CLARA STAHLBAUM: Exodis Ward
MR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Bill Hines & Sherry Whaley
UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Daniel Miller
THE MAID: Hope Roberts
THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Edgardo Lacaba
MOUSE: Jessica Grant
THE MOUSE KING: Kathryn Tokar Conley
THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Yui Kaito
THE CAVALIER: Michael Knight
HOT CHOCOLATE: Eden Heille
COFFEE: Say Ayers & Daniel Miller
COFFEE ATTENDANTS: Ayana Lablans, Adelyn Nicholson, Alyssa Robey, Kathryn Tokar Conley
PARASOL COOKIE: Rachel Nash
MADAME SHEPHERD: Jeanne Berthy
SHEEP: Jane Amend, Kate Arnson-Lauer, Taylor Friesen,
CANDY CANES: Jessica Grant, Eden Heille, Ryland Mettee
LADY SPRINKLES: Emily Little
CUPCAKES: Isabella Becchi, Isaac Lee, Lucy Lucas
THE DEW DROP FAIRY: Abigail Brent
FLOWERS: Gabriella Fedewa, Taylor Friesen, Gillian Grossman, Ryland Mettee, Nekya Perry, Sophie Satoh
Thank you to everyone who makes The Nutcracker possible!
Our Mission
To elevate the art of dance through wellness, performance, education, and community outreach.
About the Ballet
Charlottesville Ballet is a professional ballet company, academy, and nonprofit organization founded by Sara Clayborne and Emily Hartka in 2007. The organization has three parts:
PROFESSIONAL COMPANY
Charlottesville Ballet has no rigid physical aesthetic for its dancers and all body types are celebrated. The company includes dancers from across the United States and abroad and is the Resident Dance Company in Lynchburg’s Academy Center of the Arts.
ACADEMY
Charlottesville Ballet Academy (CBA) is a nonprofit center for dance education serving ages 1.5 through adult in all dance genres.
CB MOVES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Our FREE programming designed to serve underrepresented populations including seniors, disabled individuals, and those facing economic challenges. Classes are currently offered for ages 1-100 through the following programs:
- Chance To Dance (C2D) serves students in grades K-5 in local public elementary schools. Each year, students are selected to receive lifetime scholarships to continue their dance training at CBA.
- Movement For Parkinson’s weekly class for participants with movement disorders and their care partners; currently serving ages 50-100.
- Silver Swans offers ballet classes for seniors age 50+ in partnership with The Center at Belvedere.
- Adaptive Dance classes for students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, or any other developmental or intellectual disabilities to explore the joy of dance.
- Once Upon A Ballet and other free programming for schools, libraries, and communities across Virginia.
An integral part of the Ballet’s mission is to increase access and inclusion in dance. Classical ballet has historically catered to a specific body type and level of physical ability — we aim to change that stereotype and believe that dance is for everyBODY.
COME DANCE WITH US!
We launched a new scholarship initiative in July 2024, and we are still accepting applications! See more at www.CharlottesvilleBallet.org/KLDF
