Welcome! (In Egypt, they say "Ahlan Wasahlan.")
Tamalyn Dallal has dedicated her life to Raqs Sharqi (AKA “Bellydance.”) She dances it as a daily practice for health, healing, exercise and relaxation. This dance is a “miracle dance” that reduces stress and helps us appreciate and love Egyptian, Turkish and Levantine music and culture.
ONLINE CLASSES - December, 2024
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Monday Morning Online Class
Monday Morning Online Class
Mondays, 7:30-8:30am CST, Dec. 2-16
"Jazzy Bellydance" (3 weeks)
7:30-8:30 am, CST.... Dec. 2-16 This class will use Tamalyn's earthy style and compare the histories and structures of both musical forms (Jazz was born in New Orleans, where Ms. Dallal lives). Fascinating music, history and a great way to start your Monday mornings.
Classes are also recorded on Zoom and Google Drive. You can choose which way you would like to recieve them.
Choreography to "Set El Hosen"
December 5-26 (3 classes), 7-8pm CST
This will be Tamalyn's 49th online choreography since the Pandemic began. She will teach a fun drum solo. Then, in January, she will teach a choreography to the romantic bolero "Ana Fil Hob." That will be #50. After that, she will take a break from teaching choreographies and delve into other topics, but people will always have the opportunity to purchase each choreography,, which cover so many songs that we know and love. (A list will be provided soon.)
This drum solo choreography will have lots of shimmies, accents, rhythm changes, etc.
Take the class online, dance with the Zoom replay or request a Google Drive video.
Thursday Noon Classes
Thursday Noon Classes
Thursdays, 12 Noon -1pm CST
"Structured Improvisation"
Noon-1pm CST.... Dec. 5-19 (3 classes)
Raqs Sharqi is traditionally improvisational. But also traditionally a social dance. In recent decades, there has been a need to add more structure; sometimes choreography, but other times we need to keep spontaneity, which is so inherent in the dance. In this three week class, we will learn ways to create structured improvisations.
All classes can also be taken as Zoom recordings, which stay online for 8 weeks or you can request them on Google Drive.
2 classes per week
2 classes per week
(please specify which classes: Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday)
3 Classes Per week
TEACHER'S TRAINING Holiday Workshop
TEACHER'S TRAINING Holiday Workshop
Special 2 hour workshop video "Teacher's Training by Tamalyn Dallal" available in December 1st (Google Drive video). This is a great way to refresh teaching skills or get ideas if you are planning to start teaching.
2024 Favorites
2024 Favorites
Double Veils (Recorded August 2024,) and Finger Cymbals (Recorded in January 2024) were two all time favorite online classes of 2024.
They are available for $50 each 4 class series, on Google Drive.
Please specify which class you would like to order.
This series covers Tamalyn's clear and concise approach to basic bellydance movement. In every dance form it is important to have a good base. This class is appropriate for beginners as well as dancers who want to review and polish the basics.
Weekend Workshop Intensive... Live in New Orleans!
This three day intensive workshop will be June 6-7-8, 2025, from 10am to 5pm daily with an hour break for lunch. There will be guest teachers for an hour each day to teach about Afro Louisiana culture, dance and music.
The weekend will include technique, culture, dance philosophy, and much more. Tamalyn will teach 10am-1pm, break for lunch and resume at 2pm daily for an experiential workshop by a different local New Orleans culture bearer each day, each with something unique to share. From 3-5, Tamalyn will continue with raqs sharqi.
We will experience optional evenings of New Orleans cuisine, jazz, and other events that will be happening in town. Come, ready to immerse yourself in two worlds; Raqs Sharqi and the unique world that is New Orleans, as well as a Saturday evening pot luck dinner at Tamalyn's home where we will perform for one another (and any friend or partner who may be traveling with you). This will be a supportive atmosphere for all.
Tamalyn Dallal’s 48 year raqs sharqi (bellydance) career has taken her around the world to perform and teach in over 40 countries. She founded the Mid Eastern Dance Exchange, a non profit dance school and performing company in Miami Beach, Florida, which she directed for 16 years. She then spent part of each year, for 12 years in a teaching residency in the Aixis studio in Shanghai, China, as well as touring China and other parts of Asia.
Also a writer, Ms. Dallal has authored four books, a screenplay and filmed three documentaries. Her knowledge and creativity run deep.
$300 if registered by April 1st. After April 1st, $350.
Bywater, New Orleans
Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm
Bellydance Basics and Beyond
For all levels. Ongoing
$60 for 4 classes or $20 drop in.
10 classes, used within 10 wk., $120
Pay via Paypal to tamalyndallal@yahoo.com, Venmo Tamalyn-Harris or in person via cash.
At: "The Movement Collective"
3921 St. Claude Ave, (Bywater)
New Orleans
Multiple Online Classes on the Datura Online site
Instructional: "Hands and Arms," "The Gravitational Pull of the Earth," "Isolations, Integration and Layers," "Complex Hip Movements, Relaxed" and "Layered Shimmies"
Documentaries "Zanzibar Dance, Trance and Devotion, "Ethiopia Dances for Joy," and 40 Days and 1001 Nights"
https://daturaonline.com/authors/tamalyn-dallal