David Gonzalez writes, performs, and produces quality shows for all ages; adults, teens, tikes, and tweens. His topics range from historical dramas, to spoken-word/poetry, fairy tales, epic myths, community voices, and more.
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Sleeping Beauty – A rhymed verse spin on the classic fairy tale with live music and image projections that create a magical multimedia world in which our beautiful (and funky) princess is awakened by true love's kiss...or not.
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Saint Saëns' classic is made anew for contemporary young audiences
by two masters of their craft.
Frederic Chiu - piano
David Gonzalez - original poetry
A dazzling performance of the piano transcription by Frederic Chiu, with funky family-friendly poetry by David Gonzalez that gives The Carnival of the Animals a new twist.
The Tortoise, The Swan, Wild Horses and the rest of the marvelous musical menagerie are reborn with the Chiu/Gonzalez performance. Using the music as a source of inspiration David Gonzalez shapes a uniquely delightful path into the lyricism of Carnival of the Animals where each poem is embodied with a direct sense of Saint Saëns' music.
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Download:
The Carnival of the Animals - Poster (pdf)
David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez's new production brings together stunning images from the natural world with poetry and monologues inspired from sojourns into the landscape and interviews with environmental activists.
"Mr. Gonzalez has the gift of creating magical worlds and drawing his audience into them."
- New York Times
Funding generously supplied by:
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland
Artists Project Earth
Bernstein Artists, Inc.
282 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 101, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Voice: +1 (718) 623-1214 · Fax: +1 (718) 638-6110
Website:
www.bernsarts.com · E-mail:
BernsArts@aol.com
Download:
Wounded Splendor - flyer (pdf)
David Gonzalez and the Poetic License Band
Latin jazz meets spoken word in a kaleidoscopic multi-media production exploding with passion, intelligence and energy. A quartet of New York's hottest players sets David's compelling poetry like a diamond in a mambo/funk music box.
"Inspired and wonderfully evocative"
- Orange County Register
For Booking, please contact:
Bernstein Artists, Inc.
282 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 101, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Voice: +1 (718) 623-1214 · Fax: +1 (718) 638-6110
Website: www.bernsarts.com · E-mail: BernsArts@aol.com
Download:
City of Dreams - flyer (pdf)
City of Dreams - poems (pdf)
City of Dreams - tech rider (pdf)
David Gonzalez
with Larry Harlow and The Latin Legends Band
ˇSofrito! is a rousing combo of storytelling, classic Mambo and funky new music that delightfully brings the stories and music from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and da' Bronx to the stage. These tales bring to life some of the rich culture and imagery that resonates through the Latino world, and The Latin Legends Band spices up the mix with hot music played by the Grand Masters of the genre. ˇSofrito! features tons of audience participation in its songs and dances.
For more info: www.sofrito.net
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Download:
ˇSofrito! - Press Kit (pdf)
ˇSofrito! - Sample Press Release (pdf)
When a King sends his three sons to find their brides, two return with fair ladies. The last returns with... A FROG?! The Frog Bride with David Gonzalez is a hip adaptation of a classic Russian tale told by consummate storyteller David Gonzalez. Two outstanding musicians weave one of Prokofiev's classics with an original jazz-funk score, as David performs every role against a backdrop of stunning live video projection and moving images by painter Wassily Kandinsky. Filled with comic sparkle, The Frog Bride with David Gonzalez is a "ribbiting" coming-of-age story.
"Absorbing, funny and suspenseful, it is, in the great tradition of storytelling, enchanting." - The New York Times
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Download:
The Frog Bride - Program Notes (pdf)
The Frog Bride - Creative Questions (pdf)
The Frog Bride - Press Quotes (pdf)
THE SHOW
A Family Concert with
David Gonzalez and The Yak-Yak Band
Fast-paced, funny, and packed with audience participation, Aesop Bops! features a potpourri of Aesop's classic stories including The Lion and the Mouse, The Fisherman and His Wife, and The Turtle's Shell. This feast of funky, physical storytelling leaves young audiences feeling like they had just performed the show too! The Yak-Yak Band rocks, and rolls out the red carpet - inviting kids to join in the fun. Also available as solo and duet with keyboard.
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Download:
Aesop Bops! - Kennedy Center Study Guide (pdf)
Aesop Bops! - One Sheet (pdf)
Finding North is a one-man play drawn from historical research and oral histories that brings to the stage powerful stories of the strivings, sacrifices and dreams of the African-American Underground Railroad hero John P. Parker, as well as contemporary American immigrants. Set to a beautiful blues guitar score Finding North is an exploration and celebration of the continuing quest for freedom in America.
"Finding North is a brilliant and powerful piece for all ages and races. I highly recommend it."
Michael Griffin
Public Programs Manager
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
For Booking, please contact:
Gardner Arts Network
155 West 72nd Street, Suite 605, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-9121 · FAX: (212) 496-9123
Website: www.gardnerartsnetwork.com
E-mail: info@gardnerartsnetwork.com
Download:
Finding North - Press Release Sample (pdf)
MytholoJazz adds a musical twist to Greek myth accompanied by the original compositions of jazz piano virtuoso D.D. Jackson. Audiences journey into Hades with Orpheus as he swings and serenades his way through the ordeals of the underworl in search for his lost wife Eurydice.
Hailed by the village Voice as "one of the most innovative musicians of his generation," pianist/composer D.D. Jackson and his trio to perform Jackson's struttin' original music that seamlessly blends with Gonzalez's brilliant comic spark and vibrant performance style.
"With speech, sound, mime, dance and above all, inspired imagination, Mr. Gonzalez has the gift of creating magical worlds and drawing his audience into them. A palpable delight."
- New York Times
Download:
MytholoJazz - Study Guide(pdf)
MytholoJazz - Sample Press Release(pdf)
MytholoJazz - NY Times Article(pdf)
MytholoJazz - Program Notes(pdf)
A one-man narrative recreation of the tragic and heroic voyage of 937 European Jews seeking safe haven in the fallen world of the Holocaust.
"Powerful and beautifully performed."
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Download:
Double Crossed - flyer (pdf)
Double Crossed - Sample Press Release (pdf)
