Calendar - events & holidays

August

Nutcracker Auditions: Sat, Aug 23

DCPC Field Day: Sun, Aug 31

september

HOLIDAY: Labor Day: Mon, Sep 2

october

Dance Team Registration Deadline: Mon, Oct 6

Bring a Friend to Dance Week: Oct 3-12

2025 SPIRIT WEEK: October 20-25

Halloween, October 31: Classes that begin at 5:00 or later are canceled.

NOVEMBER

HOLIDAY: Veteran’s Day: Mon, Nov 11

HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving Break: Mon, Nov 24- Sun, Dec 20

Festival of Lights: Sun, Nov 30

Nutcracker Studio Dress Rehearsal: Sat Nov 22 – Sun, Nov 23H

december

Nutcracker Studio Dress Rehearsal: Sat Dec 6 – Sun, Dec 7

Nutcracker: Fri, Dec 12 @ 7pm & Sat Dec 13 @ 2pm at Smithwick Theatre

Hip Hop Nutcracker:  Sat, Dec 13 @ 7pm at Smithwick Theatre

HOLIDAY: Winter Break: Fri, Dec 20 – Fri, Jan 3

January

Classses Resume: Mon, Nov  11

DCPC Mock Competition: Sat, Jan 10 features DCC, DCPC routines at Zohar

HOLIDAY: Dr. Martin Luther King Day: Monday Jan 12

PADCYE Benefit: Sun, Jan 25 features DCC, DCPC, DT Routines at Zohar: 

February

HOLIDAY: President’s Day: Monday, February 17

March

 Ballet Company Benefit: Sun, Mar 22

May

May Fete Parade: Sat, May 2 in downtown Palo Alto

Spring Ballet Concert: Sun, May 3 at Zohar

Memorial Day: Mon, May 25

Last day of Class: Thur, May 28

SHOWTIME! Performances: Friday, May 29-Sat, May 30 at Spangenberg Theatre

Preschool SHOWTIME! Sunday, May 31st  at Cubberly Community Theatre

Jennifer - ballet teacher

Jennifer Kulz Smith

Jennifer received her ballet training in San Francisco with the Academy of Ballet, Dancers' Stage, Lanova Academy, City Ballet School and Boston Ballet School. She has performed with various Bay Area companies including the Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Francisco Dance Theater, and the Santa Clara Ballet. She performed in the San Francisco production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" for 4 1/2 years. Jennifer has two beautiful daughters, and has enjoyed teaching and watching students grow at Dance Connection since 2001.