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Morocco

July 5, 2023/

Habibi: Vol. 2, No. 2 (1975) In 1945, survival was the daily topic at the dinner table of the Takorian...

Hyganoosh

July 5, 2023/

Habibi: Vol. 1, No. 2 (1974) After World War II, Los Angeles was a city in which apartments were at...

Jamila

July 4, 2023/

Habibi: Vol. 2, No. 1 (1975) I was born in New York City to Sicilian-born parents, Angela and Thithiniu, and...

Institute Origins

July 3, 2023/

How the Suhaila Salimpour Institute of Online Education Began. Vonda Totten, Suhaila’s curriculum collaborator, studied long-distance with Suhaila starting in...

Choreography and Improvisation

July 3, 2023/

The Connection Jamila Salimpour often said: “Choreography should look improvised, and improvisation should look choreographed.”   Suhaila Salimpour grew up...

Salimpour Vocabulary

June 30, 2023/

The Salimpour Vocabulary also called the Jamila Vocabulary, was researched and developed by Jamila Salimpour from the 1950s through the...

Folkloric Fusion

June 30, 2023/

Created by Suhaila Salimpour Belly dance, an art form renowned for its captivating hip movements and rhythmic music, transcends mere...

The Glutes

June 30, 2023/

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

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