Project Deskription
European Capital Ruhr 2010
Series of Concerts
“Instruments of Peace”
You belong to Us - We belong to You
Earth People
Have a dream
A music theater
Preface
One region for a cooperation of all cultures
The Ruhr Area represents the constant change within the past decades like no other
region in Germany. Mining and steel industry have shaped the Ruhr Area.
Due to the hard work in the mines, where it was vital that people relied on each
other, solidarity is very distinctive amongst the people living there.
Many people immigrated from other countries and cultures.
The Ruhr Area has become their home.
Necessary economic restructuring has been skilfully carried out with diligence and
persistence.
In this mining region with a successful economy Germany developed a culture of
distinctive art. Nominating the Ruhr Area to European Cultural Capital 2010 is a
tribute to the people who call this place their home.
Also the democratic spirit, the European idea and the determination to solve the task
of integration successfully are aspects which have been acknowledged by the
nomination to European Cultural Capital.
People here stand for cultural openness. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism
and national socialist ideas.
With this in mind BEGEGNUNGEN2005 would like to make a contribution to the
events of European Cultural Capital 2010 with the concerts
“Instruments of Peace”
You belong to Us - We belong to You
Project contents
Integration
The project PACT will be introduced at the concerts. Young people talk about their
experiences.
In the run-up BEGEGNUNGEN2005 will ask two
schools with a high percentage of pupils with
migration background to take part in the project
"PACT - Jugend filmt" (“young people filming”).
There will be three camera teams in each school,
made up of young people from seventh, tenth and
twelfth grade.
Young people with migration background are also part of the team. The participants
are equipped with video cameras by
BEGEGNUNGEN2005. In workshops the young people are made familiar with the
handling of the camera. They will then introduce themselves in front of the camera.
They tell their story, talk about their lives and their daily routine. What are the
differences and similarities? Thus they learn about each other's religion, culture,
language, habits and traditions.
Questions like
What kind of music are you listening to at
home?
What is your favourite food?
What do you talk about while having dinner?
What kind of holidays do you celebrate and
why? Can I join you on one of these occasions?
encourage exchange and interest in each other.
Young people have fun working with the camera.
They creatively put their ideas to practice.
The film footage is sifted through by
BEGEGNUNGEN2005 and cut into a film.
The film is shown at the concerts.
The young participants are then going to talk
about what they experienced during their film
work.
Those concerts will be part of our integration
work, as participants are coming from different
parts all over the world representing a great
diversity of music.
An enormous range of artistic performances will
be shown, from classical music to rock, from
classical ballet to traditional folk dance.
The Ruhr Area - a cosmopolitan region
The young artists that come here from different parts of the world demonstrate
cultural openness with their performances.
Young musicians, dancers and singers from Europe, Israel,
the U.S. and Taiwan stand up for peace and understanding.
Encounters of religions
All participants that make up the ensemble express unity and solidarity of religions.
Young people from the
Catholic School of Haifa and
their friends from Tel Aviv
worked out their musical
performance in Germany. They
met at the concerts
"Instruments of peace" in
Aachen 2009 and became
friends. On December 23rd the
young people from Tel Aviv
went to Haifa to celebrate a
Christmas party and make music with their friends.
On January 28th 2010 the young people
met together with their parents in Hakfar
Hayarok in order to get to know each
other and consolidate their friendship.
For the first time Bedouin girls will come
to the Ruhr Area. Thus members of all
three monotheistic religions take part in
the project.
Furthermore, there will be guests from
Taiwan who represent East Asian culture and their religious orientations.
Our groups
Europe:
There will be young people from
North-Rhine-Westphalia playing
classical music and Turkish folk.
An ensemble from Luxembourg will
play classical music.
A folk dance group from Poland will
also be there.
Israel:
There will be three groups from
Israel:
Firstly, a rock band, a classical choir
and ballet dancers from Tel Aviv.
Secondly, young Arabian Christians
with Arabic music from Haifa.
And finally, Bedouin girls from Negev.
They will show Arabian folk dance.
USA:
The group from the U.S. still has to be put together.
Wayne Vandall, a Native American from the Lakota
tribe, will conclude the concert with all participants by
singing his hymn "Song of Love" that he has
composed for us.
Taiwan:
Classical East Asian music and folk dance.
Possibly together with students from the People's Republic of China.
Project goals
The goal of the project is to promote
cooperation between cultures and
religions with the concerts "Instruments
of Peace".
Our message to the people is the same as
Wayne Vandall's, a Lakota Indian from
the USA. He says: "We are all related. We
are all responsible for each other and we
bear responsibility for nature." Through the young artists from all over the world and
the various genres of music we intend to put forward the idea of the European
Cultural Capital 2010.
Project agenda
BEGEGNUNGEN2005 is very experienced in doing international exchanges and
integration work in Germany.
Our projects are closely
connected with the
performance of art. Through
the intensive work in the run-
up and at the actual concerts
the participants get to know
each other better and
friendships develop.
At the concerts a feeling of togetherness is passed on to the audience.
BEGEGNUNGEN2005 arranges the groups that will take part in the project.
In the run-up of the meeting in Germany the programme will be coordinated in detail
with each of the participating groups. Our director Maytal Ben-Hamo is in charge of
the artistic conduct.
All participants of the ensemble are supposed to be accommodated in youth hostels.
The concerts are scheduled for Essen, Bochum and Düsseldorf. There shall be one
concert for pupils in the morning and one for adults in the evening. The exact
locations still have to be arranged. The young people are probably going to stay in
Germany for ten days. Three out of those ten days are planned for preparing for the
concerts.
From Germany:
> 10 young people (classical music, German and Turkish folk music)
From Luxembourg:
> A quartet
From Poland:
> 5 dancers
From Israel:
Haifa:
15 young people from the Catholic School:
> A choir
> Pantomimes
> Soloists
Tel Aviv:
15 young people from Hakfar Hayarok:
> Singers and dancers
Beer Sheva:
> 5 Bedouin girls (dancers)
> 5 Schoolgirls
From the USA:
> 5 young people (Jazz)
From Taiwan:
> 5 young people
Programme
European Cultural Capital Ruhr 2010
Concerts "Instruments of Peace"
You belong to Us - We belong to You
We have asked our founding member, Ms Iris Berben, patroness of the European
project „Begegnen – Erinnern – die Zukunft gestalten“ (Encounter - Remember -
Create the Future), to take an active part in the project.
11:00 a.m. Welcoming in different languages
11:05 a.m. Welcoming of the guests and guests of honour
11:10 a.m. Welcoming speech
11:15 a.m. PACT - Jugend filmt (Young people filming), Film
11:30 a.m. Gathering: All groups are on the
stage, all of them talking at once. They are being asked to listen to each other and to create something together. They meet in the middle of the stage, move towards each other, shake hands and chant "Peace Shalom“.
11:40 a.m. Ensemble Luxembourg
11:50 a.m. Julian Jacob, Israel, Pantomime „Wohin gehe ich?“ (Where am I
going?) accompanied by texts from two pupils of the Heinrich-Heine-
Gesamtschule. They are strolling together through the many genres of
music.
11:55 p.m. „Common Ground“, Polish ballade or Pius-Gymnasium 12:05 p.m. Lucy Ayoub, Israel, guitar
12:15 p.m. Maayan Gonikman and Eliran Droizen, ballet dance
12:25 p.m. Polish dance
12:35 p.m. Turkish music
12:45 p.m. Jugend filmt (young people filming)
12:55 p.m. Dance from Taiwan
1:05 p.m. Jazz from the U.S.
1:15 p.m. Arabian music and dance
1:20 p.m. „Common Ground“ or Pius-Gymnasium
1:25 p.m. Maayan Gonikman and Eliran Droizen, ballet dance
1:30 p.m. Band Israel
1:40 p.m. Peace Song, Wayne Vandall, Lakota-Indian, USA
Our Partners – Our Team
Iris Berben Foundation Member of ENCOUNTERS2005
Michael Krebs Head of Project Dr. Yvonne Kozlovsky-Golan Academic Advisor, Israel
Maytal Ben-Hamo Ulrike Gothe Director of BEGEGNUNGEN2005 Executive and Member of ENCOUNTERS2005
Patrick Michael Salomon Murat Eren Event Manager, Germany IT-Specialist
Vahid Zamani Director, Luxembourg
Our International Partners
Allan G. Ross Ruthie Eitan Executive Director Head of Foreign Affairs Unit Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, USA Sapir College, Tel Aviv
Dr. Toni Kuo Assistant Professor and Director SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY,
Taipei, Taiwan Itzik Mayan
Dancing Teacher and Choreograph
Shlomit Hagoel Director and manager Yoram Ehrlich "Hassafsal" theatre Rosh Ha'Ayin Travel Agent and
Vorstand BEGEGNUNGEN2005
Prof. Dr. Ela Bauer The School of Theater Arts Seminar Hkibutzim Tel Aviv/Israel
Malka Shamir-de Leeuw Teacher, High School, Beer Sheva (talking to Dr. Kindermann, Ambassador of Germany in Israel)
Raphael (Rafi) Weinstock, born in Haifa, Israel
Instruments of Peace (Song of Love)
© Vandall/Vandall. Medicine Bridge GbR. 06/15/2009
Intro: I am……You are……We are……Peace
Verse #1: Shalom to you my brother
Shalom to you my friend
Shalom, peace be with you
This love I am sending has no end (cause-)
Chorus: //: I am (an instrument of peace)
You are (an instrument of peace)
We are (all instruments of peace) ://
Verse #2: I am an instrument of peace
And you are my song of love –
My brothers and sisters and me
Connected from somewhere far
above
Chorus: I am (an instrument of peace)
You are (an instrument of peace)
We are (all instruments of peace)
Verse #1: (sung quietly!)
Shalom to you my brother
Shalom to you my friend
Shalom, peace be with you
This love I am sending has no end (cause-)
Chorus://: I am (an instrument of peace) Wayne Vandall
You are (an instrument of peace) Native American, USA
We are (all instruments of peace):// 4x Musician and Songwriter
.....peace, peace, peace…. (fading to the end)
Encounters with the „Earth People“ The musical encounters are attended by two drama students who are searching for the „Earth people“. They find them and get involved in their music performances. About this event they will make a documentary: The young man ist he cameraman, the young woman is the director. The cameraman represents a young Arabic man, whereas the director represents the Jewish part. On the one hand, their work shows problems between men and women; on the other hand it represents the field of conflicts in terms of religion, social and cultural backgrounds. Through the encounters with the „Earth people“ the two students get to know each other better and finally fall in love with each other. At the end they think about a way how to tell their parents about their relationship. The sketch „Have a Dream!“ will be part of the program. Here, young actors will communicate the importance of having a dream that gives us the power to overcome barriers, to solve problems and to realize our dreams for the future.
Concept Ruhr 2010: A group of teenagers from different countries travel by ship as a part of a new multi cultural project, as suddenly out of nowhere, they meet a mysterious shaman who tells them that they are the only people left on earth. Everything they have with them is everything left in the world. Their culture, language, music, pictures, whatever they have on their laptops or cell phones are the remains of our world. Slowly they start to share and show one another parts of their culture in singing, dancing, playing music, telling stories, they learn that sharing your culture makes you stronger, that everybody has got something special to give, that together we are much stronger that just single individuals, that we are all a part of the whole, that there is always something new to learn. The mutual dream of everybody is to build a new world where all the people of all cultures, all religions, and all languages are equally important as a part of the identity of earth. When they accomplish that, the shaman is gone and leaves them with a song. By Raphael (Rafi) Weinstock, born in Haifa, Israel
Angels Have u seen all the colours surrounding your wisdom? The colours of peace on enlightenment and freedom. So pure so untroubled and real. Have u spoken the language that cannot b broken? The language of life of the sea of the desert The language of wind? Have u noticed the nature of children and babies The nature of dolphins and whales in the ocean The nature of flowers the nature of birds? Have u touched the fabulous view of the mountains Magnificent canyons and rivers and planets Incredible powers embracing your life. Can u feel the invisible love of your angels? Angels r guarding your soul like a treasure. Will u explore the immaculate love of your angels? With pleasure 4 ever. Have u taken the freedom 2 live with your conscience? It’s not an illusion combined with an unknown confusion It’s the primal connection Gods given invention 2 humans. R U 1? Live well love life and one another, Live life fight war and not each other, Spread love make peace with one another, This world is home my sisters and brothers. This entire world is a very narrow bridge And the most essential thing is not 2 B afraid. (By Raphael Weinstock)
Instruments of Peace (Song of Love)
You belong to Us - We belong to You
Auf Wiedersehen, Shalom and Glück auf At our Concerts
„Instruments of Peace“ European Capital Ruhr 2010
FÖRDERVEREIN BEGEGNUNGEN2005 Internationaler Jugendaustausch
und Jugendförderung e.V.
Vorsitzender Dr. med. Karl Adenauer Gründungsmitglied Frau Iris Berben
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