Germany has one of Europe’s largest and most varied professional dance landscapes. Numerous opera houses maintain permanent ballet companies, while the country has also played a major role in the development of modern dance and dance theatre. Classical ballet, contemporary choreography and experimental Tanztheater all enjoy substantial institutional and public support.
diehl+ritter gug
(limited liability, not-for-profit company)
Crellestraße 29-30
10827 Berlin
info@diehl-ritter.de
Madeline Ritter
Artistic and Executive Director Dance On
Managing Director and Sole Shareholder
T. +49 (0)30 81 82 82 33
F. +49 (0)30 78 89 03 44
m.ritter@diehl-ritter.de
www.diehl-ritter.de/team
Established in: 1994
Global presence: 15+ countries
War Child International is an independent non-government organization founded in 1993 by film-makers Bill Leeson, David Wilson, and peace activist Willemijn Verloop. The organization works with parents, caregivers, community members, NGOs, governments, corporations, and other partners worldwide to ensure that children have access to protection, education and psychosocial support. War Child's work is rooted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
War Child has historically been supported and endorsed by numerous influential patrons. However, it lost support from Luciano Pavarotti, Brian Eno, and three other celebrity patrons, along with 11 trustees, after it was discovered that in 1995 co-founder Bill Leeson took a bribe from contractors building a music centre in Bosnia. In 2001 when the story broke, War Child said that any financial mismanagement in the charity occurred "years ago" and they are "dealing properly with these historical charges".The UK Charity watchdog, the Charity Commission for England and Wales stated that they had been involved with the trustees regarding the matter since 1998. Bill Leeson is now a director at GardenAfrica, a charity he co-founded in 2002.