MARGUERITE/GYPSY MAGIC

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April 6, 2008.Sunday, 1:00 pm- 11:30 pm. International Roma Day's Los Angeles celebration! Hosted by the Voice of Roma at the Pacific Arts Center, 10469 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca. Afternoon classes and evening folk dance concert. Our list of instructors will include Madelyn Taylor with Balkan folk cocek Roma style and a Kosovo Gajda Preshavare. Arleen Hurtado with barefoot Zambra Mora, Marguerite with 9/8 Cabaret styling and Roma influence (Havasi) Katherine Goldsby with "living room" solo dancing and hand gestures, Sani Rifati is the evening special guest folk dance instructor (www.voiceofroma.com)...We have yet to determine our evening band (maybe the band formerly known as "Sexy Time!"?), but there will be performances by each instructor..if you behave, we'll bring Baba and his Davul!....For more information, please contact Katharine Goldsby at 310-481-9966 or Katherinamarie@hotmail.com.

April 27, 2008, Sunday, 2:00 to 4:30. At Awakenings coffee house in Lomita, 24100 Narbonne Ave, Lomita, Ca. just 5 min off the 110 fwy near Torrance. This is a first for Awakenings...live Middle Eastern music! Regine, Connie Roy, and Babylon Mood present "Baba and Chavi"...Marguerite with Jerry Summers on Davul (Turkish Drum) 9/8 Roma "Havasi" stylings and Cabaret 9/8... Dance with music and drumming, set and demo...we also hope to have some open dancing to live music for your enjoyment..Also performing with her student troupe is the award winning Taji...For more info on this date and other dancers or to book yourself a spot in the future at this showcase, please contact Connie Roy at babylonmood@earthlink.net or go to www.babylonmood.com and contact Regine.

May 17, 2008, Sat. Yaksamesh! Dr. Robin Johnson presents Marguerite in a workshop "Cultural Learnings of 9/8 for Make Glorious Seminar of Belly Dance " in Upland, Ca. 3 hour (maybe more, you like?) 2 part workshop with live music and live percussion for beginning drummers and all level dancers, (ah, very nice, how much?) $40.00. Easy to follow (J-yes! Naughty naughty!) zill patterns, skirts, couples, combos, Roma/cabaret, background, history and sources. An evening show with live music will follow ("do not fear me, gypsy. All I want are your tears..."). Workshop is limited to 15 people. For more info, please go to www.DrRobinJohnson.com or 909-920-4255 or Marguerite (310-502-4591) Ah, Very Nice. We have fun make s--y time!

Please watch for more updates and brand new listings.

Back at the Ford with Carolyn Krueger's Gulistan Story Theater

Back at the Ford Bellydance Live 2005

Back at the Ford Bellydance Live

Back at the Ford Bellydance Live 2005

Back at the Ford Bellydance Live

Back at the Ford 2005

Seattle Nepalese New Year celebration, folk dancers with Tara and Marguerite.

Seattle Nepalese New Year celebration.

Seattle Nepalese New Year celebration- Tara Gurung amd Marguerite

Seattle Nepalese New Year celebration.

Big Horn Country Club, Palm Desert

Live Music for Shows

Dr. Bao Renchenjungnai, lleft, 1991, healer and bonesetter of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. ,

Marguerite and Kalachakra Tantra Sangha from Dong Tai, China, 2004,

Study of Andai in Hohhot , capitol of Inner Mongolia, 1990.

Study of Andai, Yang Xi Mu village,, Inner Mongolia, 2006.

Shaman's p ossession ceremony in Bao Kang, Inner Mongolia, 1994.

Outer Mongolian shaman Byambadorj and Marguerite in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 2006.

The shaman W ang Serenchen in Bao Kang, (Tong Liao area) Inner Mongolia, 1994.

Mongolian Sulde, Yang Xi Mu village, Inner Mongolia, 2006.

Sacred tree in temple in Ku Lun City, Tong Liao area, and Marguerite in Inner Mongolia, 2006.

Andai research in Yang Xi Mu village, Inner Mongolia, (Tong Liao area) 2006.

Big Horn Country Club, Palm Desert

"Breath of Heaven, The Hands of a Healer from Inner Mongolia"

A five minute video and 2 hour slide lecture exploring background and in depth methods/symbols employed for trauma treatment (both physical and spiritual) at the clinic of Dr. Bao (Borchegin) Renquinzhongnai, a currently practicing and successful bone doctor/healer of Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia. Examples of different types of curing will be presented, such as acupuncture, massage, bone setting and manipulation, exorcism for spirit posession, soul retrieval and Mongolian "energy clearing" as an urbanized and modernized form of shamanic practice. For more information, please contact Marguerite@gypsymagic.com directly.

How are the movements, rhythms, breathing and energy work of dancing Shamans, Sufis and Chi Gong masters interconnected? This is the work of healers and their Axis Mundi (World Tree) sacred tree shrines from Inner Mongolia- a mystical point on the silk road and vortex of combined practices that have been melded together over centuries. Ancient and modern links to Shamanism�Marguerite Kusuhara has taught seminars on culture, magic, movement and dance internationally and within the United States for more than 20 years, and holds an MA in Psychological/visual anthropology.

"Her work is drawn from sources new to us. Totally unique and on the cutting edge of psychic development."-Ed Fitch, author of "Rites from the Crystal Well."

"She has made magical movement and dance a living art." - Polk Runyon, author of "The Magic of Solomon".

For event info- Please contact Marguerite - 310-370-5155 or email Marguerite@gypsymagic.com .

What do the Asiatic traditions of the Shamans, Sufis, Hindu and Buddhist ecstatics share? Explore this intriguing crossroads connection in the world of the Inner Mongolian healer and Shaman - their culture, dance, trance and healing technique presented in 3 types of in-depth seminars.

The first type of seminar available is a detailed lecture with music, slides, video and artifacts illustrating the culture of Inner Mongolia and its traditions. Suitable for grade schools, colleges and university levels.

The second seminar expands on the first, including not only the lecture and visual presentations, but also healing traditions, movement demonstration and limited group participation for those in attendance. Suitable for adult groups, colleges, and university levels.

JOHN ANSON FORD AMPHITHEATER -

1,250 seats - sold out! For "Big World Fun" Series.

The third seminar will be specifically geared for dancers interested in background lecture with slide and video presentation, plus movement participation/demonstration. Breathing, centering and whirling techniques associated with the practices of the Shamans, Sufis, Hindu and Buddhist ecstatics will be explored. Suitable for college and university level, or private groups.

Deje que las artes del Medio Oriente - esa tierra de alfombras y lamparas magicas - lo hipnnotizen Marguerite, una bailarina y maga, recibira a sus invitados especiales y junto a ellos creara una tierra de fantasia dondehay escaleras hechas de espadas y donde los bailarines nos deleitan y nos sorprenen.

Let the arts of the Middle East - land of magic carpets and magic lamps - cast their spell on you. Belly dancer - magician Marguerite and special guests conjure up a fantasyland where ladders are made of swords and dances mesmerize and amaze.