BAL ANAT
Jamila & Suhaila Salimpour's
​legendary belly dance show

Sunday April 8th, 2018, 7.30pm
Centre Culturel d'Auderghem, Brussels

The iconic bellydance show created by Jamila Salimpour and revisited by her daughter Suhaila. Over 50 dancers on stage for a show full of colours, accessories, rhythm and surprises! 
Ticket prices: full price: 35€ / reduced price: 25€
Reduced price available for students (under 26), seniors (over 60) and jobseekers. 
Groups of 10 people or more: 25€/person 
Group bookings can only be made over the phone or by email ([email protected])

​Numbered seating                                                 Facebook Event


​About the show
Bal Anat—the longest-running belly dance company in the world—will present an evening of traditional, folkloric, and fantasy belly dance, celebrating 50 years. The groundbreaking and globally-influential company was created in 1968 by Jamila Salimpour, who drew from her experience as a performer with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Under the direction of master choreographer and dancer Suhaila Salimpour, the evening’s performance will include dance tableaux from the Middle East, North Africa, the Anatolian Peninsula, and Persia. The company includes more than fifty performers, hailing from across the United States, Taiwan, Chile, Russia and Europe.

About the troupe
Originally created in 1968 for the spectacle and wonder of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Northern California, Bal Anat is now the longest-running concert-length belly dance show in the world. Founded by belly dance innovator, Jamila Salimpour, as a truly unique and exciting entertainment experience, the company is name for “Bal,” the French word for a dance gathering, and “Anat,” an ancient Mesopotamian mother goddess: Dance of the Mother Goddess

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​This performance is sponsored and hosted by Maëlle, the Salimpour School’s ambassador in Brussels, who will be on stage with her troupe.
To learn more about the Salimpour School of Dance:  www.salimpourschool.com
About the director
Suhaila Salimpour is a highly-acclaimed belly dance performer, teacher, and choreographer. As a teenager, she began integrating the Middle Eastern dance passed on to her from her mother, Jamila Salimpour, with her own extensive training in ballet, jazz, tap, and American street styles. After working as a professional belly dance performer in the Middle East for over 10 years, she established her school and certification program in the United States in the late 1990s. She has choreographed hundreds of dances, from the classic to the avant garde, and was nominated for an Isadora Duncan award for solo performance in 2005. Her methods and approach to teaching belly dance is a true artistic breakthrough: a revolutionary technique that has elevated belly dance practice and performance. Her technique and methods are now used by dancers in all stylizations, and the Salimpour School is one of the most respected and influential schools of belly dance in the world.

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Location

Centre Culturel d'Auderghem (Auditorium)
Boulevard du Souverain 183
1160 Brussels (Belgium)

Car: free car park behind the building (Rue Idiers 14)
Metro: Hermann Debroux or Demey stop (line 5)
Tramway: Auderghem shopping stop (line 94)
Bus: Souverain or Chaussée de Wavre stops (bus 34 or 42)

Contact Us

Organizer: Maëlle Danse ASBL

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