Tamalyn Dallal

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, helps us appreciate and love Egyptian, Turkish and Levantine music and culture.


December Online Classes/In Person Classes and Workshops

Monday Classes

US$30.00

Monday Classes

US$30.00

Mondays, 7:30-8:30am CST
"Golden Age of Egypt" Favorite artists: Umm Khulthum and Mohammed Abdel Wahab
We will dance to songs by these great artists, learn about them, and experience their music from the Golden Age and how these songs are still relevant today.
2 classes, December 4 and 11, $30

Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm CST
Choreography to "Miserlou"  
This timeless song was written for an Egyptian singer, but soon became a Greek hit. There will be optional finger cymbals.  
2 classes, December 5-12
$35

Thursdays, 12 Noon -1pm CST
"Golden Age of Egypt" Favorite artists: Abdel Halim Hafez and Farid El Atrache 
We will dance to songs by these great artists, learn about them, and experience their music from the Golden Age and how these songs are still relevant today.
2 Thursdays, Dec. 7 and 14
$30

Tamalyn will offer these special workshops from December 1- Jan. 1 on Google Drive...Treat yourself or treat a friend as a gift.  
"Scheherezad (Shahrazad)"
The story from 1001 Nights/ The classical music, by Rimsky Korsakov
We will dance to, learn about, and have special exercises to a variety of fascinating versions

"Bolero, from Cuba, Across the Globe"
It's a rhythm, a type of romantic music, a style of dance, and it fits beautifully into bellydance/Middle Eastern music. We will also dance to "Ravel's Bolero" Explorations of Bolero in bellydance

"Gnossienne" Remembering Eric Satie 
Gnossienne has captured the imagination of musicians in the Middle East, and it is inspirational for us to dance to. Learn what you can do with this beautiful music.

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. 

In Person Classes in New Orleans

East Bank (Bywater)

Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm
Bellydance Basics and Beyond
For all levels. Ongoing
$60 per month or $20 drop in.
10 classes, used within 10 wk., $120
At: "The Movement Collective"
3921 St. Claude Ave, (Bywater)
New Orleans

West Bank (Algiers Point)

Thursdays, 7-8pm, 8 week "Bellydance Basics" course , November 30 - January 13.

$120 (Scholarships available)

The Mind Body Collective,  627 Opelousas Ave., New Orleans (Algiers Point in the West Bank)

Please register in advance.

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"

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