Juneau Dance Theatre is committed to bringing distinguished guests to work with and inspire our students. Each year we bring in a pair of professional dancers to dance the roles of Sugar Plum and Cavalier. In the spring of 2019 we had Choreographer Laszlo Berdo teach our dancers his full length ballet Snow White, with him we brought in student guest artist Juan Castellanos who dance the role of the Prince. Each of our guest artists have become part of the JDT family and we enjoy watching where their lives and careers take each of them.

In 2019 we welcomed Elizabeth Murphy, Principal Dancer with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, as our Sugar Plum Fairy. Joining her was Jerome Tisserand, a Principal Dancer also with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, as the Cavalier.

In 2019 we were excited to work with Lazlo Berdo as he taught our students his Snow White Ballet. Juan Castellanos made his debut with Juneau Dance Theatre, performing the role of the Prince.

In 2018 we welcomed back Lauren Fadely as our Sugar Plum Fairy she brought with her, her partner at Miami City Ballet Jovani Furlan. We were excited to learn in March 2019 that the New York City Ballet had asked Jovani to join them as a Soloist in fall 2019. Lauren has been with  Miami City Ballet since 2016.

In 2017 we welcomed Jermel Johnson as our Cavalier, he brought with him his Pennsylvania Ballet partner Yuka Iseda as our Sugar Plum Fairy.

In 2016 Lauren Fadeley and Francis Veyette came to Juneau to dance as Sugar Plum and Cavalier in our annual The Nutcracker production. Lauren is a soloist with the Miami City Ballet. Francis is a faculty member with the Miami City Ballet. Together Lauren and Francis also own the Veyette Virtual Ballet School.