Be A Queen
Move Like A Goddess
Dance Like A Diva

Experience the Jihan Jamal Method of  "Raks Baladi" (Egyptian Dances)
Artistry   *   Tradition 
 *   Expertise   *   Elegance   *  Esteem

"Nothing is more revealing than movement."  ~   Martha Graham

Jihan Jamal

Photo credits - Carolina Morales, Miami, FL- Copyright 2011, Courtesy of Jihan Jamal Archives

* Jihan's teachers have been the SUPERSTARS OF EGYPT , THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE USA
* Jihan is proud to state that some of her students have become THE SUPERSTARS of AMERICA!
* Jihan wants to teach you THE TRUE, ELEGANT AND FINE ART OF BELLYDANCE!

EXPERIENCE MY IRON-FIST TEACHING METHOD OF STRUCTURED, NO NONSENSE DANCE AND CORPORAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, AND CULTURALLY ENRICHING, FUN CLASSES & WORKSHOPS!


REGISTER FOR MY CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND SPONSORED EVENTS,  AND LEARN TO EXCEL IN YOUR DANCE, ASSERT YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE, AND  DEVELOP YOUR STAGE PRESENCE!

WELCOME!

                                                 Extreme Bellydance 2012 begins Monday, January 9, 2012 - 7PM to 8PM at www.shakeshakeit.net

 



Photo credits Sacha Nairobi ©2009, Miami, FL
 Courtesy of Yallah Magazine

Jihan Jamal
ADORA World Dance Productions
P. O. Box 831894, Miami, FL 33283-1894
Telephone: 305-342-5458

CONTRIBUTING WRITER,
www.yallahmagazine.com

RAKS BALADI COLUMN BY JIHAN JAMAL



Tradition, Culture and Sensuality
"SEX AND THE BELLYDANCER. Part II
"
IN THE FEBRUARY  ISSUE  OF YALLAH



E-mail:
JihanJamal@aol.com
Facebook:  JihanJamal
Twitter: Basboussa628
Skype: jihan.jamal

 

My biography and Mission Statement

Review by PAT TAYLOR, Austin, Texas

Links to other interesting sites


News & Events 2011


NEW CLASSES START MONDAYS, BEGINNING
 
JANUARY 9, 2012
"EXTREME BELLYDANCE 2012"
  at
 www.shakeshakeit.net 
NEW Location:
12448 SW 117th Court
Miami, FL 33186
Telephone: 305-661-6707


 
"EGYPTIAN DANCE BASICS - RHYTHM & TECHNIQUE FOR FOLK, BALADI AND BELLYDANCE

WEDNESDAYS,
beginning
JAN 11, 2012  7:00P to 8:30P Winter Classes at West Miami Middle Community School
7525 CORAL WAY,
MIAMI, FL

TELEPHONE: 305-261-8383, MON-FRI
AFTER 2PM, ask for Mrs. Mirtha Fernandez


 

JUNE 1, 2, 3, 2012


EXCEPTIONAL BELLYDANCE CLASSES WITH JIHAN JAMAL

Two Different Miami Locations:

West Miami Middle School
7525 CORAL WAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA
B.O.D.Y. EXTREME 2012
(BELLYRINA ORIENTAL DANCE & YOGA)
 

BEGINS ON JANUARY 11, 2012
 7PM to8:30PM
BEGINNER'S TO INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

 

www.shakeshakeit.net
AT "SHAKE, SHAKE IT" DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO
12448 SW 117 CT, Miami, FL
Telephone: 305-661-6707

Let's Shake The Room with
"BELLYDANCE EXTREME"


 ONLY $60.00/PERSON
WALK-INS, $12 PER CLASS

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED LEVELS
 


"WOMEN OF THE SILK VEIL" (WOSV)
MIDEASTERN DANCE ARTS & CULTURE CLUB
SINCE OCTOBER 2010

OUR NEXT WOSV EVENT:



FEBRUARY 2012 DATE - TBA

FOUNDER - JIHAN JAMAL
CO-Director - HINDY HAYMOUR
CONSULTANT - SANDRA VILLAMAN

 

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JIHAN JAMAL  2012 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TBA
 




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EXCEPTIONAL DANCE DEVELOPMENT
CLASS SERIES:

B.O.D.Y. RAKS EXTREME 2012
 (BELLYRINA ORIENTAL DANCE & YOGA)
by
Jihan Jamal

 



 

WEST MIAMI BELLYRINA ORIENTAL DANCE STUDENT BODY!
Community School auditorium stage.

Photo credit: Mr. Alberto Diaz, Vice Principal - Copyright 2010

APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE TO A DEDICATED AND TALENTED GROUP!
(L TO R, kneeling: MAGGIE, CHRISTINA, NATASHA; L to R, Standing: NIKKI, BANAT, BETTY ILEANA, MARJORIE HELENA, JIHAN, SONIA, MARTA, MARIA, PATTY, RITA, ANGIE and ISABEL)


FEBRUARY 2012 STUDENT RECITAL

WEDNESDAYS,
 7:00 TO 8:30PM -  

Classes -  Bellydance BEGINNER TO
INTERMEDIATE LEVELS BELLYDANCE & DANCE DEVELOPMENT.
 You will need finger cymbals and veils. Jihan will have items available for purchase, in class.

 

 


 


Basboussa's Boutique
& Unique Design

 

 

Featuring specialty Items From Egypt, Arabian Gulf regions, Czech Republic, India and Thailand!

Arabic Classical, Pop and Bellydance Music CD's

MADE TO ORDER "Veiled by Basboussa Designs" One of a kind and Custom Made Veils, Scarves with Basboussa's personal touch and logo, in fine polyester chiffon, crystal chiffon, hand died silk and silk chiffon.
Click here to enter!


 

 

 

Please inquire at 305-342-5458

Basboussa (Jihan), sporting her new line of Fashionable Hegab (Scarf) wraps
AT THE STEPS OF THE CAIRO MUSEUM

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Complimentary Dance, Music, Arts & Yoga
Electronic Newsletter ~ Weekly

SAMPLE Sunday Morning Over Coffee - January 10, 2010

click below to read
Request via
email or click here to view


 


Visionary Steps ...

THROUGH DANCE AND THE ARTS WE LEARN ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS ~ HISTORICAL EVENTS INFLUENCE THE ARTS

"Everything is Possible"
                             ~ Jihan Jamal

 

 

*****
 

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."

~ Jallaladin Rumi, Sufi Saint & Poet

 

*****

 

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.    


 Life is 10% what happens to you
and 90% how you respond to it.


                              ~ Fortune Cookie Wisdom

*****

 


 

 

 

Classes and Workshops

Egyptian Master Class Series 2011

 

With International Dance Master and Instructor


Jihan Jamal

Classic Elegance in the Fine Art of Oriental DanceTM
Dancer/ Teacher / Choreographer
Egyptian Folk, Baladi, Oriental & Interpretive Dance

 

A Member of the Florida Dance Association Since 1994


Founder and Director of Five

Dance companies:

The Jamal Dancers (1992)
Banat Msereyia (1994)


Presently, since 1997:
The
Jihan Jamal Egyptian Dance Theatre
Bellyrina Student Dance Theatre (2004)
and
Bellyrina Raks Extreme, 2010
 

Founder & Owner:
ADORA World Dance Productions

Titles and Awards:
2000 Best Instructor of The Year~Zaghareet Magazine

by popular vote

First Miamian crowned winner to receive the title
of the Magana Baptiste
"Miss America of the Bellydance"
1987 - San Francisco, CA

 

Producer of dance series highlights:


"Then & Now"
A Hundred Years of  Bellydance
In the United States of America (1993)
A Showcase of 29 Performers


"The Dancer & The Drummer" (1994)
in Collaboration with the late percussionist
extraordinaire, Mr. Fathi Bilalgia (Tunisia)
In present collaboration with
Mr. Fadel Nemmer (since 2004)


"UNVEIL THE WOMAN"
MORE THAN A DANCE EXPERIENCE
(1994 - 2004)
Dance Theatre & Creative Workshop Series
For Women Only




"Dances of the Awalem"
(1997 - 2002)

 

"Khul-Khal" (Anklet) (1998)
Starring Cassandra & featuring Jamila Al Wahid



B.O.D.A.
(2005)
(Bellyrina Oriental Dance Academy)

 

"The Dancer & The U'dist" (2008)
In Collaboration with Moroccan born
Music Ethnologist & Composer
Mr. Mostafa Mekki

 

"EXTREME BALADI"
WORKSHOP SERIES 2009, 2010

 

B.O.D.Y.   2009!
(Bellyrina Oriental Dance and Yoga)

 

B.O.D.Y. RAKS EXTREME- January 2010!
(Bellyrina Oriental Dance and Yoga)

and

Jihan Jamal's BELLYRINA ORIENTAL DANCE THEATRE

Bellyrina Oriental Dance Theatre member, Carolina Morales

 

SEPTEMBER 2010 ~ CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY & WORKSHOP SERIES:
"A CUBAN IN CAIRO"

 

Founder, October 2010
"WOMEN OF THE SILK VEILS MID EASTERN DANCE ARTS, CULTURE & BOOK CLUB"

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE INFORMATION FOR OUR MONTHLY CLUB MEETING &  EVENTS UNDER
"NEWS & EVENTS"

 

A MEMBER OF M.E.A.P.A. (FEBRUARY 2011)
MIDDLE EASTERN - AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

 

Weekly Classes

JIHAN'S  TEACHERS HAVE BEEN THE SUPERSTARS OF EGYPT , THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE USA

JIHAN IS PROUD TO STATE THAT SOME OF HER STUDENTS HAVE BECOME THE SUPERSTARS of AMERICAN YOU KNOW, TODAY!

JIHAN WANTS YOU TO TEACH YOU THE TRUE, ELEGANT AND FINE ART OF RAKS BALADI - BELLYDANCE!

WELCOME TO MY GRIDIRON METHOD OF TEACHING!

COME TO CLASS TO EXCEL!

WELCOME!

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MONDAYS, 7PM TO 8PM
 

"EXTREME BELLYDANCE 2012"
 WITH TRADITIONAL ICON AND INTERNATIONAL DANCE MASTER
JIHAN JAMAL

AT "SHAKE, SHAKE IT" DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO
TELEPHONE: 305-661-6707, FOR DETAILS & FEES

www.shakeshakeit.net

 

B.O.D.Y. (Bellyrina Oriental Dance & Yoga
by Jihan at West Miami Middle School
7525 Coral Way - Miami, FL
Telephone 305-261-8383 
(Call MON - FRI after 2PM - Ask for Mrs. Fernandez)

               WINTER SEMESTER
     at West Miami Middle School
                    
                              7PM to 8:30PM

WEDNESDAYS, 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM
 
B.O.D.Y. RAKS EXTREME by Jihan  (BELLYRINA ORIENTAL DANCE & YOGA) Bellydance  BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE Bellydance, Baladi & Folk technique, body conditioning, basic choreography;  finger cymbals, veil work AND CHOREOGRAPHY.

Veils and finger cymbals are a requirement for Jihan's classes. Purchase dance accessories & instruments in class & Receive 5% discount with paid tuition!

CLASS SYLLABUS:
B.O.D.Y. RAKS EXTREME
Conditioning: Warm up, stretches, resistance, Yoga & warm-down, combined with dancer preparation Bellydance Techniques. Beneficial to all levels of dance students, from beginner to performance! Stylize your body for proper alignment, balance, strength and endurance (stamina) for class and performance stage.

You will learn basic and intermediate Bellydance technique, Egyptian rhythms, how and when to play finger cymbals, and how to dance with veils and a group choreography. Class will also cover stage presence, staging a dance, and stage makeup, in preparation for the school's recitals.

During this semester, Jihan will offer the opportunity to have a live drummer in class, for a small extra fee for each student. In the tradition of the Middle East, everyone needs to learn to dance to live percussion!

We offer the opportunity to perform at our two annual school recitals - Spring and Winter.

December 2011 will be our 13th annual Holiday Recital! We'd love for you to be part of our West Miami tradition!

 


What is B.O.D.Y. ?

 

Photo credits Sacha Hidalgo © 2009
Courtesy Yallah Magazine
 

 B.O.D.Y.  (Bellyrina Oriental Dance & Yoga
is Jihan's newly enhanced method of teaching dance as both an art form and fitness program for all students, from beginner's to performance and competition levels.

Jihan blends the benefits of Yoga Asanas, isometric exercises, floor barre and classical dancer's stretches, in her "warm-up and warm-down" segments, at the  beginning end of each dance class.

"While developing my personal fitness program for ultimate levels of fitness, stamina and performance refinement and discipline, I have been working on enhancing the Jamal Method of teaching Arabic dance arts, while always emphasizing classical corporal dance discipline and technique, as well as creative movement and development -Empowering myself through Yoga and dance movement, thus conditioning spirit, mind and body collaboration and correlation, in dealing with everyday life experiences. I want to share with you the positive results of the YES I CAN attitude in life. I want to share my journey with you, my student.



CLASS SYLLABUS:
B.O.D.Y. RAKS EXTREME

Classes - RAKS HARD BODY - Conditioning: Warm up, stretches, resistance, Yoga & warm-down, combined with dancer preparation Bellydance Techniques. Beneficial to all levels of dance students, from beginner to performance! Stylize your body for proper alignment, balance, strength and endurance (stamina) for class and performance stage. Please wear proper attire to descend to floor; Bring Yoga matt or beach towel; Pilates exercise bands if you have your own. Some available for class use.



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Veils and finger cymbals are a requirement in Jihan's classes.

Purchase dance accessories & instruments in class & Receive 5% discount with paid tuition!

Also receive discounts on other items, such as hip sashes & scarves and music CD's

contact Jihan for details:
305-342-5458

Be prepared to "Raks the Kasbah" with Basboussa's Boutique & Design Gifts!

 

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Photo Gallery: Jihan,  Cairo, Egypt and Prague, Czech Republic

 

The Jamal Dancers - Banat Mesreyia

 

Siham Alshaier and Jihan Jamal

Khalegee (Arabian Gulf Dance) - The Jamal Dancers

 

 

The Jihan Jamal Egyptian Dance Theatre in "Raks Ibrahim". October 8, 2005
Photo by:
Denise Marino - Copyright 2005

 

"Theatre is a verb
 before it is a noun,
An act before it is a place."
                                        ~ Martha Graham

 

Jihan teaching men's theatrical Dabke class at the Santa Fe Summer Dance Institute, Gainesville, FL


A salute to the courage and determination
of the people of
The Arab Republic of Egypt!

"In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed ... It means facing a system that does not lend its self to your needs and devising means by which you change that system." 

  • Ella Josephine Baker, American Civil Rights Activist

 

 

 

 

Updated January 07, 2012

 

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