Nashville Ballet presents: Lizzie Borden

Just for this holiday "Halloween" season The Nashville Ballet presents: Lizzie BordenDate October 26 through October 28, 2017 at James K. Polk Theater downtown Nashville. This is recommended as an adult performance.

Lizzie Borden choreography by Paul Vasterling
Based on the True Infamous Murder Trial from the 1890s

The Raven choreography by Christopher Stuart
Inspired by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe

Did she or didn’t she? Viewers will judge for themselves when Lizzie Borden’s real-life double homicide case of 1892 hauntingly unfolds on stage this Halloween. Acquitted for the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother, Lizzie Borden’s notorious courtroom trial remains one of the most controversial and sensationalized in American history. Nashville Ballet’s gripping interpretation takes audiences into the mind of the woman embroiled in the scandal to show that there may be more to the story than previously thought. The world premiere of The Raven explores Edgar Allan Poe’s dark poem by blending movement with a classical score.