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Performance Season

Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

July 25 & 26, 2025 8:45PM
Forest Lodge Park

Ohio Contemporary Ballet proudly returns to the Heinz poll Summer Dance Festival with the revival of two Heinz Poll’s rarely seen masterpieces. Planes/Configurations impresses with bold geometric designs and athletic precision, while Light Breeze charms with its elegant blend of ballroom-inspired movements and classical ballet. The performance is FREE. Guests are invited to bring blankets and/or a chair for lawn seating.

TICKETS

2025-26 Performances

Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

July 25-26, 2025 8:45pm

Forest Lodge Park
260 Greenwood Ave Akron, OH 44313

Ballet Under the Stars

August 2, 2025 
6:00pm Classes / 7:00pm Performance

OCBallet Center
3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Hts, OH 44120

Collaboration with Blue Water Orchestra

October 4, 2025

Lakewood Auditorium
14100 Franklin Blvd. Lakewood, OH 44107

Neil Zaza’s One Dark Night

October 11, 2025

Goodyear Theatre
1201 E Market St. Akron, OH 44305

The Little Nutcracker with the OCBallet Youth Academy

November 14-16, 2025

Ohio Contemporary Ballet Center
3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Heights, OH 44120

The Little Nutcracker with Wilhelm Dance

November 19-20, 2025

The Little Nutcracker with Rainey

December 9, 2025

Rainey Institute
1705 East 55th. Cleveland, Ohio 44103

The Little Nutcracker at Metro Health Main Campus

December 11, 2025

Metro Health Main Campus
2500 Metrohealth Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109

Nutcracker Soirée

To Be Announced

Nutcracker excerpts with M.U.S.I.C.

December 12, 2025

Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106

February 28, 2026

EJ Thomas
198 Hill St. Akron, OH 44325

March 28, 2026

Playhouse Square
1501 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115

Carnival of the Animals

April 15, 2026

Children’s Concert Society
1201 E Market St., Akron, OH 44305

Collaboration with Cleveland Chamber Symphony

April 2026

Fresh Inventions

April 24-25, 2026

Ohio Contemporary Ballet
3558 Lee Rd., Shaker Hts, OH 44120