Student Matinees and Specialist High Skills Major

Audience member at a performance

Student Matinees

For only $15 a ticket, your students can experience the magic of ballet! Not only will you and your students attend a live performance, we will also help you incorporate ballet into the curriculum with a ballet study guide prior to the performance.

2026/27 Performance Dates

Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday, November 3 at 12:00 pm
Recommended Grades: 9 – 12

NEW! Full Student Matinee

 

The National Ballet of Canada marks its 75th anniversary in the 2026/27 season. To celebrate this incredible milestone, the National Ballet is presenting a student matinee performance of one of ballet’s greatest classics, Romeo and Juliet, on Tuesday, November 3 at 12:00 pm at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The full auditorium will be offered to student groups for this performance at an earlier time.

Tickets on Sale Now!
 

Echoes of Stravinsky

Thursday, March 4 at 2:00 pm
Recommended Grades: 9 – 12
Regular Student Matinee Performance. Tickets in Ring 5.

 

Tickets on Sale September 16

Additional Information

  • Teacher or Chaperone will receive a complimentary ticket with the group (minimum 10 people per group)
  • Performances will take place at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, located at 145 Queen Street West (at University Avenue)
  • If you require accessible seating, please contact Audience and Donor Services at 416 (1 866) 345 9595 who will be pleased to assist you
  • Tickets are allocated on a first come, first served basis once payment is received
  • Reserve your seats by calling 416 (1 866) 345 9595. Box Office opens at 11:00 am

Plan Your Visit

Specialist High Skills Major

The National Ballet of Canada welcomes Specialist High Skills Major SHSM students to join arts industry professionals at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, The Walter Carsen Centre and The Gretchen Ross Production Centre. Hands-on workshops, performances, backstage tours and discussion panels take students behind the scenes in the world of ballet.

For more information on The National Ballet of Canada's Student Matinee and SHSM programmes, please contact:  education@national.ballet.ca.

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  • SHSM student participants at performance

    SHSM student participants attending a performance.

  • SHSM student participants attending a performance

    SHSM student participants attending a performance.

  • Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

    Stage Manager Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras. 

  • High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • Students at an SHSM Workshop.

    Students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras. 

  • MAC artist at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    MAC artist at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    High school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
    Jeff Morris with high school students at SHSM Workshop at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
  • Students backstage after a performance

    Director of Production Chris Dennis with students at a SHSM Workshop. Photo by Karolina Kuras.