Michael Kaiser – Mr. Fix-It

During the last 20 years Mr. Kaiser has made a minor art form of turning around troubled ballet and opera companies, including American Ballet Theater, the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London. His latest accomplishment – resurrecting Dance Theatre of Harlem. “Within five or six weeks, Mr. Kaiser helped the company retire its debts, find a new executive director, expand its board and begin facing the future. ‘I needed to show troubled organizations around the country that you can fix your problems. I take very little credit for the actual implementation. They’ve done it’.”