Technique

The Start In 2004, I began an ambitious project that would ultimately become known as the Fitness Fusion Belly Dance […]

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

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

Belly dance, an art form renowned for its captivating hip movements and rhythmic music, transcends mere entertainment. It carries within

Jamila Salimpour, who began teaching in 1949,  was the first to codify and create a step vocabulary for belly dance.

In Jamila Salimpour’s step vocabulary, Jamila defined full-time steps as the typical “speed” for that particular step.  To speed it

Of course, we’re a little biased, but we think that Jamila Salimpour’s Vocabulary revolutionized belly dance practice, teaching, and understanding

Last year, I wrote about my pop and locking work with Walter Freeman who went on to perform on Broadway

Sicilian/Greek-American dancer Jamila Salimpour is known for many innovations in belly dance (a dance form also referred to as oriental

Learning and performing belly dance choreography is a significant part of studying at the Salimpour School of Dance. The Salimpour