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Le Grand David

Marco the Magi was the character name of Cesareo Pelaez, the founder, producer, director, designer and choreographer of Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company in Beverly Mass.

Biography

Cesareo’s interest in magic began as a young boy in Cuba when his father would take him to see all the traveling magic shows. In his youth he witnessed the shows of Chang, Richiardi Sr. and Fu Manchu to name a few. He was also exposed to other shows and developed a fondness for all things theatrical.

Cesareo was a natural leader and, in his teens, gathered together his friends from the neighborhood and put together a miniature theatre group. They would build scenery, design costumes and put on shows. It was the precursor to what he would do years later in Beverly.

As Castro took over Cuba things in the country got bad and Cesareo chose to leave his beloved country. He eventually ended up in America and chose to pursue psychology as his profession. The famous psychologist Abraham Maslow became a close friend and mentor to Cesareo. Eventually, Peleaz became a Professor of Psychology at Salem State University.

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