The hunt for little ballerinas, big donors - Boston Ballet banking on new school in Marblehead
.... there's another, somewhat less quantifiable, aspect to the alliance between school and company. If the North Shore community is anything like its Newton, Norwell, and Boston counterparts, this shiny new studio will be a breeding ground for Boston Ballet patrons, inspiring the sort of devotion that turns parents of budding ballerinas - and a remarkable number of women and men working to perfect their own wobbly jetés - into subscribers, volunteers, board members, and donors.