Welcome to Daughters of Rhea. Nestled in the shadow of the mythic Acropolis in the Plaka of Athens, Greece and with studios in Baltimore and Boston, Daughters of Rhea is an international belly dancing family that brings the ancient art of belly dance to new heights of beauty, creativity, intelligence and entertainment.

   Icon of Oriental Dance Rhea of Greece (pictured at left) and her wildly talented daughters Piper and Melina -- and granddaughter Zoë Isadora -- continue the family tradition of oriental dance at prestigious venues around the world.

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Melina, Rhea and Piper
We are Family!
Daughters of Rhea Company CoFounders
(upper left photo of Melina and Violinist Chris Woods by Scott Raffe)

Daughters of Rhea: an international, multi-generational life of dance extravaganza
CARPE BELLY-UM!
 

PiperMethod Technique Levels I, II & III Workshops in Massachusetts with Piper coming in May 2009.  Details TBA. Belly Dancer of the Year 2000 Winner and Creator of the PiperMethod School of Belly Dance Piper Hunt and her precise and comprehensive PiperMethod techniques take your dancing to the next level, guaranteed. Photo of Piper in power red. Please visit the PiperMethod website and search for the PiperMethod channel on YouTube.

Saturday January 10th 2009 - Melina in performance with John de Kadt and Steve Gorn at Kripalu in the Berkshires.

Melina's latest essay "A Hippie Conception" just published in September 2008 Gilded Serpent.

Visit Melina's "Tips from the Hip" (TM) Blog for her most-to-date class notes, music playlists and essays.

Daughters of Rhea BellyPalooza Festival is an annual summer event that is phenomenal fun with world- class Seminars and Belly Dance Magic Cirque Aerial Fusion show.  2009 Dates TBA.

If you would like to receive information about upcoming Daughters of Rhea classes, product releases and events, send Melina your cyber contact info. We'd love to hear from you.

ATHENS, GREECE: Melina in Athens, Greece 2008: Belly Dance Seminars and Show. Melina will be back in Greece in May 2009, dates TBA.

SINGAPORE: Melina  seminars and performance in Singapore:Victoria Theatre Performance April 29, 2008 Seminars May 1 - 4, 2008.  Melina will be back in Singapore teaching and performing with her mother Rhea in April/May 2009.

Friend Melina of Daughters of Rhea and Bellypalooza on Myspace.

Visit Melina's Cirque Passion YouTube Channel.

Visit Piper's Daughters of Rhea YouTube Channel

Piper performs Fatamorgana

Listen to Melina on NPR's MARKETPLACE

5.07.00 Piper wins
Belly Dancer of the Year 2000!

Daughters of Rhea and Cirque Passion's June 16th, 2007 gala benefit fundraiser for the ALS Therapy Development Institute honoring Stephen Heywood  raised over $20,000. 

Photos of Melina by Cristina Pujol

The amazing Rhea with her well-trained sword up on YouTube!  Watch a master at work! 

Catch Melina's Cirque Passion montage on YouTube.

Watch Via Streaming Video Melina's January 2007 TV performance and interview on "To The Pointe" with host Cinda Hill.

Melina at Goddess Motion Concert in Singapore

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS:  REGISTER NOW FOR Melina's 2009 Belly Dance Classes of all levels

Piper teaching at BellyPalooza

BALTIMORE: Belly Dance Classes and special workshop with Piper in Baltimore

GREECE:  Rhea's Belly Dance Classes in Athens, Greece. 

  
Rhea of Greece with her daughters Melina and Piper

 

Daughters of Rhea featured musician ALI ARSOY. Visit his website for more on his inspiring life in music.

Check out Melina's venture in life, love and circus: Cirque Passion.

Melina and Sacha Pavlata dance upside down in the air at the Baltimore Museum of Art

We live to dance
and we dance to live. 
...and we try to have fun in the process.

Melina's elegant floorwork

Melina's Performance Schedule
in Boston & Beyond.

Piper's Performance Schedule
in Baltimore & Beyond

Rhea's Performance Schedule
in Athens, Greece & Beyond

BOOK A 5 STAR DAUGHTERS OF RHEA BELLY DANCER TO MAKE YOUR EVENT A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS!

"From the Four Seasons Hotel to Boston's Wang Center, from the Ritz Carlton to the Taipei Arena, from the European-style Circus Ring to the Baltimore Museum of Art theatre stage, the Daughters of Rhea belly dancers are gorgeous, friendly and "outrageously entertaining.""

Melina, Sara & Soraya Nahzlu
Daughters of Rhea Boston
Photo by A. Legge

Masters of the Vintage Oriental Belly Dance style and renowned for their prop balancing, dance artistry, beauty, humor, dynamism and professionalism, the Daughters of Rhea raise the art of belly dance to new heights. 

The amazing Rhea with her sword up on YouTube!  Watch a master at work!

Piper and Melina's Flamenco Fusion Duet
Photo by A. Perna courtesy of the Baltimore Sun.

View new clips of Melina 's World-Class Belly Dancing in Athens on YouTube!  Watch her ONE OF A KIND sword and dagger act!

If you would like to receive information about upcoming Daughters of Rhea classes and events, send Melina your contact info. We'd love to hear from you.
 

Portrait of Melina's Daughters of Rhea Belly Dance and Music Ensemble by Andrea Legge