Habibi: Vol. 3, No. 5 (1976) I look around me at the seasoned dancers who wear the all-coin girdle and...

(Hollywood, USA, 1950) Habibi: Vol. 2, No. 4 (1975) The word got around that an oriental restaurant was opening on...

(Los Angeles, 1947) Habibi: Vol. 5, No. 2, (1979) Hyganoosh prodded me to make my public debut on the basis...

Habibi: Vol. 2, No. 2 (1975) In 1945, survival was the daily topic at the dinner table of the Takorian...

Habibi: Vol. 1, No. 2 (1974) After World War II, Los Angeles was a city in which apartments were at...

Habibi: Vol. 2, No. 1 (1975) I was born in New York City to Sicilian-born parents, Angela and Thithiniu, and...

After graduating high school, I moved from Northern California to Los Angeles. In addition to being a regular “house” dancer...

How the Suhaila Salimpour Institute of Online Education Began. Vonda Totten, Suhaila’s curriculum collaborator, studied long-distance with Suhaila starting in...

The Connection Jamila Salimpour often said: “Choreography should look improvised, and improvisation should look choreographed.”   Suhaila Salimpour grew up...

The Salimpour Vocabulary also called the Jamila Vocabulary, was researched and developed by Jamila Salimpour from the 1950s through the...