Nutcracker 2026 Guest Performers

Anastasia Shafer Mullins

Sugar Plum Fairy Sun Dec 13th at 2:00

Anastasia Shafer Mullins grew up in northern Virginia and received her pre professional ballet training at Virginia Ballet Company and School under the direction of Tish Cordova and Dina Fadeyeva. As a student she performed soloist and principal roles in full length classical productions including Sugar  Plum in The Nutcracker and the title roles in Cinderella and Paquita. In 2022 Anastasia began her professional career with Virginia National Ballet where she performed soloist roles including Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Big Swans in Swan Lake, and various neo classical solos and pas de deux in original works choreographed by Rafik Hegab. Anastasia is currently working as a freelance guest artist in the DMV area.