Having performed in “The Nutcracker” countless times, I had never seen the show performed by a professional cast of dancers. But the Boston Ballet did not disappoint.
In Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s renowned ballet, “The Nutcracker,” the shifty-yet-kind Herr Drosselmeyer gives the blue-eyed, pure Clara Silberhaus a nutcracker toy for Christmas. That evening, from...