Technique

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

https://vimeo.com/800331759?share=copy#t=0 In Jamila Salimpour’s step vocabulary, Jamila defined full-time steps as the typical “speed” for that particular step.  To speed...

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...

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

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

The Salimpour School’s “Jamhaila” concept is important for our students to understand. Abigail Keyes wrote a short explanation that we...