2025-2026 CALENDAR
SDA Online Registration Opens
Aug. 1, 2025
SDA New Student Open House
By Appointment
Classes Begin
Sept. 3, 2025
Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre Auditions at SDA
Sept. 14, 2025
Costume Deposits Due
Oct. 1, 2025
Wear Your Halloween Costume to Dance Week
Oct. 24 - 30, 2025
Closed for Halloween
Oct. 31, 2025
Closed for Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 25 - 30, 2025 (Classes Resume Dec. 1)
Classes Cancelled due to ESBT's Annual Nutcracker Performance
Dec. 3 - 7, 2025 (Only for Upper Classes TBD)
Wear Your Ugly Holiday Sweater to Dance Week
Dec. 13 - 19, 2025
Closed for Winter Break
Dec. 22, 2025 - Jan. 1 - 4, 2026 (Classes Resume January 5th)
Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre Spring Gala Casting
Dates TBD
Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 19, 2026
Closed for President's Day
Feb. 16, 2026
Closed for Spring Break
Dates: April 1-6, 2026 (Classes Resume on April 7)
All Costume Balances Due
April 1, 2026
SDA Picture Day
Dates: April 25-26, 2026 (detailed schedule to follow)
All Tuition Balances Due
May 1, 2026
ESBT Annual Spring Production
Dates: May 2 - 4, 2026
Closed for Memorial Day Weekend
May 25, 2026
Annual Salisbury Dance Academy Showcase
Our Annual Recital is scheduled for June 6, 2026 at the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center
There are two performance times:​
Show 1 at 12:00pm
Show 2 at 6:00pm
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Below is information regarding Dress Rehearsal:​
Dress Rehearsal for Foundations & Up: June 5, 2026
Dress Rehearsal for all other Levels: June 6, 2026
Summer Dance Camp ~ Pre-School, Kinder, Primary 1-3
Summer 2026 - Dates TBD
Summer Dance Camp ~ Foundations through Advanced
July 13 - 30, 2026 - Times TBD