Master Class and Board Seminar at the Baxter

Last edited: February 10, 2010

Posted by Business and Arts South Africa

On 15 and 16 February Michael Keiser, President of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC (USA) will be presenting a Master Class and Board Seminar for individuals representing South African cultural organisations.

This is a follow-up of workshops presented in 2009. During the Master Class and Board Seminar the largest or most significant challenges facing organisations will be discussed as well as the changes organisations, which will be attending for the second time, have made since the previous Master Class.

Michael M. Kaiser has been President of the Kennedy Center since January 2001. He previously served as the Executive Director of the Royal Opera House, the largest performing arts organisation in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining the Royal Opera House, Mr. Kaiser was Executive Director of American Ballet Theatre.

Mr. Kaiser also served as Executive Director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation, the world's largest modern dance organisation and also served
as General Manager of the Kansas City Ballet.

As a consultant to a variety of arts organisations Mr. Kaiser has advised such institutions as The Jewish Museum, the Market Theatre (Johannesburg), Detroit Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, and many others. He also represented the United States on a commission that established the Arts Council of the Republic of South Africa.

He has received the Dance Magazine Award in 2001, Capezio Award in 2002, Helen Hayes Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theater Community in 2003, the St. Petersburg 300 Medal in 2004, Washingtonian of the Year in 2004, a U.S. Department of State Citation in 2005, the Blacks in Dance Award in 2005, and was the First American to receive China’s “Award for Cultural Exchange” in 2005. He was awarded The Order of the Mexican Eagle in 2006 and was named Impresario of the Year in 2006 by Musical America. In 2009, Mr. Kaiser received the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America and the Kahlil Gibran “Spirit of Humanity” Award from the Arab American Institute Foundation.

The Master Class and Board Seminar are facilitated by the Baxter Theatre. For more information please contact Nicolette Moses on 021 680 3988 or send an e-mail to Nicolette.Moses@uct.ac.za.