Nashville Ballet has selected 25 dancers from Rutherford County to perform in the youth cast for Music City’s favorite holiday tradition, Nashville’s Nutcracker, which returns to TPAC’s Jackson Hall Dec. 7–23, 2019.
This year’s youth cast features 292 young dancers from School of Nashville Ballet and the community at large performing alongside Nashville Ballet and the Nashville Symphony in this beloved favorite.
Dancers from Rutherford County performing in Nashville’s Nutcracker include Norah Colon, Maya Colon, Noah Drews, Hannah Ebstein, Lennon Elkins, Samantha Everett, Caitlin Field, Maddy Dare Grubb, Lily Jackson, Madelyn Jones, Frida Landeros, Verania Landeros, Kinsley Lane, Eveline Laney, Grace Laney, Emma Phipps, Sophia Polumbo, Courtlyn Purvis, Madilyn Rigsby, Traedyn Sadler, Trinity Sadler, Integrity Schamel, Kaylee Schmidt, Emma Sharpe and Lela Sisk.
Members of the youth cast will perform alongside members of Nashville Ballet’s professional company as well as 60 members of the Nashville Symphony.
“We’ve had well over 1,000 young dancers take the stage in the Nashville’s Nutcracker youth cast over the years,” Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Paul Vasterling said. “The youth cast is such an integral part of the overall success of this larger-than-life production.”
Nashville Ballet premiered Nashville’s Nutcracker in 2008 with a unique concept weaving Music City’s glittering past with the classic tale.
Beginning at the 1897 Centennial Exposition in Nashville, Clara and her Uncle Drosselmeyer meet a colorful cast of characters from faraway lands. When Uncle Drosselmeyer gifts Clara a wooden nutcracker on Christmas Eve, the toy magically transforms to life as a handsome prince and leads her on an unforgettable adventure. Clara encounters a captivating collection of fascinating friends including everyone from the Snow Queen to the Sugar Plum Fairy, as well as the delightful characters she met at the Exposition. When Clara finally returns home, the audience is left to decide if it was all just a dream . . . or not.
Tickets for Nashville’s Nutcracker start at $35 and can be purchased at the TPAC box office, by calling 615-782-4040 or at tpac.org.
