Gordon Bronitsky and Associates, LLC - International Cultural Marketing Since 1992

Two Park Square
6565 Americas Parkway NE, Suite 200
Albuquerque, NM 87110 USA
phone: +1.505.563.5755
fax: +1.505.260.1339

Projects Managed

Sami theatremaker Harriet Nordlund at the London Launch of ORIGINS:  First Nations Theater From Around the WorldBronitsky and Associates has been involved with hundreds of projects and events in our history. On this page, we provide a list of our current activities as well as a small sample of some of our past work.

Current Projects
Consultant to International Governments
Consultant/Advisor to National and International Festivals
Consultant/Producer for International Arts Touring Companies
Facilitator of International Cultural Marketing Workshops
International Lectures and Speaking Engagements
Publications and Papers

Current Projects

Executive Producer - ORIGINS: First Nations Theater from around the World, in partnership with Border Crossings and under the Artistic Direction of Michael Walling, London, England

Stage 1: 2007 - September 1-8, Official launch, with First Nations Playwrights Symposium
Stage 2: 2008 - 2009 ORIGINS: On The Road
Stage 3: 2009 - ORIGINS: Premiere London Season
Stage 4: 2010 - Premiere Season of International Indigenous Theater, including commissioned works

Promoters and Booking Agents for ORIGINS: On The Road – International Indigenous Playwrights and Theater makers available for residencies, presentations, workshops, readings and collaborations. Click here for more information.

International Marketing and Promotions Consultant for the Cumbre Tajin Festival, Veracruz, Mexico – contracted by the Cumbre Tajin Festival of the Totonac People to promote the Festival internationally and to broker opportunities for touring international Indigenous artists and performers to the Festival and to take Totonac performers to the World

Facilitators and Tour Managers for International Indigenous Cultural Exchange – U.S.A and Australia – taking a Navajo delegation of performers, craftspeople, cultural speakers and healers to the The Dreaming Festival 2008, Australia’s International Indigenous Arts Festival

Presenting Globally International Cultural Marketing Workshop – a two and one half day workshop ( as a part of a five (5) day consultancy) targeted for performing artists and arts organizations to creatively and effectively engage with the International marketplace. Click here for more information.

Negotiating for the Development of Regional Arts and Cultural Festivals - utilizing our training and development model to build capacity among the members of the host community

Finalizing Publication of "Celebrating Our Selves: Festivals as a Tool for Community and Economic Development" (working title)

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Consultant to International Governments

Aniksak and Uyaupiq, Inuit Throat Singers from Nunavut, CanadaUnited States of America Embassies:

Russia
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
Philippines

United States Department of Commerce

Italy
Macedonia

Embassy of Mexico

China

Embassy of Canada

China

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Consultant/Advisor to National and International Festivals

Navajo Indian hoop dancer Dempsey Deswood in performance in Dubai2007 Singsing Festivol
Village Development Trust
Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

2001-2003 Encuentro Yoreme Festival
DIFOCUR (Dirección de Investigación y Fomento de Cultura Regional/Department for Research and Development of Regional Culture)
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

2004, 2006, 2007 World of Melody Festival
IOV (International Organization for Folk Art) Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2000 Spirit of a Planet Festival
Spirit of a Planet Inc.
Bergamo, Italy

1999 Indian Village
Indian Village, Inc
Schönau/Vienna, Austria

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Members of Lakota Indian rock band Arrow Space rehearsing in AustriaConsultant/Producer for International Arts Touring Companies

Chinle Valley Singers (traditional Navajo music/dance; USA)

Lois Suluk Locke and Maria Illungiayok (Inuit throat singing; Canada)

Peter Irniq (Inuit statesman and drum dancer; Canada)

Heath Bergersen (didgeridoo player; Australia)

Sutaras Folk Dance Group (traditional folk music and dance; Lithuania)

Mariachi Imperial de America (mariachi music; USA)

Andrew Thomas (traditional flute music; Navajo; USA)

Transjoik (contemporary Sami music; Sami; Norway)

Jun Tiburcio (Totonac writer; Mexico)

Kwagiutl Dancers (traditional Kwagiutl dancers; Canada)

Matato’a (traditional and contemporary Easter Island music; Easter Island, Chile)

Naa Luudisk Gwaii Yatx’I Dancers (traditional Tlingit and Haida music and dance; Alaska, USA)

Pa’a Taotao Tano Dancers (traditional Chamorro music and dance; Guam)

Gummilori Yanni Yulidji Dancers (traditional Aboriginal Australian music and dance; Australia)

Dakwäkäda Dancers (traditional Athabascan Indian music and dance; Canada)

Fernando Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers (Zuni Indian music and dance; USA)

Yellow Bird Dancers (traditional Apache and Plains music and dance; USA)

Virginia Yazzie Ballenger (contemporary Navajo fashion; USA)

Virginia Stroud (Cherokee; USA)

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Facilitator of International Cultural Marketing Workshops

2004

International Cultural Marketing Workshop in Moscow under the auspices of RAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North), the Russian National House of Folk Arts of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Division of International Exchanges of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, and the Department of Economics and Strategic Development of the Evenkia Autonomous Region, with assistance from the United States and Canadian embassies

2002

Participant in Creative Performance Marketing Workshop, Vilnius, Lithuania

Mecanismos de Financiamiento Internacional. Mesa Redonda: La Problemática Actual de la Cultura Yoreme. Cuarto Encuentro Yoreme Sinaloa, Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mechanisms of International Funding, Round Table: The Current Situation of Mayo Indian Culture)

2001

Arte y Artesania de los Nativos Americanos en el Mercado Mundial in Mochicahui and Culiacan, Sinaloa, for the Segundo Encuentro Yoreme del Noroeste (Art and Handicrafts of Native Americans in World Markets, presented in Los Capomos, Mochicahui and Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, for the Second Encounter of the Mayo Indians of the Northwest)

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International Lectures and Speaking Engagements

2007

"International Cultural Marketing." Bi-National Forum, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

"International Cultural Marketing." New Mexico Native American Economic Summit, Albuquerque.

"Promoting Indigenous Talent Internationally." Bi-National Forum, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

2005

"International Cultural Marketing," Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico

2003

"Marketing Australian Aboriginal Talent." Western Australia Indigenous Arts Showcase, Perth, Australia, February 2003

"The Challenge of Promoting Indigenous Talent Internationally," Asian Arts Market 2003, Singapore, June 2003

2001

"Arts and Native Handicrafts in Global Trade," Encuentro Yoreme del Noroeste, Culiacán, Mazatlán, Los Mochis, Guasave and El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico (Encounter of the Mayo Indians of the Northwest of Mexico)

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Publications and Papers

2007

International Cultural Marketing Conference/Workshop: Indigenous Performers, World Markets. Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, December 2007

2006

Time Has Come to Create an Indigenous Business Center. New Mexico Business Journal Vol. 13, No. 19, p 16.

Creating Markets for Contemporary International Indigenous Performance. International Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2005

Keep ‘em Pure, Keep ‘em Poor: Anthropology, Anthropologists, and Talent. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2004

The Challenge of Promoting Indigenous Talent Internationally. High Plains Applied Anthropologist 24(1): 101-102, Spring, 2004

2003

International Cultural Marketing: A Concept Paper. High Plains Applied Anthropologist 23(1): 102-103.

International Cultural Marketing. Paper presented at Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon.

2001

American Indians, World Markets. Paper presented at Native Stories and Their Keepers: Telling the Public. Sequoyah Research Center Symposium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Indigenous Peoples in World Markets. Fourth International Business and Economics Conference, St Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin.

Native Update on International Marketing Strategy. National Indian Business Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM

From Tribal Worlds to World Markets. Anthropology Newsletter, American Anthropological Association. 42(3): 6

2000

Case Six: Effective Email use: Are you getting the most out of Email? Applied Anthropology and the Internet: Communication and Innovation, Terry Redding, ed., Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association. National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Online Bulletin Series #19, URL: www.aaanet.org/publications/napa19/default.html

Native American Businesses. 12th Annual Navajo Studies Conference, San Juan Community College, Farmington, NM.

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Fernando Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers in performance in Mongolia