You could say that the stage is Kelsey Corder’s home, but when she set foot on the ArcBest Performing Arts Center stage this weekend, she came home in more than one way.

Corder is in her second season dancing professionally for American Midwestern Ballet in Omaha, Neb. While she earned her career training and experience at Louisville Ballet Studio Company, she originally entered the art form at Western Arkansas Ballet. She returned to Arkansas as the Sugar Plum Fairy this weekend in Western Arkansas’ 39th Annual Production of “The Nutcracker” in Fort Smith.

The Sugar Plum Fairy, “the benevolent ruler of the Kingdom of Sweets,” greets Clara and the Nutcracker Prince upon their entry during Act II, according to Western Arkansas Ballet.