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Issue: 1031 Date: 5/27/2010
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Gitana 總裁Cecilia Nadal榮獲2010婦女成就獎
以音樂 舞蹈 戲劇「愛的容顏」融合族裔 關懷世界
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT: Cecilia Nadal brings cultural groups together through the arts
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| 聖路易Gitana製作公司總裁Cecilia Nadal榮獲2010聖路易婦女成就獎 |
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【時報訊】聖路易Gitana製作公司總裁Cecilia Nadal五月十八日(週二)獲頒2010年聖路易婦女成就獎，與其他九位得獎人一起在聖路易Clayton市Ritz Carlton大旅館盛大午宴會場中接受頒獎。Cecilia Nadal當天早上身體不適，緊急受醫在急診室治療，於中午十二時半趕到頒獎典禮會場，受到在場近千位來賓起立鼓掌致意，這是Cecilia Nadal數十年來，努力不懈推動族裔和諧，關懷世界和平最大的安慰和榮耀。
聖路易婦女成就獎自1955年起，每年頒予社區十位傑出女性，表彰她們在人文、生活、藝術、領導、文化、奉獻、青少年、服務、慈善事業等不同領域中之成就，Cecilia Nadal女士是在「愛的容顏」文化範疇中得獎。
Gitana製作公司「愛的容顏」系列首先在2000年邀得中國中央民族樂團蒞臨聖路易，在Powell交響樂廳舉行了一場極為轟動的「華夏神韻聖城飛揚」音樂會，與華人社區建立良好互動關係，前中國人協會會長劉國憲教授應邀擔任Gitana董事會董事，協助Gitana製作了一部長達30分鐘中央民族樂團在聖市演出之音樂會專集紀錄片。
一年一度「愛的容顏」(Face of Love)文化饗宴，再次於2006年四月在聖市森林公園世界舞台舉行吉甫賽音樂嘉年華會「St. Louis Roma (Gypsy) Music Festival」，邀請聖路易地區各歐洲移民族裔社團演出民族音樂和舞蹈，同時邀得芝加哥「吉甫賽之火」樂團登臺演出。在此之前，Gitana還於三月在聖市華盛頓大學舉行了一場由Ian Hancock博士主持之羅馬尼亞文化研討會。
聖路易近年有大量的移民來自東歐國家，其中以最多者為巴斯尼亞四萬五千人，這使得聖路易在文化結構上有著顯著的變化，其中又有約二千五百羅馬尼亞人，積極地向社區弘揚他們的文化傳統和音樂舞蹈，促進社區對他們的瞭解，而促成「愛的容顏」演出，Gitana總裁Cecilia Nadal女士指出，「認識我們的新鄰居，擁抱他們美麗的文化，是我們社區融合重要的步驟。」
作為一個非營利藝術和教育組織，Gitana製作公司致力於發展聖路易社區的音樂、舞蹈及戲劇領域，Cecilia Nadal曾指出，才華橫溢的藝術家們所帶來的美妙音樂會，讓觀眾們耳目一新。“每種文化都會創造出音樂，世界宗教音樂節通過集合國際和當地音樂家，體現出我們力求文化融合性的理念。”
「我有一個夢想」是60年代美國黑人民權運動領袖馬丁•路德 金恩博士，一場極為著名演講的標題，這個夢想描述他對黑人與白人，有一天能和平相處、平等共存而發出，經過民權鬥士民權組織的努力，美國終於在1964年通過「民權法案」，取消種族隔離和歧視法律。
時至今日，現代的美國人和年輕的一代，已然漸漸失去當年金恩博士對民權之堅持和理想。當移民和難民來到美國這片新大陸時，當年的歧視、不平等待遇，有如魔鬼陰影般再度浮現。每年1月18日是金恩博士紀念日，聖路易Gitana製作公司與正義和平協會聯合，於今年1月30日晚間8時，在聖市城區Cardinal Ritta高中禮堂首演，推出籌備半年餘，紀念金恩博士之舞臺劇 -----「生活夢想今日金恩博士之夢想(Living the Dream-MLK's Dream Today) 」，以現代舞蹈歌劇方式闡述金恩博士的夢想願望，如何融入現代美國社會多元族裔族群。
「生活夢想」全劇將金恩博士為族裔平等、追求和平、關懷鄰里、友愛同胞的夢想，一一以現代社會觀點演譯而出。成功的詮釋這個現代美國社會和族群應該有的「生活夢想」。獲得極高之評價。
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT: Cecilia Nadal brings cultural groups together through the arts
As a child, Cecilia Nadal, born into a family of multiple cultures, said she saw the world as her playground. As an adult, she realized that the world was flawed with racial segmentation, and she has devoted her career to bringing cultures together to play in an environment of cultural acceptance.
Nadal, the founder of Gitana Productions, an arts and education organization that has engaged diverse cultures through music, dance and drama in St. Louis, said her primary goal is to increase cross-cultural collaboration.
Her work has brought global groups together with the St. Louis community and led to Nadal's nomination as the 2010 Suburban Journals Woman of Achievement in cultural enrichment.
Nadal is one of 10 women who is honored at the annual Women of Achievement luncheon, sponsored the Suburban Journals, the Ladue News and KMOX-AM (1120) on May 18 at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.
A graduate of St. Louis University, Nadal said when she first arrived in St. Louis, she was shocked at the racial segmentation that existed.
"I was troubled by that," Nadal said.
She set out to make a change. After teaching at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park for five years, Nadal decided to work with poverty programs. In 1984, she founded Productive Futures, Inc., an employment company providing training for applicants entering private sector work.
Her love of the arts and a chance meeting with Danny Clark, a member of the St. Louis Black Reperatory Theatre, led to the creation of Gitana Productions.
"The theater allows us to open our minds and hearts," Nadal said. "We decided to use theater, music and dance as a basis for bringing people together."
Nadal said that each show is designed to showcase divergence and a fusion of cultures.
"The magic is that we have incredible diversity," Nadal said.
To obtain this divergence, Nadal traveled to Beijing in 2000 to convince the China National Orchestra to perform with local African American youth at Powell Symphony Hall. The cross-cultural performance brought more than 2,000 people to the symphony hall, with an audience of one-third Asian, one-third white American and one-third African American.
Since then, Nadal has produced the play "Complacency of Silence: Darfur" and included St. Louis community organizations and youth groups as well as a speakers conference that brought refugees from Sudan to speak about their experiences. Nadal also integrated local Afghan women in her most recent play, "My Heart is Always Shaking: Afghan Women Refugees in St. Louis," and conducted a communitywide campaign to uncover the stories behind each woman's escape from Afghanistan.
"We always have a local component with our national shows," Nadal said. "It's been an incredible integration."
In 2008, Gitana Productions launched the Global Education through the Arts program, a community project in south St. Louis focused on African Americans and immigrant youth. The 16-week program teaches music, dance and drama to at-risk youth and provides them with an opportunity to be in a stage production.
"It is so rewarding to see the kids on stage, working together and learning from each other," Nadal said.
Through these performances, Nadal said that she has had the opportunity to bring diverse people together through the arts and carry out her passion for cross-cultural collaboration.
"Purpose-driven volunteerism is in the DNA of women across the spectrum of cultures, economics and nationality," Nadal said. "By creating a feminine model of social development through volunteerism, we all become makers of the quilt that warms the soul, body and spirit and transforms the world."
(By Shannon Philpott, Suburban Journals)
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| 婦女成就獎協會會長Alice S. Handelman致詞 |
婦女成就獎頒獎典禮由KMOX 1120電臺主持人Carol Daniel主持 |
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| 婦女成就獎頒獎典禮盛會 |
會長Alice S. Handelman特別向甫自急診室趕來之Cecilia Nadal致意 |
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| 曾參加Gitana製作公司“生活夢想”演出之華裔聖路易大學同學朱映臻(左)、郝昳雯與聖路易國際機構總裁Anna Crosslin出席盛會 |
出席頒獎典禮貴賓，左起Lee Patton Chiles, Gloria Overton, Marilyn Raphael, Clare Laune, Rebecca Wiederkehr |
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