Memoir
Alex Dreyfoos is a world-renowned
entrepreneur and holds 10 U.S. and
numerous foreign patents. He has created
and led numerous successful businesses.
The parent company, Photo Electronics
Corporation, was started in the basement of
his home in 1963. He holds a BS degree from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having attended
under the student loan program; and an MBA from Harvard
Business School.
He was instrumental in forming and served as first chairman
of the Palm Beach County Council of the Arts (now the
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County), which mounted a
referendum in 1982, creating a “bed tax” that has been
funding local arts ever since. Alex successfully led the
15-year effort to build the $58 million Raymond F. Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts, which opened fully-funded
in 1992. He is a lifetime trustee of MIT and the Kravis
Center; and a trustee of Max Planck Florida Institute for
Neuroscience in Jupiter, Florida.
Steven Caras danced with the New York
City Ballet for fourteen years under the
leadership of its legendary founder, George
Balanchine. During this period, Caras
cultivated his interest in photography
which led to a luminous second career as
the preeminent dance photographer of his time. His archive
today is considered to be one of the most important dance
photography collections in the history of the art form. The
Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary, “Steven Caras:
See Them Dance,” places a special emphasis on the artistry
and historical significance of his unique photographic canon
of work.
Caras plays a critical role in Palm Beach County
philanthropy, serving as a trustee on a private foundation
along with work as founding chairman of two charities. He
travels extensively as a guest speaker and teacher, yet when
home in West Palm, he appears regularly as a featured
lecturer and interview moderator at The Kravis Center. In
his current TED Talk, Caras stresses the importance of
recognizing and acting on the need in others. In 2014, he
received the Career Transition for Dancers “Heart & Soul
Award.” In 2016, Caras joined the team at Rosie’s Theater
Kids™ in New York — one of Manhattan’s key student
outreach programs.
The Life and Art of Alexander Dreyfoos
A Conversation with Mr. Dreyfoos and Steven Caras
Arts pioneer and Founding Chair of the Kravis Center in
West Palm Beach, Alexander W. Dreyfoos will appear on
February 8th, joining world-renowned dancer/photographer
(and friend of Dreyfoos) Steven Caras, for a candid
interview, tracing Dreyfoos’ colorful life and grand
accomplishments.
Topics will be wide-ranging, beginning with Dreyfoos’
boyhood years under the inspiring influences of both his
cellist mother and professional photographer father –
critically important exposure which led to young Alex’s
emerging interest and eventual professional success in both
the arts and electronics.
Dreyfoos will share touching and amusing stories from his
recent biography, “Alexander W. Dreyfoos: Passion &
Purpose” while also sharing with Caras – photographer to
photographer – his own love of photography, presenting
some of his favorite images from another of his published
books, “A Photographic Odyssey: Around the World with
Alex Dreyfoos.”
A book-signing event will follow the lecture.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Thursday, February 8 2018 |
| Time: | 10 - 11:30 AM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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