Lucas Matzkin started his training in ballet at the age of six when he joined Southland Ballet in Fountain Valley, California. At age 11 he joined the ABT Gillespie School and is now on his sixth year of training at the Upper 2 pre-professional level. Lucas has had the opportunity to perform at several ballets since a young age starting with The Nutcracker with Festival Ballet Theatre at age six (which he performed every year until age ten). In 2017, at the age of 11 he performed the role of Nutcracker Prince in ABT’s The Nutcraker at the Segerstrom Center of the Arts. In 2022, he performed once again with Festival Ballet Theatre in a number of lead roles.