WINTER PORTFOLIO
When: DECEMBER 
​Where: SCU Fess Parker theatre
​Who: Junior, Footlight, Quatrieme, Epaulment students
The Winter Portfolio began as a small performance of selections from the Nutcracker Suite in which students in the Footlight, Quatrieme, and Epaulment Programs showcase their ballet technique each December. The performance has since developed to a parody performance based on the idea of the original nutcracker story to include modern, tap as well as student choreographed pieces. Past seasons have included parody themes such as Tooth-Cracker and the Space-Cracker. It's an annual performance you don't want to miss!

MINI SHOW
When: Mid May
​Where: CSDC
Who: Pre Dance students

The annual Mini Show is a small performance which concludes the Pre Dancer season each spring. We feel that this small performance allows students warm up to the idea of performing infront of large crowds. Students perform multiple songs and dances in a familure environment before moving to the July Portfolio Production as a Junior Dancer.  

TOUR GROUP FUNDRAISER
When: Spring
​Where: Performances at CSDC
Who: Tour Group members
 After a year of season of performances at local retirement homes where the CSDC Tour Group brings music, dance and conversations to senior citizens of our community, they perform at an end of the season fundraiser showcasing their work from the season. Each performances benefits the  Music and Memory foundation, an organization that provides personalized music to individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other forms of cognitive and physical impairment. The documentary “Alive Inside” shows the power that music has to reach and reawaken individuals with these conditions.

JULY PORTFOLIO PRODUCTION
When: JULY 
​Where: SCU Mayer Theatre
Who: Junior, Footlight, Quatrieme, Eapulement students
The July Portfolio Production is CSDC's largest show of each season. Each year a different theme (or multiple themes/stories) are chosen to structure the performance. Class dances overlap and interact with one another, additional rehearsals during the month of June are used to solidify the production. All costumes for these productions are constructed by the students, allowing them to develop their sewing and problem solving skills. Older students have the oportunity to perform featured roles through participation in Company Class.

Favorite themes from past seasons include:  The Black Sheep Ballet (an original story about Lucy the black sheep who didn’t fit in with her flock and set out on an adventure of self discovery and acceptance), Legends of the American West (Stories of outlaw legends Billy the Kid, Annie Oakley, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and the James and Younger Gang), Black 47 (the story of the irish potato famine), The Human Brain (a modern piece with each dance embodying the functions of the different parts of the brain)...and many others!