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Managing Director at Dance
Space Center
David Bennett brings to Dance Space
Center (DSC) a wealth of experience as an arts administrator,
consultant, teacher, and performing artist. Before joining DSC,
Mr. Bennett was a Senior Consultant with Arts Resources International
(ARI), a division of Artec Consultants, Inc.
At ARI, he provided professional advisory services to nonprofit
arts organizations and government agencies worldwide, including
financial operating forecasts, market assessments and analyses,
and fund-raising feasibility studies. Clients of Mr. Bennett
at ARI included the City of Akureyri, Iceland; the City of St.
Petersburg, Fl; the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra
London (London, Ontario); the South Jersey Performing Arts Center;
Young Circle Arts Park, Hollywood, Fl; and the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Bennett studied in the graduate arts management program
at the Center for Arts Administration, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas, where he was awarded both a Master of Arts in
Arts Administration from the Meadows School of the Arts and
Master of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business.
While at the Center for Arts Administration, he worked in the
Development offices of the Dallas Opera and the Dallas Museum
of Art on a variety of fund-raising projects. He assisted Audience
Strategies for the Arts, Inc. on audience retention campaigns
for a number of American symphony orchestras, including the
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and
the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. In addition, he worked with
the Dallas Business Committee for the Arts and Deloitte Consulting
in the preparation of an economic impact analysis of the arts
on the North Texas economy.
During the summer of 2001, Mr. Bennett was selected as a Richard
Shinn Fellow in Arts Administration at Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts. At Lincoln Center, he developed, wrote, and
presented to the Executive Council of Lincoln Center, Inc. a
study of recommendations for the redevelopment of Avery Fisher
Hall as part of the overall planned renovation of Lincoln Center.
Prior to his studies at the SMU Center for Arts Administration,
Mr. Bennett enjoyed a successful career as both a teacher of
voice and as a professional singer. He held faculty positions
at Texas Wesleyan University and the University of Texas at
Arlington and appeared in leading roles with American opera
companies (the Dallas Opera, the Fort Worth Opera, Florentine
Opera of Milwaukee, Skylight Opera Theatre) and as a soloist
with numerous orchestras (Concert Royal, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra,
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Austin Symphony,
Dallas Bach Society, Texas Baroque Ensemble). In addition his
MBA and MA, he received a Bachelor of Music in Music Literature
and History and completed work towards a Master of Vocal Pedagogy
from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
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