Globetrotting Middle Eastern dance pioneer Suhaila Salimpour is the founder of Suhaila Productions, an online dance studio. Salimpour was classically trained in several forms of dance at an early age, including tap, jazz and ballet. She later incorporated Middle Eastern dance into her classical training and began to teach her new style all over the United States and Europe. Suhaila Productions makes instruction and performance videos for all dance levels and fully orchestrated Middle Eastern dance musicals. Recently, the company finalized the first certification program ever in Middle Eastern dance, which includes five levels of books and a DVD series.