Article: Ballet offers reasons to kick up heels, dance.

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
December 18, 1998
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Feeling all sugarplummy and looking to score some "Nutcracker" tickets without getting up from your computer? Dial up the Boston Ballet's site on the Web (www.boston.com/bostonballet/).

Despite the occasional cutesy touch - Why oh why does it have to be the Nutcracker SHOPPE?? - this is a slick bit of cyber business, useful at the holiday and, for ballet fans, year-round.

The splash screen for the "Nutcracker" store is enough to put you in the Christmas spirit, with its starry sky, gothic letters, and the little twinkle of fairy dust that follows your mouse pointer.

Of course, the magic of the Web these days is more often the magic of commerce. ...

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