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Susanna Goldenstein, otherwise known as “SooozhyQ” (pronounced Susie-Q) started studying Middle Eastern percussion in 1994 and performing regularly in 1997. Based in San Francisco, she has also performed in L.A, San Diego, Portland and Eugene Oregon, and New York City. She loves working with belly dancers, having played for 9 years at Amira Restaurant in San Francisco for amazing soloists Nanna Candelaria, Aliena, Nanna Candelaria, Aliena, Jill Parker, Elizabeth Strong, Zoe Jakes, and Rachel Brice. At Amira she has accompanied many talented musicians such as Mary Ellen Donald (her first Middle Eastern percussion instructor), Mimi Spencer, Nazir Latouf, Susu Pampanin, Faisal Zedan, Reda Darwish and Vince Delgado. She also has a strong passion for blending traditional Middle Eastern rhythms with electronic dance music/culture. She collaborates regularly with Amar, a vibrant member of San Francisco’s world influenced DJ culture and co-founder of Electric Vardo, and is a resident of fantastically fun Triple Power monthly party with co-founders Giamma and Shanti. SooozhyQ is also a former member of the Strong Current Dance Company, an all woman modern dance company performing works that comment on women’s roles through a feminist perspective, and has performed with Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, also a modern dance company, committed to cross-cultural collaboration and to creating dance that is women identified, spiritual, passionate, and inclusive of all its member voices. |
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Upcoming Performances Triple
Power Tribal
Fest + Cosmik Casbah Electric
Vardo SHADOWDANCE |
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Video Footage of SooozhyQ with Freyja live at Electric Vardo Sept. 28 at Club
Six
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