Boston Ballet Looks to Classes for Revenue and Future Patrons

The Boston Ballet, which is about to open a fourth location for its Center for Dance Education, hopes that the educational programs it offers for amateur dancers will pay off not only in class revenues but also in building a stronger pool of patrons and donors, reports The Boston Globe.

The ballet receives about 17 percent of its annual $25-million budget from school revenues. The group’s artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, has commissioned a study by the Harvard Business School to analyze, for the first time, the relationship between the school and the dance company.

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