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance

These performances are currently sold out. Please join us in sending these dancers our heartfelt congratulations for a successful day of performances!

The Academy Student Performance Ensemble presents its final showcase of the season this Sunday, April 13. Featuring the versatility of our student company in classical and contemporary works, the Spring Showcase includes a premier by Company dancer Joshua Stayton, an expanded work by Second Company dancer Nicholas Motley and excerpts from Swan Lake and Paquita.

Student Performance Ensemble Spring Showcase
Sunday, April 13
2:00 PM and 4:00 PM
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance

These performances are open to our full Academy community and we hope to see you there! Tickets are free. Guests are invited to contribute what they wish, but payment is entirely optional.

As we wrap up the 2024-2025 Academy Season, we also welcome the immense promise of summer. For our dancers, summer offers the time and freedom to focus even more intensely on their dance training. In just the few short weeks of our summer season, we see students make big strides in improving their technique, developing their unique artistry and exploring the depths of their potential.

If you haven't yet registered, we encourage you to act fast! Programs are filling quickly and select sessions have limited availability.

Kids Dance Camp
June 2 - 6, June 9 - 13, and July 28 - August 1, 2025
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance
Ages 4 - 8

Summer Dance Workshop
June 2 - 6, June 9 - 13, and July 28 - August 1, 2025
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance
Ages 8 - 11

Youth Summer Intensive
July 7 - August 1, 2025
Two- and four-week session options
School for Creative and Performing Arts
Ages 9 – 14

Summer Intensive
June 16 - July 25, 2025
Three- and six-week session options
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance
Ages 12 – 22

Collegiate Intensive
In partnership with the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music
June 16 - July 25, 2025
Three- and six-week session options
University of Cincinnati
Ages 18 – 24

Save the Date! Variations Workshop
June 2-6, 2025
Registration and program details coming soon!

Cincinnati Ballet's 2024-2025 Professional Training Division class culminates their season with two performances this May. Join us on Saturday, May 10, for an afternoon of original works created by our Trainee dancers or Sunday, May 18, for an impressive showcase of classical and contemporary works including George Balanchine's beloved neoclassical ballet Concerto Barocco.

PTD Choreographic Workshop
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance

Professional Training Division Spring Showcase
Sunday, May 18, 2025
School for Creative and Performing Arts

Ticket information coming soon!

Thank you to the many families who joined us for last month's Pointe Readiness Workshop! We hope it shed some helpful insight into the essential elements of assessing pointe readiness for young dancers.

As noted in our session, we encourage those dancers currently enrolled in Preparatory Division Level 3 to schedule your pre pointe screening this month. Screenings are available through Kelly Jo Rodrigo, Athletic Trainer for Cincinnati Ballet through TriHealth.

To Schedule a Pre Pointe Screening:
Call: 606.584.0224
Email: kelly_rodrigo@trihealth.com

April 12: Community Division Showcase

April 13: Student Performance Ensemble Spring Showcase

April 18-20: NO CLASSES – Easter Holiday

April 21-26: Children’s Division Costume Distribution Week

April 24-27: Family Series: Snow White at the Aronoff Center

May 1-4: Director’s Vision at the Aronoff Center

May 5-11: Final Week of Classes

May 10: PTD Choreographic Workshop

May 12-15: Spring Production Theater Week (Preparatory, Young Dancer, and Advanced Divisions)

May 16-17: Spring Production Performances for Preparatory, Young Dancer and Advanced Divisions

May 17: Spring Production Performances for Children's Division

May 18: Professional Training Division Spring Showcase

Family Series: Snow White
April 24 – 27, 2025
Aronoff Center for the Arts

Who’s the ‘fairest of them all?’ It’s the treasured fairy tale of a jealous Queen, her beautiful stepdaughter, and a kiss from a handsome Prince. A one-hour, narrated ballet, Snow White features Cincinnati Ballet Second Company – CB2 dancers and young performers from the Otto M. Budig Academy. It’s the perfect introduction to dance, even for the youngest members of your family. Arrive early for free lobby games, crafts, photos, and more.

Director’s Vision: No Boundaries
May 1-4, 2025
Aronoff Center for the Arts

A triple bill of emotion concludes the 2024-2025 Season at the Aronoff Center. Alexander Ekman’s Cacti is a playful and witty parody of contemporary dance. The work is an affectionate, pointed, and often hilarious deconstruction of the affectations of dance. David Morse’s Our Story looks at the unique singularity of history’s darkest chapter – the Holocaust – and asks profound questions about what is required of each of us to appreciate our shared humanity. The program is capped with Delmira, a regional premiere from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a dramatic work inspired by the life of 20th-century Latin American poet Delmira Agustini, one of the first female poets of the modern era.