| Mr.
Arsenault has been active as Producer, Manager, Director and
Designer for presentations in North and South America. He is
experienced in wide range of entertainment activities including;
opera, ballet, rock concerts, nightclubs, Broadway shows, theme
parks, circus, motion picture and television production. Has served
on staff of The Joffrey Ballet, Opera Company of Boston, Palm Beach
Opera, Ballet Puertorriqueno, The Tampa Ballet, Bay Ballet Theatre
and Nacional Ballet de Colombia and on various national performing
arts tours. He served as General Manager of the San Francisco
production of the Off Broadway show Cloud 9. Mr. Arsenault
has served as Writer and/or Director of corporate productions for
Hilton Hotels, Federal Express, Harley-Davidson, Paradyne Computer
and Nutmeg Mills and Theatrical Consultant on construction projects
in North America, South America and Asia. Among the various other companies that he has assisted are; Walt Disney World, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Southern Ballet Theatre, Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Circus Maximus, Tower Artists, Heartbeat Productions, The Tokyo Ballet, The Moscow Circus, The Moscow Classical Ballet, Busch Gardens, Liberty Land Theme Park and Broadway show subscription series in a number of US cities. Mr. Arsenault has directed a number of musical theatre productions including a major revival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock as well as his own adaptation of The Christmas Carol. He has served as lighting designer for dance companies and other performing arts groups throughout the United States and Latin America such as The Joffrey II, Nacional Ballet de Colombia, Ballet de Cali, Ballet Puertorriqueno, The Tampa Ballet, Ballet Theatre International, The New Haven Ballet, Palm Beach Opera, The Chattanooga Ballet and numerous resident and touring theatrical productions. In the circus field he has produced special event circuses for such state fairs as the Florida and Arizona State Fair and Edmonton's Klondike Days among others. Mr. Arsenault holds degrees in Arts Management and Music and has taught Stage Management and Lighting Design on the university level. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Dance Association as was selected by Florida Secretary of State Sandra Mortham to serve as a member of the Dance Panel for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Additionally he has served a number of times on the Dance Touring Grants Panel of the Southern Arts Federation. In April of 1997 he produced, wrote and directed the Grand Opening Ceremonies for the World Premiere of the international museum tour, TITANIC The Exhibition in Memphis, Tennessee. In April of 1998 he served in a similar capacity for the World Premiere of the exhibit ANCESTORS OF THE INCAS also in Memphis. In November of 1997 and again in 1998 Co-Produced the Brass Ring Awards and the What's New Theatre for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions conventions in Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas respectively. In 2003 he provided Tour Production Management for the US tour of the Moscow Classical Ballet's production of full length Swan Lake. In the spring of 2004 he produced, designed and directed a Gala Evening for the Grand Opening of the new Range of the Jaguar attraction at the Jacksonville Zoo. Additionally he created an on going strolling entertainment group for Jacksonville Zoo based on elements originally created for the Gala Evening. In April of 2004 he designed and directed the live entertainment for the Atlanta based service organization TECH BRIDGE at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Most recently he has designed major corporate events for Federal Express at the Gaylord / Opry Land Hotel in Nashville and at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and ServiceMaster Clean International in Memphis, Orlando and Chicago. |
