Nashville Ballet has announced the final details and talented principal cast of company dancers that will lead the beloved holiday classic, Paul Vasterling’s Nashville’s Nutcracker, along with The Nashville Symphony, that is returning to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall starting Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday, November 29 through Sunday, December 28, 2025.

These Nashville Ballet Company Dancers will perform various principal roles throughout this spectacular, unique-to-Nashville production of Nashville’s Nutcracker (in alphabetical order):

Justin Abel as Snow King

Joshua Binowitz as Sugar Plum Cavalier and Nutcracker Prince

Celeste Borman as Sugar Plum Fairy and Dew Drop Fairy

Kennedy Brown as Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy

Michael Burfield as Nutcracker Prince

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