NICOLAS SCHEUER

From Joinville, Brazil
With Nashville Ballet since 2012

Training and Education
Bolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Boston Ballet School

Previously
New English Ballet Theatre London, Nashville Ballet Apprentice

Bio
Originally from Joinville, Brazil, Scheuer’s dance training began in 2002 at Brazil’s Bolshoi Theater School. He was selected out of 500 dancers to study in an eight-year intensive dance program that focused on a multitude of genres on a full scholarship. During this time, he had the opportunity to learn and perform notable productions and work with well-known artists and choreographers such as Ekatarina Maksimova, Galina Kravchenko, Cecília Kerche, Dimitry Afanasyev, Dennys Nevidommy and Anna Russkikh. 

Scheuer continued his education at Boston Ballet School, where he danced as at trainee on a full scholarship. While there, he performed alongside Boston Ballet’s main company in large scale productions like George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, Florence Clerc’s La Bayadère, and John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet. After two years at Boston Ballet School, he began his full-time performance career at the New English Ballet Theatre in London, United Kingdom, where he performed several lead roles in classical and contemporary works.

In 2012, Scheuer joined Nashville Ballet as an apprentice and was quickly promoted to a company dancer. Throughout the years, he has performed principal and solo roles in Paul Vasterling's Swan Lake, Peter Pan, Nashville's Nutcracker, Seasons, Lucy Negro, Redux, Val Caniparoli’s The Lottery, Stephen Mills’ Light/The Holocaust Humanity Project, and George Balanchine’s Serenade.

Scheuer is passionate about sharing his love for the performing arts in Tennessee and beyond.

In 2016, he was awarded the opportunity to perform the grand pas de deux of Le Corsaire at the world’s largest ballet competition in Varna, Bulgaria. The following year, he was one of sixteen dancers chosen from the United States to join the National Choreographers Initiative, where he performed pieces such as We Remain by Suzanne Haag and Dreams of Flying by Robert Mill.

In December of 2020, Scheuer danced the role of Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier in the broadcast premiere of Nashville's Nutcracker on NewsChannel 5, which aired to over 100,000 homes across Middle Tennessee.