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A COMPLEXION CHANGE, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:25:36 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Black International Cinema Berlin Black International Cinema Berlin is a yearly interdisciplinary, intercultural film/video festival produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin in association with Cultural Zephyr e.V. and, screens cinema from the African Diaspora and other films from varied intercultural backgrounds or perspectives. Black International Cinema Berlin originated from the Black Cultural Festival, which was produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in 1986 for the first time in Europe, a 3-week event in Berlin, which presented the contributions of Black people to world culture through film, theater, dance, music, workshops and seminars, and was an homage to the legendary tap dancer, Carnell Lyons. The venues were the Theatermanufaktur am Halleschen Ufer from March 3-16, music – dance – theatre; Hochschule der Künste Berlin on March 11, symposium; Kino Arsenal from March 17-23, film. Organization and Artistic Direction: Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith (USA/Berlin), Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith (USA/Berlin), Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II (USA/Berlin), Dr. Ntongela Masilela (South Africa); in cooperation with: Prof. Dr. Abdul Alkalimat (USA), Uazuvara Ewald Katjivena (Namibia), Getinet Belay (Ethiopia), Joliba Africa Center; Organization: Erika Gregor (Arsenal Cinema, Germany); Organization Assistance: Annette Koschmieder (Germany) Mottoes: "I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won't if I don't..." - Oscar Brown Jr. "Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow "Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner "Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.' "Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Volunteer Certificate Awards

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:28:26 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Volunteer Certificate Awards Twice a year, the Senate of Berlin/Germany presents awards to persons who are engaged in voluntary community service and working with social and cultural organizations based in Berlin. On November 23, 2009 more than 100 volunteers received the Volunteer Certificate Award (FreiwilligenPass) presented at Berlin City Hall by the Senator for Integration, Labor and Social Affairs Carola Bluhm, assisted by the Undersecretary of State, Monika Helbig, Commissioner of the Berlin Senate for Volunteering in Civil Society. This document of appreciation and recognition is presented to the persons of Berlin, who have engaged in honorary undertakings and positions. One of the organizations eligible for nominating persons for the Volunteer Certificate Award is Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, an international and intercultural organization, which was founded 1980, in Berlin/Germany. In November 2009 Fountainhead® was invited for the fifth time to participate in the award ceremony. Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre is a production, performance and distribution unit, which was initiated and developed by Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith and Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, both experienced artists from the U.S.A. Fountainhead® engages people from various national, cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, religious backgrounds, and sexual identities, and works in a variety of artistic and cultural areas, with the goal of creating, experiencing and communicating intercultural exchange within its projects and to the world community. Since its founding in 1980, Berlin/Germany, Fountainhead® has presented a variety of international, intercultural and interdisciplinary productions in the areas of dance, theatre, film festivals, television programming, film distribution, publications, seminars, exhibitions, workshops and musical presentations. One of the productions is the annually presented Black International Cinema Berlin, which was founded by Fountainhead® in 1986 in Berlin/Germany and since then, has been produced on a regular basis in Berlin/Germany, other European and US-American cities. Black International Cinema Berlin originated from the Black Cultural Festival, which was produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in 1986 for the first time in Europe, a 3-week event in Berlin, which presented the contributions of Black people to world culture through film, theater, dance, music, workshops and seminars, and was an homage to the legendary tap dancer, Carnell Lyons. The venues were the Theatermanufaktur am Halleschen Ufer from March 3-16, music - dance - theatre; Hochschule der Künste Berlin on March 11, symposium; Kino Arsenal from March 17-23, film. Organization and Artistic Direction: Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith (USA/Berlin), Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith (USA/Berlin), Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II (USA/Berlin), Dr. Ntongela Masilela (South Africa); in cooperation with: Prof. Dr. Abdul Alkalimat (USA), Uazuvara Ewald Katjivena (Namibia), Getinet Belay (Ethiopia), Joliba Africa Center; Organization: Erika Gregor (Arsenal Cinema, Germany); Organization Assistance: Annette Koschmieder (Germany) on the photo, from left: Angela Kramer, production co-ordinator: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V. Pierre Walter, public relations MFA Kera, musician/poet Christel Seidel, Senate for Integration, Labor and Social Affairs/Department for Berlin Volunteer Certificate Awards Barbara Saltmann, public relations Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, saxophonist/composer Yamil Borges, singer/actress/poet Mike Russell, musician/poet Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, co-founder/producer/director/publisher: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.; front: Sonja Prinz, artist photograph: Marion Kramer

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:39 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Invited Guest Panelists (from left): Aaron Levy/Founding Executive Director and Senior Curator, Slought Foundation, Lisa Koenigsberg/President and Founder, Initiatives in Art and Culture, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/co-founder, publisher, producer, director, Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin, Cultural Zephyr e.V., Stéphane Bezomes/Multimedia Engineer and Consultant, not shown: Richard Beardsworth/Director of the Centre of Transnational Studies, The American University of Paris Panel: "New Technologies in Arts and Culture - Preservation and Presentation" photograph: Marion Kramer ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:38 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Marion Kramer, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Gabriela Rosa da Silva, Angela Kramer, photograph: Mandy Absil ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:36 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Marion Kramer, public relations co-ordinator Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin, Cultural Zephyr e.V. photograph: Gabriela Rosa da Silva ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:34 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / co-founder/publisher/producer/director, Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V. Dr. Damien M. Pwono / Executive Director, Aspen Global Initiative on Arts, Culture, and Society, Director, Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum photograph: Mandy Absil ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:32 +0000

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:30 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Invited Guest Panelist: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith Co-Founder/Publisher/Producer/Director Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / Cultural Zephyr e.V. 1. Panel: "Music as Cultural Diplomacy" 2. Panel: "New Technologies in Arts and Culture - Preservation and Presentation" photograph: Gabriela Rosa da Silva ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:28 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith Angela Kramer, production co-ordinator Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin, Cultural Zephyr e.V. photograph: Gabriela Rosa da Silva ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM Culture in Conflict / Culture on the Move November 13-15, 2008 Cercle de l'Union Interalliée 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris VIII, France

The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:05:28 +0000

by Gayle McKinney Griffith The Collegium Television Program presents, "From Here to Eternity and Back: Tendencies and patterns of Philosophy" by Ronald Chavers November 19, 2000 photograph: "The Revival of the Tree Spirit" Utrecht, November 1995 "The Transformation and Re-transformation of the dying nature, of the family of trees, their earth, their vegetation, their animals, plants and their human freedoms.... The Tree of Life symbolizes the Tree Spirit or the May Tree or the harvest, the reapers and the protectors of the harvest, also it manifests itself in the Corn Spirit: the symbol of Death, Resurrection and New Life." (R.E. Chavers, The Revival of the Tree Spirit, Dance Programscript, 1995) THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program Berlin Cinema - State of Affairs - Arts Calendar Sunday, 7-8 p.m. / Wednesday, 11-12 p.m. ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program, a production of Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, is an hour length intercultural, international diplomacy and interdisciplinary television magazine program, presenting cinema, state of affairs and arts calendar. The goal of the telecast, is to provide a forum for persons of various national, cultural, ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds, an opportunity to present their perspectives to a diverse and interested audience. THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program is a metaphor for the cultural diversity of Berlin, Europe and an international society, which seeks to support and enhance the dialogue between staff, guests and enables a conversation between the television program and audience, in order to provide a developing psychological, spiritual, intellectual, social, artistic and economic state of well being for our guests, staff members and the viewing public. THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program provides "new faces" with an opportunity to become visible through the media, who might ordinarily be "unseen faces." The television program is broadcast every Sunday from 7-8 p.m. and Wednesday from 11-12 p.m. at the ALEX - Open Channel Berlin (ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin) and additionally presented in Magdeburg, Wolfsburg and Dessau as well as shared with interested persons and institutions in Europe, the U.S.A. and Africa. http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de Mottoes: "I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won't if I don't..." - Oscar Brown Jr. "Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow "Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner "Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr. "Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama