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The Best Free Resources from the Salimpour School

The Salimpour School offers a broad collection of free resources, available to anyone! We want to make sure that you have the tools you need to become an educated, well-rounded, and knowledgeable dancers, in both [...]

5 Ways to Earn Salimpour School CECs At Home

We’ve heard from many of you that you worried about earning the continuing education credits (CECs) to keep your certifications current. With the novel coronavirus disrupting many planned in-person workshops with Suhaila and instruction with [...]

7 Reasons to Pursue Salimpour Certification

Today, belly dance certification is everywhere. But when Suhaila began her program back in the 1990s, certification was a radical and controversial idea. Long time dancers in the field argued that belly dance is a [...]

Why the Salimpour School Welcomes All Bodies: Our Inclusion Policy

Dance is a celebration of personal expression, freedom, and connection with others. The Salimpour School is proud to welcome students from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race or [...]

5 Myths About Jamila Salimpour and Her Belly Dance Format

Of course, we're a little biased, but we think that Jamila Salimpour's format revolutionized belly dance practice, teaching, and understanding around the world. Her and her daughter's careful cataloging of steps by dancers from a [...]

Meet the Salimpour Performance Collectives!

Building Community Through Shared Goals As the Salimpour School has grown and expanded over the years, little enclaves of students have popped up all around the world. These communities had first been centered around Suhaila’s [...]