Miniaci Performing Arts Center, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, and Nova Southeastern University

A Partnership

We have recently formed a partnership and are exploring collaborative projects between the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA), and NSU. One of the primary goals of the IAP is to provide artistic, technical, educational, and other support services for the Miniaci Performing Arts Center (MPAC). Because the new facility has no formal programming in place, it presents an extraordinary opportunity to establish from the outset a synthesis between the various arts programs as they emerge. Traditionally, arts organizations and universities find this task very daunting because the various components of the arts are often segmented into territorial and competitive “institutions-within-an-institution.” Unlike the corporate world, where one division of a business must often subsidize another in order to achieve overall fiscal stability, the various arts disciplines are forced to survive independently, either unwilling or unable to share resources. With the ability to tap into the immense infrastructure of the BCPA, as well as utilizing a layer of executive administration from the Center, MPAC will not have to “reinvent the wheel” in order to accomplish a myriad of arts-related administrative and marketing tasks. In turn, the BCPA attains access to NSU’s educational infrastructure for a wide array of educational and arts activities.

Of great interest to IAP students will be the opportunity to take part in Master Classes, intern and extern-ships, and other collaborative efforts with world class artists, performers, technicians, choreographers, and designers, among many others who perform at the BCPA during the year. It is an opportunity that a university community simply could not have access to without the BCPA partnership.

The I.A. Program will be intrinsically involved in this overall collaboration by establishing a mutually beneficial production arrangement. In order to provide an optimal educational experience, the IAP will need access to the theatrical amenities and technical components of both facilities. Students will be given the opportunity to operate, direct, produce, and maintain all facets of the MPAC on an advanced level, as well as working with BCPA’s professional staff. They will serve as artistic and technical assistants for the various projects undertaken in the MPAC, and as interns at the BCPA.