She joined the New York City Ballet in 2018, and in 2023, she was promoted to principal dancer, as the first Asian American woman to hold this position.
At age 12, while participating in the academy's summer intensive, she learned excerpts of several works by George Balanchine, which led to her fascination with him and the New York City Ballet (NYCB).
[2] Her performance was singled out by New York Times critic Gia Kourlas, who called it the "crowning jewel" of the season and "a promise to the future.
[4][5] As a corps dancer, Nadon also danced featured roles in Balanchine's Raymonda Variations, The Nutcracker (as Dewdrop), Monumentum pro Gesualdo and Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Robbins' Glass Pieces, in Martins' The Sleeping Beauty (as Fairy of Courage), Peck's Bright and Tanowitz's Bartók Ballet.
[2][6][7][8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she appeared in pixilation in a wave (Within Wires), a film made for NYCB's digital season, with choreography by Sidra Bell.