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Award-winning
storyteller/musician/poet/actor and educator Dr. David
Gonzalez was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award
for The Frog Bride presented at Broadway’s New
Victory Theater.
Corporate leaders, college students and young people
alike are enthralled with David's passion, storytelling
and life lessons. Companies such as JP Morgan Chase
and Proctor and Gamble bring this powerful
speaker and performer to their events. Mr. Gonzalez
has created numerous productions including the critically
acclaimed ¡Sofrito!, MytholoJazz, Double Crossed
(commissioned by the Smithsonian
Institution), As If The Past Were Listening, The Secret
of the Ceiba Tree, Finding North, and City of Dreams.
David wrote Rise for Freedom! for the
Cincinnati Opera and Mariel, an Afro-Cuban musical
which won the “Macy’s New Play Prize for
Young Audiences”.
Mr. Gonzalez' poetry was featured in Bill Moyers'
documentary Fooling with Words on PBS, and NPR's All
Things Considered. He was the host of New York Kids
on WNYC for eight seasons, and has made over 3000
appearances at colleges, businesses, schools, and
at many of the prestigious performing arts centers
across the country and abroad. Mr. Gonzalez received
his doctorate from New York University's School of
Education where he taught for ten years. He climbed
Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2006.
David Gonzalez's Programs
Our Stories - Powerful Connectors to Clients
and Customers
Stories create connection. They join us inshared
experience and shared identity. Persona lstories give
insight to character and ability. In this keynote
speech Dr. DavidGonzalez tells amazing true stories
about his journey toward becoming a successful performer,
scholar, and businessman. Effective storytelling conveys
self-knowledge, generosity of spirit, mastery, creativity
and passion. Audience members will feel inspired to
take inventory of their own stories and more willing
to share personal material within their professional
activities.
Mi
Gente - Communicating to the Hispanic Community with
Stories
Acclaimed performer David Gonzalez, shares the riches
of Hispanic culture through his poetry and stories.
The content of this presentation moves from ancient
myths to personal sagas, to his own compelling poetry
of a Latino determined to shape an authentic identity
and creative life. David has a gift for communication
and in this keynote he offers a fresh vision of contemporary
Latino culture that is rooted in soulful mythology
and poetic imagination.
Creativity
in Action – The Box, The Circle, The Crescent
Moon
Creativity is a birthright. Each day we are challenged
to work out the situations of our lives with creative
solutions. Creativity is a defining characteristic
of being human. The artist has a special relationship
with creativity. He has invested in it, he has exercised
its muscles, he has given it room to roam, and grow.
In this engaging and thoughtful presentation Award-winning
Broadwaywriter/actor/producer, Dr. David Gonzalez,
illuminates the creative process through his poetry,
stories, monologues and music.
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