From mom to Sugar Plum Fairy
Just a year after giving birth to her first child, Ballet West principal artist Jenna Rae Herrera is back in the spotlight performing almost every night in the holiday classic "The Nutcracker."
Herrera can be seen at the Capitol Theatre smiling through the show as either a lead in Waltz of the Flowers, Snow Queen or the iconic Sugar Plum Fairy, a role she first performed in 2017.
"It was always such a dream role for me as a little girl, you know, you always want to be the Sugar Plum Fairy," she said.
This year, however, performing the role feels different as she took some time off to give birth to her son Theo last December.
"He is just all things joy and light and laughter. He really just has a very sweet temperament, very smiley. He loves to be around the studio. He is such a gift to me and my husband," she said.