Salimpour Collectives
When you become a student of the Salimpour School, you join a global community of talented and supportive dancers.
One of the great ways to connect with fellow students in your community is by joining or creating a Salimpour Performance Collective. The Salimpour Performance Collectives take great pride in presenting and representing the influential Salimpour legacy in belly dance. These performance groups are officially sanctioned by the Salimpour School and help to keep you motivated, inspired, and connected with the “Mothership.”
When you’re part of a Salimpour Performance Collective, you learn and perform choreographies in the Salimpour repertoire. You and your fellow dancers support each other as you train and prepare for certification exams. You also have the opportunity to work directly with our highly-trained Level 5 instructors, either in person or through Skype or Google Hangouts.
Members must have a Level 1 certifications in the Suhaila Salimpour and/or Jamila Salimpour Formats, be active in the program, and maintain a plan for the next certification level or format goal. Group leaders, however, must maintain higher certification.
Collectives are groups (typically remote) of Salimpour certified dancers officially approved by the School to work together under the Salimpour name on Salimpour choreography and performances. Members are actively pursuing Certification in the Salimpour Belly Dance Formats and demonstrate steady progress toward that goal. Each Collective has one responsible Group Leader to represent and speak for the group, and each collective also has an assigned Choreography Captain(s) to assist the group in performance readiness and preparation.
While the Collectives are endorsed and authorized dance groups, they are separate entities from the School principal performing groups including Suhaila Dance Company, Repertoire Ensemble, and Bal Anat.
Titles. Approved Collectives must use the official titles: Salimpour Performing Collective [INSERT CITY/REGION; Salimpour Collective [INSERT CITY/REGION]; [INSERT CITY/REGION] Salimpour Performing Collective; [INSERT CITY/REGION] Salimpour Collective.
Collectives learn, rehearse, and perform Salimpour choreographies and shows. The goal is for Collectives to maintain 3-4 pieces as show-ready while retaining previous work and learning new material. All choreography is cleaned up by a Choreography Captain prior to performance. In many cases, the Choreography Captain is located remotely from the group, and the group must be cleaned up by Skype first individually and then as a group.
Note that all Salimpour Choreography needs approval before performing. Salimpour choreography is intellectual property of Suhaila and the Salimpour School and must be respected as such.
If you are in the Salimpour School certification programs and are interested in forming or participating with a Choreography Collective, contact our office for more information! SalimpourCertification@gmail.com or suhailainternational@gmail.com
http://www.salimpourschool.com/collectives/
List of Collectives
Choreography Captain: Maelle Quintart
Members:
Maelle Quintart
Chantal Clement
Morgane Crispin
Deborah Deprez
Sonia Gaaloul
Lydia Lorenzino
Carol Morillo
Anais Van der Stichelen
Marjorie Vervaecke
Aurélie Finders-Binje
Alice Leroux
Nadia Kouach
Anne Piperidis-Elawady
Karin Poullier
Choreography Captain: Stacey Lizette
Members:
Stacey Lizette
Melanie Reynolds
Jane Brantley
Karlie Verkest
Melissa Bailey
Jennifer Kleiber
Gina Verlander
Sherry Allen
Jamie Cendon
Julie Kusak
Kelly McKinley
Stella Offner
Marlene De Lachica-Heibert
Rania Kandil
Tammy Mikeska
Alison Martino
Adrienne Marie-Beede Kizer
Nicole Barrick Renner
Kristen Antonowich Eveleth
Choreography Captain: Angelique
Members:
Angelique
Shari Feather
Choreography Captain: Sabriye Tekbilek
Choreography Captain: Larua Ayllon
Members:
Larua Ayllon
Sky Webber
Group Leader: Marcia Gomez
Choreography Captain: Marcia Gomez
Members:
Marcia Gomez
Matilde Valenzuela
Camila Andrade
Graciela Ponce
Felipe Bucarey
Tania Medina
María Ester Pino
Vanessa Cubillos
Marisú Parada
Souling Labbe
Claudia Maldonado
Ana Vallejos
Veronica Tobar
Shuying Hipp
María José Carreño
Fernanda Tumani
Pamela Lavin
Maritza Navarro
Veronica Poblete
Daniela Morales
Andrea Ramos
Francisca Lincognir
Mariana Perez
Valentina Valenzuela Rebolledo
Alicia Reyes
Cinthia Gonzalez
Scarleth Castillo
Adilen Reyes
Francisca Escobar
Choreography Captain: Lenka Adamkova
Members:
Lenka Adamkova
Bara Molova
Tomas Klinger
Sabriye
Members:
Francesca Calloni
Tiziana Tosoni
Angela Pamela Parisi
Group Leader: Maria Palacio
Choreography Captain: Stacey Lizette
Members:
Maria Palacio
James Carpenter
Paula Ransom
Judi Berry
Group Leader: Lauryn Peterson
Choreography Captain: Rachel George
Members:
Lauryn Peterson
Jillian Ricks
Group Leader: Yuting HUNG
Choreo Captain: Rachel George
Members:
Yuting HUNG
Lisa Tzu-chun CHEN
Shu-hui CHOU
Group Leader: Abby Keyes
Choreo Captain: Abby Keyes
Members:
Elise Blondel
Group Leader: Abby Keyes
Choreo Captain: Abby Keyes
Members:
Toni Galietta
Group Leader: Veronica Tobar Miranda
Choreo Captain: Abigail Keyes
Members:
Veronica Tobar Miranda
Ana Vallejos
Graciela Ponce
Andrea Ramos
Estefanía Sánchez Rodríguez
Isidora Galdames Carvacho
Antonia Leiva Alvarez
Catherine Ruiz Barraza
Natalia Claudia Salazar Escobar
Marlene Daniela Rodriguez Jaque
Group Leader: Alva Curtsdotter
Choreo Captain: Abigail Keyes
Members:
Alva Curtsdotter
Leader: Stacey Lizette
Captain: Stacey Lizette
Members:
Jennifer Kleiber
Jane Brantley
Leader: Abby
Captain: Abby
Members:
Alva Curtsdotter
Leader & Captain:
Rachel George
Members:
Neshma Fairuz Barrera Karam
Angelique
Members:
Viktoria Gorchakova
Galina Gorlova
Leader & Captain:
Yvonne
Members:
Brandice Bryant
Yvonne
Members:
Carol Hurley
Conny Castoreno
Yvonne
Members:
Mariana Zumaran
Andrea Lucar
Janelle
Members:
Maritza Andrea Navarro Figueroa
Jessica Mella
Cristina Alejandra Pinto Figueroa
Janelle
Members:
Kristine Domino
Sabriye
Members:
Barbara Giannantoni
Sabriye
Members:
Donatella Zocchi
Suhaila Dance Company
The Suhaila Dance Company has been at the forefront of classical, contemporary, and fusion belly dance since its founding in 1996. Under the direction of acclaimed and groundbreaking choreographer and master instructor Suhaila Salimpour, the company performs classic and contemporary works by Salimpour herself, including the critically-acclaimed Sheherezade and her newest body of work, Enta Omri. SDC has performed throughout the United States and Europe, including multiple times at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. They have also appeared on multiple performance DVDs, including the Fitness Fusion series produced by Goldhill Entertainment, as well as on the documentary American Bellydancer.
The company includes some of the most highly trained belly dancers in the world; all company members hold a Level 3 certification or higher in the Suhaila Salimpour format. They also perform with Bal Anat, the folkloric and fantasy belly dance troupe begun by Jamila Salimpour in 1968 and under the direction of Suhaila Salimpour since 1999.
