DAA Dance Calendar 2025 to 2026

*Please stay alert to your email, our FB page & groups, our studio voicemail, and our easy to use informational app - the DAA BAND!*

 

 September 2025

9/6 - Back to Dance Festival at the studio! A full day of fun!

9/8 - DAA's FIRST DAY of Classes for the new season!

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October 2025

10/11 & 12 - UDMA Conference for DAA Staff

10/13 - Columbus Day - CLOSED for classes

10/19 - Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Meeting for DAA Staff

10/20 - Our FIRST DAY of our ADULTS AT THE ACADEMY Fall Session!

10/25 - Find DAA at Newbury's Annual Trunk or Treat from 3pm to 5pm

10/26 - New London Haunted Happenings from 4pm to 6pm on Main Street

10/28 - CUE DATE NIGHT! Taste of the Lake Sunapee Region at Mt. Sunapee from 6pm to 8pm!

10/31 - DAA is CLOSED for classes on Halloween - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

*Remember to check for Winter X Rehearsals by role/routine!​

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November 2025

11/2 - Live to Dance Convention with Junior Elites & Pointe Shoe Trip to MA

11/7 - The Fells Fundraiser - A 1920's Charleston Christmas with our Senior Elite Dancers 

11/11 - NO CLASSES - It's Veteran's Day - we have some on staff! Thank them for their service!

11/13 - Business After Hours with the Newport & Lake Sunapee Region Chambers at the Gallery of Gifts at the Library Arts Center in Newport - start your Christmas Shopping if you haven't yet!

11/16 - Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Workshop for DAAPC & Staff in Woburn, MA

11/22 - Annual Stuff-A-Truck Event at Hannafords in New London from 8am to 5pm

11/22 & 23 - Choreography Weekend for our Elite Company Dancers

11/25 - PIZZA, PROPS & PAINT NIGHT 2025 - A Winter Show full cast event! 6 to 8pm

11/25 through 11/30 - Thanksgiving Break - Enjoy the time with your families! Stay grateful!

11/29 - Small Business Saturday - think about how you can give back to our LOCAL businesses this season!

*Remember to check for Winter X Rehearsals by role/routine!

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December 2025

12/1 - BACK to Regular Classes - Welcome December!

12/6 - Our Winter Extravaganza FULL CAST Rehearsal at the Studio

12/13 - Twas' Just Before Christmas in Newport - look for DAA's performance!

12/14 - Sunapee Cove Holiday Performance with some of our Winter X Dancers

12/15 through 12/18 - Winter Extravaganza Rehearsals at Colby-Sawyer College

12/19 - Our 10th Annual Winter Extravaganza - The Return of the Nutcracker at CSC

12/20 - Our 10th Annual Winter Extravaganza - The Return of the Nutcracker at CSC

12/21 - Festival of Trees at Whipple Hall in New London Opening Ceremony

12/21 through 12/31 - View all the decorated trees at Whipple Hall for the 2025 Festival of Trees and vote for Dance Arts Academy's tree! 

12/22 - DAAPC & Staff Christmas Potluck Party at the studio!

From 12/15 through 1/5 - DAA is closed for regular classes! The week of the 15th is our our Winter Show rehearsals and prep and then we are ALL on our Christmas & New Year's Break! Have a wonderful vacation!

12/31 - New Year's New London Event on Main Street with the Center for the Arts, NL Recreation, Tracy Memorial Library and many more partners! DAA is hosting Andrew Silver the Magic Show at Whipple Hall from 10:30am to 11:30am right before the kids countdown! Come and join us!

*Remember to check for Winter X Rehearsals by role/routine!

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January 2026

1/5 - Return to our regular Dance Class Schedule! Hello to the NEW YEAR!

1/10 - DAAPC Move for the Movement - A Benefit show for the American Cancer Society

1/16 through 1/21 - DAAPC travels down to DISNEY to take classes and perform on stage at Downtown Disney Springs! We are SO EXCITED! Would you like to help us make this happen? Reach out to us to help!

1/19, 20 & 21 - CLOSED for Martin Luther King Jr. Day & staff travel back home from Disney!

1/25 - Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Workshop for Teachers & Staff

1/31 & 2/1 - Kaleidoscope Dance Competition in Portland, ME with our Elite Dancers

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February 2026

2/7 OR 2/8 - The FIRST Winter Workshop offered by DAA for our Company Dancers & Invitees

2/13 - Newport's Winter Carnival Pageant at The Newport Opera House

2/21 & 2/22 - Showstoppers Competition for our Elite Dancers

2/23 through 2/27 - NO CLASSES - Our Winter Vacation - Brrrrrr

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March 2026

​3/7 & 3/8 - Press Play Conventions & Competition for our Elite Dancers

3/13 through 3/15 - Sheer Elite International with our oldest DAAPC Dancers

3/20 through 3/22 - Take Center Stage Dance Challenge in Burlington, VT with the full DAAPC

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April 2026

4/10 through 4/12 - Journey Dance Competition in Worcester, MA with the full DAAPC

4/18 & 4/19 - WAVES Dance Competition with our Elite Dancers

4/25 & 4/26 - Dynamic Performance Challenge with our Elite Dancers

4/27 through 5/1 - NO CLASSES - Our Spring Vacation - let's warm up!

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May 2026

5/2 - DTCB Senior Scholarship Interviews & Auditions

5/9 & 5/10 - Starquest Dance Competition with our Elite dancers

5/15 - Summer CIT Applications are DUE!

5/16 - MAY DAY MAKE-UP! For ALL our DAA Students ~ Ice Cream too!

5/25 - NO CLASSES - Memorial Day

5/31 - ALL STUDENT PHOTO DAY at the studio!

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June 2026

6/12 - Our LAST day of classes for the 2025 to 2025 Dance Year!

6/15 through 6/20 - It's our 10th Annual Recital SHOW WEEK!

Finale Rehearsal & DAAPC Auditions at Colby-Sawyer College

Recital Blocking & Tech Rehearsals at Colby-Sawyer College

Recital Dress Rehearsals at Colby-Sawyer College

6/19 - DAA Performance Company Showcase & End of the Year Party at Colby-Sawyer College

6/20 - The always anticipated...10th Annual DAA Recital at the Colby-Sawyer - two shows - one day

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*All dates subject to change

*Watch the website, FB page and phone for any weather cancellations

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