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, 2025
(Scroll down to register for multiple classes)
*All classes can also be taken as Zoom recordings, which stay online for 8 weeks or you can request them on Google Drive.
Mondays, 7:30-8:30am CST, December 1 to 15 (3 weeks)
$42 (On Zoom)
Dance to the long and sometimes odd rhythms. Tips on how to count them and how to recognize them, as well as where they are most commonly from, which helps with dancing to them.
Zoom replays and Google drive video links included
Tuesday Night Choreography... (Song TBA)
Tuesdays, December 2-16, 7-8pm CST USD $42 (3 classes)
The song used in this class is a special song by Josephin Okujeni entitled "Mejance." Of course, it is a mejance (show opening song), but it is unique and quite lovely. And only 3 minutes long. Take the class online on Zoom, dance with the Zoom replay or request a Google Drive video.
Thursdays, 12 Noon-1pm CST
"Dance Dynamics" ideas and techniques to make your dance sizzle and shine with exersises to preactice them.
Dec. 4-18 $42 (3 wk)
2 classes per week $75
2 classes per week $75
Please include a message with your payment regarding which two days: Mon.-Tues., Tues.-Thurs., or Mon.-Thurs.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays, $110
Give yourself or a friend the gift of dance. Each year, Tamalyn creates a special holiday workshop. This year, from December 1 through the rest of the month, you can order this workshop (as a Google Drive file that you can keep), in which we will dance to songs that have lasted through the generations, such as Miserlou (Greece), Bent el Chalabeya (Lebanon/Syria), Bir Demet Yasemen (Turkey) and more. We will compare old and new versions, learn the history and about the artists too.
1 hour 45 min., $25
Online Choreographies, 50 songs to choose from!
1 song: $50, 2 songs $90, 3 songs $130, 5 songs $175, 7 songs $210, 10 songs $250, All 50 songs $1000 (Whew!)
Pay by PayPal to Tamalyndallal@yahoo.com. All classes and workshops sent to your e mail on Google drive. Please specify the names of each choreography or class that you are ordering.
2020: (1-1/2 hr. Classes)
1.July Sahara City (Egyptian/1972, 4 classes)
2.Aug. Alf Laila wi Layla (Egyptian, 1969, 4 classes)
3.Sept. Argentine Baladi by Armen Kusikian and Fairuz (4 classes)
4..Oct. Ya Msafir Wahdak (4 classes)
5. Nov. Mashaal (4 classes)
6. Dec. Mum Dun Go- Jazzy Reggae with a New Orleans flair (3 classes)
2021 (1-1/2 hr. Classes)
7. Jan. Nostalgias (4 classes)
8. Feb. Afkari (4 classes)
March (no choreo)
9. April Fi Youm Wi Leila (4 classes)
10. May “Kopru” Turkish version of “Take 5” (4 classes)
11.June El Fan (5 classes)
12. July “7 Veils” by Nesma- (only 1 veil) (4 classes)
13. Aug. “Raqs Al Gawazee” (Oriental- not Gawazee) (2 classes)
14. Sept. “Magrebi” (Not Moroccan, it is by Ahmed Abdul Malek, American jazz artist, 1950’s (4 classes)
15. Oct. Leilat Hob (4 classes)
16. Nov. Ya Loor (5 classes)
17. Dec. Carmen in Africa (2 classes)
2022 (1-1/2 hr. Classes)
18. Jan. Fakharouni (4 classes)
19. Feb. “Asturias” by Trio Joubran (4 classes)
20. Mar. Scheherezade L’Andalous (4 classes)
21. April Taqsim Beledi (4 classes)
22. May Bint el Chalabeya (5 classes)
23. June Kahramana (2 classes)
24. July Sensiz Kahrolmustem (Turkish) (4 classes)
25. Aug. Ruzar Ve Kum (Turkish) ((5 classes)
26. Sept. “Leyla” (Egyptian Golden Age) (4 classes)
27. Oct. “It Takes Two” by Raul Ferrando (Veil) (4 classes)
28. Nov. Tahtil Shebbak (Baladi) (5 classes)
Dec. (No class)
2023 (1-1/2 hr. Classes)
29. Jan. 2 Egyptian Pop songs: El Ghazala Raya and Oud al Batal (4 weeks)
30. Feb. Shik Shak Shok (4 weeks)
31.March Nesma’t El Nil (4 weeks)
32. April Habibi Aini (4 weeks)
33. May Fakharouni (5 weeks)
June (No class)
34. July Aziza (5 weeks)
35. Aug. Bir Deme Yasimin (5 weeks)
36. Sept. Enta Ormi (4 weeks)
37. Oct. Maktub (5 weeks)
38. Nov. Ana Fi Intizarik (4 weeks)
39. Dec. Miserlou (2 weeks)
2024 Jan.-May, 1-1/2 hr classes/ July- Dec. 1 hr. classes)
40. Jan. Whatever Lola Wants (special edit- 4 classes)
41. Feb. Rohi (4 classes)
42. March Nebtidi (4 classes)
43. April Lessa Fakr (5 classes)
44. May Zeina (3 classes)
June (No class)
45. July El Fan (Spanish version, 5 classes)
46. August Warda (4 classes)
47. Sept. Wayak (4 classes)
48. Oct. Yearning (4 classes)
49. Nov. Set El Hosen (4 classes)
50. Riqq Solo (House of Tarab, 2-1/2 min. 3 classes)
Special Workshops
1-1/2 hours each (This is a collection of topics recorded from 2022-2024)
1 workshop $25, 3 workshops $60, 5 workshops $90, 7 workshops $100, 8 workshops $110
1. Veils
2. Earth and Sky
3. Dance Dynamics
4. Hands and Arms
5. Bolero
6. Scheherezade
7. Gnossienne
8. Teachers Training (2-1/2 hours)
USA
2026 workshops
2026 will celebrate Tamalyn's 50th anniversary in Bellydance year. (She began in 1976.)
New Orleans (June)
Mukilteo, WA (July)
Duluth, MN (September)
Shanghai and Fuzhou, China (Sept.-Oct.) (2026 will also celebrate the 20th anniversaries of Aixis Studio in Shanghai and 1001 Nights Studio in Fuzhou. They are currently the longest running Oriental dance studios in China.)
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/programs/zanzibar-trance-dance-and-devotion
https://daturaonline.com/programs/ethiopia-dances-for-joy-with-tamalyn-dallal
https://daturaonline.com/programs/40-days-and-1001-nights-by-tamalyn-dallal
https://daturaonline.com/authors/tamalyn-dallal
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.
* Also, Tamalyn will be touring from Sept. 16- Oct. 21, so September classes will be two week sessions (Sept. 1-11)