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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

July 25-26, 2025
Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

Forest Lodge Park
260 Greenwood Ave
Akron, OH 44313

August 2, 2025
Ballet Under the Stars

OCBallet Center
3558 Lee Rd.
Shaker Hts, OH 44120

September 6, 2025
Pandemonium

Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44102

October 4, 2025
Collaboration with Blue Water Orchestra

Lakewood Auditorium
14100 Franklin Blvd.
Lakewood, OH 44107

October 11, 2025
Neil Zaza’s One Dark Night

Goodyear Theatre
1201 E Market St.
Akron, OH 44305

Community Collaborations of The Little Nutcracker

November 16, 2025 – The Little Nutcracker with the OCBallet Youth Academy

November 20, 2025- The Little Nutcracker with Wilhelm Dance

December 9, 2025 – The Little Nutcracker with Rainey Institute

December 2025 – The Little Nutcracker at Metro Health Main Campus

December 12, 2025 – Nutcracker excerpts with M.U.S.I.C. at the Cleveland Museum of Art

December 13, 2025
Nutcracker Soirée

At the home of
David M. Dusek and James D. Graham

March 28, 2026
Playhouse Square

Playhouse Square
1501 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

February 28, 2026
EJ Thomas

EJ Thomas
198 Hill Street
Akron, OH 44325

April 15, 2026
Carnival of the Animals
Present by Children’s Concert Society

Goodyear Theatre
1201 E Market St.
Akron, OH 44305

April 2026
Collaboration with Cleveland Chamber Symphony

April 24-25, 2026
Fresh Inventions

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