Suhaila Dance Company at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
The Suhaila Dance Company performs this weekend (June 29-30) at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Below is an excerpt written in the [...]
From Tap Dancing to Responsible Fusion
Last year, I wrote about my pop and locking work with Walter Freeman who went on to perform on Broadway for 10 years [...]
The Sanford Meisner Method and Belly Dance
After graduating high school, I moved from Northern California to Los Angeles. In addition to being a regular “house” dancer at Byblos Night [...]
Suhaila’s Joumana Choreography: The Back Story
When I was thirteen, I wanted to take private dance lessons with Yuki, a well known jazz teacher in Castro Valley. I begged [...]
Suhaila’s Certification and Teaching Programs
In August 2012, Christy of Eighth Wonder Studios in Calgary interviewed me about my certification program, mentorship, stylization and more. Many of her [...]
Remembering John Compton
I was greatly saddened to hear the news that John Compton passed away this week. He had a long and prosperous belly dance [...]
Tribal Fest Interview with Kajira and Chuck
Kajira and Chuck are the co-producers of the extremely successful Tribal Fest that is held annually every May in Sebastopol, CA. Tribal and [...]
Batwanes Beek & Break Dancing
Many of you have already seen this video of dancers performing to a recorded version of "Batwanes Beek" sung by Warda al-Jazairia. The [...]
Warda al-Jazairia (1939-2012), the Algerian Rose
Our dance world has suffered a major loss with the recent passing of Warda Al-Jazaairia (1939-2012) this past May. She was an [...]
Freedom
This May, I had the amazing opportunity to meet one of my greatest dance inspirations: Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is truly amazing; he vibrates [...]