Many of you have already seen this video of dancers performing to a recorded version of "Batwanes Beek" sung by Warda al-Jazairia. The [...]

  Our dance world has suffered a major loss with the recent passing of Warda Al-Jazaairia (1939-2012) this past May. She was an [...]

This May, I had the amazing opportunity to meet one of my greatest dance inspirations: Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is truly amazing; he vibrates [...]

Suhaila Salimpour & Ziad Islambouli present Enta (You Are) Volume 1 & Omri (My Life) Volume 2 An intimate love letter telling the [...]

When I was in high school (it was probably 1982 or 83), I learned about a performance in Oakland featuring local tap dancers. [...]

In the early 1970s, new "funk style" dances were being developed by urban dancers in California. Locking (created by Don Campbell in the [...]

I remember my mother teaching class in the 1970s, using a method she developed years prior. Her students moved in a counterclockwise circle [...]

I grew up surrounded by belly dance. As soon as my parents were married, my father forbade my mother (Jamila Salimpour) from performing [...]

When in Japan recently, I learned an interesting custom. In some shops, the merchants have small trays upon which you place your money [...]

In my recent workshop trip to Japan, my sponsor treated us to a wonderful opportunity to attend kabuki theater. We saw a production [...]