Past Seminars, Lectures and Demonstrations

"Kanzaman Classical, Folkloric & Contemporary Arabic Music," Wael Kakish, Director. Marguerite contributes vocals for Arabic chorus. Huntington Beach Central Library, Huntington Beach, Ca. June 13, 2010, and with Kanzaman Concert Program for The Middlebury College Arabic School, Mills College in Oakland, Ca. July 2, 2010.

"Music Dance and Storytelling of Centrl Asia and Iran" with Rowan Storm and friends. Marguerite joins Rowan's Sozanda chorus, also with vocals and story telling. .Carpet Concert for Craft and Folk Art Museum. In conjunction with the exhibit, "Bold Abstractions: Textiles from Central Asia & Iran. Program supported in part by the Farhang Foundation, Los Angeles, Ca. May, 2010, and for the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Ca. to celebrate the exhibit, "Secrets of the Silk Road." July, 2010

"Introduction to # 5 in the Sacred Source Origin Series- "The Ghatu "Kumari", virgin goddess of the Gurungs of Nepal, with Tara Devi Gurung. Dance, and traditional trance ceremony. Presentation and demonstration. Sponsored by Marguerite Garner. GTOC, Irvine, Ca. April, 2007.

IIntroduction to # 4 in the Sacred Source Origin Series- "Aztec (Mexica) Ceremony to Tonantzin, or Virgen de Guadalupe" with Chief Lacero Arvizu apprentice Regine Costello. Dumming, dance, and tradition" Presentation and demonstration. Sponsored by Marguerite Garner. GTOC, Irvine, Ca. March, 2007.

IIntroduction to # 3 in the Sacred Source Origin Series- "Hula Kahiko (Ancient Hula), Goddess' Hi'iaka and Pele, Traditional Hawaiian Myth" with Jennifer Sarreal. Presentation and demonstration. Sponsored by Marguerite Garner. GTOC, Irvine, Ca. Nov, 2006.

"The Marketing of Creative and Small Market Cultural Industries Through Specialized Publications in America", a lecture and presentation for the Social Science Academy of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China. Marguerite and Liu Chun Lin. August, 2006

# 2 In the Sacred Source Origins Series events- "The Guedra Trance Ritual of the Spirits" traditional Moroccan Animist ceremony of Tuareg origin. A seminar and workshop including cultural background, movement, chant, and rhythm with Lee Ali, of Moroccan and Armenian descent. Presented and sponsored by Marguerite Garner. GTOC, Irvine,. Ca. July, 2006.

A Sacred Source Oriigins Series event- "Charya Nritta: Classical dance of Nepal, traditonal Tantric Deity Yoga." A Vajra Yogini performance, dance, movement and cultural seminar with Royal Academy Nepalese dancers Tara Devi Gurung and Sangita Sarma, (students of Mrigendra Man Singh Pradhan) presented and sponsored by Marguerite Garner at the GTOC, Orange County, Los Angeles area, Irvine, Ca. March, 2006.

The Inner Mongolian Dance Andai: "Trading Dance for Identity". C. Kmita and Marguerite Garner. Presentation and paper for the 11th Annual conference on Central and Inner Asia Studies through the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto, May, 2005.

"Sufis and Sulukule"- Performance and dance demonstration of Turkish dance and movement for Elizabeth Waldo's Multicultural Arts Center, Northridge, Ca.

Featured in and choreography for "The Arabian" in Clarita's Vogue Nutcracker (music by Tchaikovsky), a modern adaption produced and directed by Lorena Gomez Maese

"Six Senses and the Sword" dance and transformational seminar, Casa De Cultura, Tijuana, Mexico.

"Moving beyond the Core" - seminar and presentation on Inner Mongolian Shamanic dance, movement, history and ethnography for IACRS- Isis Ancient Cultures and Religions Society.

Yuvalron Ensemble Concert - special invited guest artist to demonstrate Sufi whirling.

Guest lecturer/instructor for "Dance of a Selected Culture" Department of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA. April 2000.

Sponsored instructor for Lecture/video and Experiential / dance seminar on healing, dance and Inner Mongolian Shamanism for "Shahrazad's School of Dance", Cologne, Germany. Jan 2000

"The Serpent Orborous", presentation for The Classical Alliance of the Western States' Course and tours of Egypt and Tunisia. Jan and March 1996.

Movement and meditation class "The Natural Magic of Music and Movement" sponsored by El Dorado Nature Center through Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine. Feb-March 1996.

Lecture/video/demonstration "Breath of Heaven Arabic and Central Asian Pathways of Ecstasy" presented by the "Gnosis Project." Jan 1996.

Lecture/video/slide presentation "Healers of North China: A Transcultural and Historical Perspective" as guest lecturer for USC Medical Center Education and Consulting Division. Dec 1995

Lecture/ presentations "Acorn, Sea and Sage" for Los Angeles Natural History Museum children's and ESL movable museum program. Fall, 1994 - Winter 1995.

Lecture and video presentation - "Heaven" (Healers of Inner Mongolia) series. Saddleback Community College. May 1995

Lecture and video presentation - "Heaven" series, El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach. April 1995.

Video presentation - "Heaven" series, American Anthropological Association Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. November 1994.

Lecture and video presentation - "Heaven" series, Social Science Academy of Inner Mongolia's Philosophy department. July 1994.

Colloquium on Culture and Communication, video and lecture presentation - "Heaven" series, CSUF. April 1994.

Lecture and video presentation - "Heaven" series, Indiana State University, Mongolia Society annual meeting. April 1994.

Resident Foreign Expert, Researcher. Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. June 1993-Sept 1994

ESL Instructor, Social Science Academy of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, July-Oct 1993.

ESL Lecture Series, "American Culture, Past and Present" Hohhot Educational College. Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Oct-Nov 1993.

Proposal for funding and itinerary coordinator for Upik Esquimo speaker and performer on CSUF Campus. Fall 1992

ESL Instructor, Inner Mongolia College of Forestry, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Sept. 1989-June 1990.

Published Material by Marguerite
"Trading Dance for Identity: The Mongolian Dance, Andai." by Cathy Kmita and Marguerite Garner, published in "Traders and Trade Routes of Central and Inner Asia: The Silk Road Then and Now". Papers presented at the Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, 13-14 May, 2005. Edited by Michael Gervers, Uradyn E. Bulag, Gillian Long, Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, No 8, Asian Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2007./

"Med Dance Origins in Shamanism" A Symbolic, Comparative and Chemical Analysis incorporating Inner Mongolian Shamanic Performance For conference "The International Symposium On Mongolian Studies of China" held at the Social Science Academy of Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Paper in English, Chinese translation for proceedings publication by Mr. He Yi Bing."Very Good in the History Group", states Qiao Ji, Academy Prof. Aug, 2005

"Physiological/Psychological Indications for Trance-like Behaviors in Middle Eastern Dance and Their Possible Origins" included in the proceedings for the 2nd International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, OCC.
Paper and video segments presented for Second International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, at Orange Coast College in 2000. 
Completed manuscript published in Habibi, Journal of middle eastern dance and arts, Vol 19, # 2.

Chapter for ''Probing Cross-Cultural Secrets" - A Comparison between North American Indian and Northeast Asia Minority Cultures in China", Chinese Language publication for Social Science, Academy of Inner Mongolia. Summer 1996.

Abstract, from American Anthropological Association's 93rd Annual Meeting, Nov-Dec 1994.

Abstract, Visual Anthropology Review. Fall 1994.

Interview, The Mongolia Society Newsletter. Sept 1994.

"Hong Gao Liang", South Coast Poetry Journal. Jan 1993.

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