Biografia de jamila salimpour biography

Biography

Jamila Salimpour's influence on belly dance in the United States is acknowledged by both her fans and her enemies.

Jamila Salimpour: Remembering a Legend – Abigail Keyes

On one hand, she studied hard, trained many and codified what had previously been undescribed in the Occidental world. On the other hand, she introduced a wildly popular folkloric and circus aspect into her work which she never claimed was authentic but which many purists decry as misleading. However, if one takes the position that belly dance is about entertainment, and entertainers will always push the envelope, then Jamila's incorporation of exotic costuming, music and theatrics may well have saved belly dance from extinction, like the Ballet Russes saved ballet.

Jamila Jamila was a professional dancer with her own band when the first successful 'Oriental' night club opened in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, the Greek Village. This venue hired Jamila's musicians but not her, claiming that her bedlah was risque. Jamila Salimpour: Remembering a Legend – Abigail Keyes VIWAZ