Aubrey Dan started his relationship with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s as a typical parent. By the time his daughter, Alyse, was in her third year, though, the relationship was anything but typical.
During Alyse카지노 게임 컬렉션s first two years at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, Mr. Dan visited her occasionally. But when she was in her third year and began participating in theatrical productions in a management role, Mr. Dan, a celebrated theatre enthusiast and producer, made the trip from Toronto more frequently.
카지노 게임 컬렉션At one show, I met the department head, Craig Walker,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Dan recalls. 카지노 게임 컬렉션He told me that the next student production was going to be The Drowsy Chaperone.카지노 게임 컬렉션 It was a production that Mr. Dan knew well. He was, after all, the producer who brought the Canadian-penned musical to Toronto after it won five Tony Awards on Broadway.
Dr. Walker asked Mr. Dan to speak to Drama students about The Drowsy Chaperone. Mr. Dan obliged, bringing the play카지노 게임 컬렉션s co-author, Bob Martin, with him. 카지노 게임 컬렉션My relationship with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s changed at that moment,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Dan says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It moved from being a parent to being able to provide the students with a unique experience, where they were learning about a show and getting ready to perform it, and suddenly they were meeting the producer and the writer, who was also the star of the show. It really helped forge a bond with the university.카지노 게임 컬렉션
A native of North Toronto, Mr. Dan grew up in his father카지노 게임 컬렉션s business, Novopharm Limited, a multi-million-dollar generic drug manufacturer. When the company was sold in 2000, he started Dancap Private Equity, a private equity firm that invests in small and mid-size companies and helps them grow.
He also started another company, Dancap Productions, which backed the Tony-winning Memphis on Broadway and brought 23 touring company productions of big-name Broadway shows to Canada including The Drowsy Chaperone. He also produced the Canadian production of Jersey Boys that ran for two years at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I never planned to get into the theatre business,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I can카지노 게임 컬렉션t sing and I can카지노 게임 컬렉션t act, but I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been a theatregoer for many, many years and I felt that Toronto needed more choices.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Mr. Dan카지노 게임 컬렉션s passion for theatre is matched only by his passion for philanthropy. To date, he and his wife, Marla, have donated more than $25 million to health and education-related causes. In 2016, two years after Alyse카지노 게임 컬렉션s graduation, the couple donated $5 million to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
On April 7, 2016, the family was back in Kingston to celebrate the merging of the Department of Drama with the School of Music and the naming of the new entity as the Dan School of Drama and Music in recognition of their generosity.
The Dans카지노 게임 컬렉션 gift will embrace a bold vision of excellence in the arts centred in innovative programming, research-creation and teaching in drama, music and music theatre. Mr. Dan considers it important that his namesake school be recognized as a leader in new approaches to educational programming and distinguished by the breadth and depth of its study of music theatre.
The inspiration for the gift, Mr. Dan says, was the glittering Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, the School카지노 게임 컬렉션s performance centre and extended teaching space since 2014. He hopes his gift will allow the school to mount productions worthy of that home. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Part of that is scholarships,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션so we can entice the best students from across Canada. Another part is to help provide the production resources that help bring a show to life so that we can attract the best professors. When you have the resources to do that, that카지노 게임 컬렉션s the difference between good and great.카지노 게임 컬렉션
His vision involves growing the music theatre program to the point where it can generate commercially viable theatrical productions that can be exported around the world, and graduates who are equipped to make substantive contributions to the craft.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Most departments and schools within the higher education sector operate in isolation, but not at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s as far as I have seen카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Dan says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션By bringing the two schools together, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is giving students access to courses and pathways that are career-oriented and preparing them not only for the performance side of the industry but the business and leadership side as well. It allows for a cross-fertilization and more inspiration for new ideas. And those ideas will help keep the theatre business viable for years to come.카지노 게임 컬렉션
