2024-2025 Calendar
*Subject to Change*
August 1: First Tuition Installment
August 1-5: Company Workshop
August 8-10: Company Workshop
August 12: First Day of Classes
August 23: Nutcracker Parent Meetings @ MSS (For parents of dancers who have participated in less than 2 Nutcrackers.)
August 23 & 24: Nutcracker Auditions
August 30: Nutcracker Cast List Posted
August 30 - September 2: MFB Closed, No classes
September 14 & 15: Nutcracker Mandatory Costume Fittings
September 20-22: Company Workshop
October 14: MFB Closed, No classes
October 19: Nutcracker Mandatory Makeup & Hair Demo
November 25 - December 1: Thanksgiving Holiday — MFB Closed, No classes, See Nutcracker rehearsal schedule
December 13: Last Day of Fall Classes
December 14-20: Nutcracker Tech Week
December 21 & 22: The Nutcracker performances at the Wagner Noël PAC
December 14 - January 12: Winter Break – No Classes, Limited Office Hours
January 6-11: Company Workshop
January 13: Classes Resume
January 20: MFB Closed, No classes, Rehearsals TBA
February 17: MFB Closed, No classes, Rehearsals TBA
March 8-16: Spring Break — MFB Closed, No Classes
March 12-16: MFB Company at Regional Dance America/Southwest Festival in Ft. Smith, AK
March 22-28: The Firebird Tech Week
March 29: The Firebird performance at the Wagner Noël PAC
April 18-21: MFB Closed, No classes
May 3: Mandatory MFB School Showcase rehearsal
May 9: Last Day of Classes
May 9: Mandatory MFB School Showcase rehearsal
May 10: School of MFB Showcase at the Wagner Noël PAC
Calendar Notes
1. Tuition Installments are due on the 1st of the following months:
a. Semester 1: August, September, October, November
b. Semester 2: January, February, March, April
2. Tuition is an annual amount split into installments. There is no pro-rated tuition for holidays as they are factored into the annual class costs.