Registration for 2025 -2026

How to get started at Gulfshore Ballet

The faculty at Gulfshore Ballet will assess each incoming student to determine the correct level at which the child should be placed by offering a placement class, held during a currently running class in Fall or Spring.

Placement Classes are also available off Season in Summer and during Open Classes but at the current class rate.

Placement classes are $20 per class and Placement class fees must be paid at the time that your student comes in for the placement class by cash or credit card.

There are no refunds on Placement Class fees in the event that you decide not to enroll your child in classes.

Please fill out and submit the Placement Class Request Form https://gsballet.org/classes/schedule-a-placement-class/

A Gulfshore Ballet staff member will contact you within 3 days of submitting your Placement Request Form to get more information about your child and talk to you about what class to try.

After speaking to us please click on this link to register for the placement class.

Once you create an account and log in please click on Seasons, find the right Level and then choose “Trial Lesson” for the appropriate Level Class and you will be prompted to pay for the Class.

After your Student takes the Placement Class, the instructor will make a recommendation for placement that best suits your child’s current skill, ability, and experience. Please be advised that the placement class is not an audition but is an assessment and the Student may be placed in a different Level than the one they took a Placement Class for.

Placement classes are not given for Private Lessons, Adult Division, Creative Dance (Mommy/Daddy & Me) and Elective Classes.

New Student Registration is a $50 per student non refundable annual fee, due at time of enrollment.

You can contact us at gulfshoreballet@gmail.com or 239-590-6191 if you would like more information.

2025-2026 School Calendar

Subject to change.

First Semester, 8/18-12/22

Monday, August 18th, 2025  First Semester Begins
Welcome Families, meet Instructors & Artistic Directors

Monday, September 1st, 2025  School Closed for Labor Day

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025  Classes Resume

Monday, September 8th-Saturday, September 13th, 2025
Parent & Guest Observation Week (Classes Open for Viewing)

Saturday, November 8th, 2025 GSB Nutcracker, All Cast Rehearsal 

Saturday, November 15th, 2025 GSB Nutcracker, All Cast Rehearsal 

Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 GSB Nutcracker, All Cast Rehearsal 

Monday, November 24th – Saturday, November 29th, 2025
School Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday 

Monday, December 1st, 2025  Classes Resume

Monday, December 1st, 2025 – Friday, December 5th, 2025
Nutcracker Rehearsal Week

Saturday, December 6th, 2025
St Johns the Evangelist Church Naples
6:30 pm Nutcracker Performance

Monday, December 8th, 2025  GSB CLOSED

Monday, December 15th, 2025 – Friday, December 19th, 2025
Nutcracker Rehearsal Week

Saturday, December 20th, 2025 Barbara B Mann
7:30 pm Nutcracker Performance

Sunday, December 21st, 2025 Barbara B Mann
Matinee 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm Nutcracker Performances

Monday, December 22nd, 2025- Sunday, January 18th, 2026
First Semester Ends – School Closed for Winter Break

Second Semester, 1/20-5/23

Monday, January 19th, 2026 School Closed for MLK Day

Tuesday, January 20th, 2026  Second Semester Begins, Classes Resume

Tuesday, January 20th – Saturday, January 24th, 2026
Bring a Friend to Dance Week (Students are welcome to bring a friend to Class)

Monday, March 16th-Saturday, March 21st, 2026
School Closed for Spring Break

Monday, March 23rd, 2026 Classes Resume

Friday, April 3rd – Monday, April 6th, 2026
School Closed for Good Friday, Easter & Easter Monday

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 Classes Resume

Saturday, April 25th, 2026 Don Quixote, All Cast Rehearsal

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 Don Quixote, All Cast Rehearsal

Monday, May 4th – Friday, May 8th, 2026 Don Quixote Rehearsal Week

 Saturday, May 9th, 2026 Tribby Arts Center at Shell Point
7:00 PM
Don Quixote Performance

Monday, May 11th, 2026 GSB CLOSED

Monday, May 18th- Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Parent & Guest Observation Week (Classes Open for Viewing)

Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 Last Day of Classes for Second Semester

*Please note that Calendar is subject to change, especially Rehearsals