QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT ...
QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT ...
QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT ...
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2011-2012 <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong><br />
2012 marked the fi nal year of QPAC’s KITE Theatre partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts. The culmination of<br />
this three year youth arts project was realised at the Out of the Box Festival with the release of the Yonder DVD. Learning and<br />
development from this project is ongoing.<br />
Corporate communities<br />
QPAC continues to embrace corporate partnerships, striving to build mutually benefi cial relationships that support QPAC’s<br />
projects and operations and deliver tangible brand outcomes for each partner.<br />
In 2011–2012 QPAC continued its partnerships with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Heritage Bank and Sirromet; all forming the<br />
foundations for which QPAC hopes will be long term relationships. Longstanding partners Treasury Casino and Hotel, Qantas<br />
and Grinders all continued to drive value and positive outcomes from their association with QPAC.<br />
The new QPAC International Series will present engagement and interest from potential new partners. The gala nature of the<br />
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra season provided a backdrop for The House of Louis Roederer Champagne to showcase its<br />
product. QPAC has now established a Venue Partnership with Louis Roederer as well as support for the QPAC International<br />
Series.<br />
QPAC’s Out of the Box Festival continues to resonate with partners and this year’s Festival saw many new partners join the<br />
family. Special mention must go to IGA, The Courier-Mail, Channel 10 and Oaks Hotels and Resorts for their generous support.<br />
It is encouraging that so many corporate partners recognise the value of supporting Out of the Box and the richness it delivers<br />
to the community.<br />
International partnerships<br />
QPAC is committed to creating and participating in a vibrant arts community in Queensland. Part of this is to export<br />
Queensland arts to the world – shows that have been developed in Queensland and at QPAC have been shown around the<br />
world. Conversely QPAC seeks the best in international performances to show at QPAC.<br />
QPAC continued its membership of international industry bodies the Association of Asia Pacifi c Performing Arts Centres based<br />
in Singapore and the International Society for the Performing Arts based in New York.<br />
In 2011-12 QPAC’s main international focus has been on Asia. The current economic conditions in European and North<br />
American are forcing fi scal conservatism for many in the performing arts. Now more than ever is the time that QPAC is<br />
strategically aligning itself to Asia. QPAC’s CEO presented a keynote speech at the World Theatre Forum in Beijing in 2012<br />
about Opera in Australia and Ideas for the future. This conference also provided the opportunity to meet performing arts<br />
professionals from arts centres around the world. A key purpose of this and other travel is to maintain QPAC’s profi le as<br />
a leading international venue and to develop and maintain partnerships that will support QPAC to present a diversity of<br />
performing arts product from around the world.<br />
The 2011-12 program featured performances from international artists and companies. Highlights of the international<br />
collaborations included the presentation of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and children’s classic Angelina Ballerina with<br />
the Royal New Zealand Ballet.<br />
Organisational culture<br />
Information workshops continue to be run throughout the year with QPAC’s Organisation Health and Wellness Program<br />
offering programs focused on nutrition, fi tness and general lifestyle and health education. In completing its ninth year QPAC’s<br />
program continues to have a positive impact on our employees.<br />
With the aim of a continued connection to QPAC employees who have dedicated fi fteen years or more of service to QPAC a<br />
new program Friends of QPAC has been rolled out with the aim of continuing QPAC’s engagement and recognition of past<br />
employees contribution and commitment.<br />
QPAC’s Reward and Recognition program continues to gain momentum since its inception in July 2007. The purpose of the<br />
program is to ensure all employees who go above and beyond are recognised for their outstanding value to QPAC and their<br />
contribution. So far to date we have received over two hundred and forty fi ve nominations ranging from outstanding customer<br />
service to innovation.<br />
QPAC seriously considers any employee request for fl exible working arrangements to assist our employees to achieve a work<br />
life balance and we appreciate how fl exible working can benefi t an employee’s performance through improved motivation and<br />
productivity.<br />
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