We attend the Nutcracker annually, typically in Boston. This year we chose to attend in D.C. to be with the grandparents. It was truly the best I have ever seen. The dancing was technically excellent and imbued with passion, humor, elegance, and grace. The sets and costumes were ravishing, and actually moving in their beauty. I don't typically go crazy with hyperbole like this, but the production really was all that.