I am a leader & strategic marketer from Santa Fe, NM based in Edmonton, AB, Canada. I draw from Hispanic, Native American, 2SLGBTQI+, & Canadian Immigrant lived experience, applying over a decade of experience & extensive executive leadership training by top-rated institutions to innovate the live entertainment field.

Dorian Block (he/him/il) is a trans-masculine, Hispanic, and Native American immigrant to Canada from Santa Fe, NM. 

His experience spans over a decade in entertainment, including tenures on staff at the Santa Fe Opera and the Dallas Opera as well as pro-sports, state and city government, and social justice nonprofits. He led creative teams, copywrote for publications including the Grammy Award-winning The Revolution of Steve Jobs CD booklet, managed patron lists of 45,000+, contributed to launching a $3-million-dollar merchandise line, and box-office breaking ticket sales, filling venues of 15,000+. 

Dorian serves on the Opera Canada Board. He co-founded a directory of gender-diverse operatic professionals and volunteers his administrative leadership with Amplified Opera. 

His longstanding relationship with OPERA America includes the Mentorship Program for Leaders of Color, serving on the LGBTQI+ Network Steering Committee launch, and adjudicating the A/B Testing for Audience Retention Strategies—where he remains a sought-after panelist and adjudicator.

Dorian holds multiple international credentials in arts governance. He is an alumnus of the 5th SphinxLEAD cohort for Black & Latinx Arts Administrators. He holds certificates in Arts and Cultural Organization Management (2024) from Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater and Le Moyne College’s course on ‘Inside the Orchestra: Why Offstage Relationships Matter.’ 

His Canadian certifications include the Alberta-based Rozsa Foundation in ‘Fundamentals of Arts Administration,’ and their 13th ‘Arts Management’ cohort through the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. 

Dorian’s mission is to increase representation of intersectional diversity on both sides of the operatic stage.