Moving with Grace: A New New Home
For an area of the United States known for its creativity, innovation, and unique creative community, the San Francisco Bay Area has become [...]
Suhaila Solo: The Art of the Nightclub Show
In our previous explorations of Suhaila Salimpour’s performance video catalog—"Banat Iskandaria," "Pharaonic Suite," 1991 BC, and Unveiled—we have followed the development of her choreographic [...]
Animal Inspiration Contest Winners Summer 2018
1st place winner: Anjanie Dindyal Prize: One Year Subscription to Online Classes Video Submission via Instagram. -Anjanie [...]
Unveiled: Revealing an Integrated Approach to Belly Dance
If you’ve been in the Salimpour School for a while, you are probably already familiar with at least some of the choreographies on [...]
Exciting Changes to Our Certification Program in 2018
At the Salimpour School, we are constantly evaluating our belly dance certification program to make sure that our students receive a comprehensive belly [...]
Celebrating Family at the Center for International Dance
At the Salimpour School, we believe that our dance community is also our family. With our Bal Anat tour in Europe and Florida, [...]
Bal Anat 50th Anniversary: Saturday, Aug 4th, El Cerrito, CA
Bal Anat, is the longest-running belly dance company in the world. The groundbreaking and globally-influential company was created in 1968 by Jamila Salimpour, [...]
Summer 2018 Animal Inspiration Contest
We know you study with the Salimpour School because you love challenging yourself to be the best dancer you can be. We are [...]
How This Dancer is Achieving Her Certification Dreams
Lenka Adamkova, a Salimpour School dancer in the Czech Republic, went from thinking she’d never visit the United States to study at the [...]
New! Online Belly Dance Certification for Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour Formats
As the Salimpour School of Dance expands, we’re excited to announce online belly dance certification for Level 1 of both the Suhaila and [...]