About me:

"Gypsy dancers have no homes, only their hearts can hold them." For over a decade, Yusefina has travelled the world. In California, southern France, the desert of North Africa, New Orleans, New York and Alaska she has immersed herself in the teachings of Danse Orientale, El Mundo, Dunyavi Gypsy, Improvisational Tribal Style and American Tribal Style Belly Dance. From each place and from each teacher she has taken precious learnings and beautiful moments. Yusefina has refined this knowledge and these experiences into the movements that characterize the "Western Gitane" style she has been teaching for eight years. "Western Gitane" is always moving, always evolving. It is a passionate, elegant fusion of traditional and modern styles of Belly Dance. ..
Dancing toujours or dreaming of dancing. In this gypsy life I..... play the oboe, love backs in black and white, endured 24 hours of labor, am a pedestrian, gave my hair to the Sahara (tumbling in orange breezes over the dung beetle and through the legs of Ali Baba), didn't lose my nipples on the beaches of the Mediterranean, am learning how to cook, wish I could sing, love the taste of seasalt in my hair, love the smell of lulu's breath when she screams, dream in french black & white from time to time, have been diagnosed with vertigo, am a teacher, and more importantly am always a student, try to see the world through blue and green eyes as well. Moving again and again. Now, stopping.