Melina of Daughters of Rhea in Circus Flora.
Photo by Jim Powers.

“Women in Melina’s classes
will embrace a new physicality that combats forces of depression and releases unadulterated joy!” 

--Nassim Assefi, MD.
 

Melina's regular Boston-area classes will start up again in September 2008.  Please email Melina if you would like to be notified when pre-registration begins.

STUDENTS: Visit Melina's "Tips from the Hip" (TM) Blog for her latest class information and info

Spring/Summer 2008: Melina is embarking on a 6-month worldwide touring schedule in Athens, Greece and Singapore with Cirque Passion and Daughters of Rhea, St. Louis and Nantucket with Circus Flora. She will teach special workshops at the Center of Creative Arts in St Louis and at Kripalu Institute in the Berkshires for the Sacred Pulse Music Festival.  Her tour culminates at her family's BellyPalooza Festival in Baltimore. 

View details of Melina's UPCOMING SPECIAL WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES.  You can catch her in action in the U.S. over the summer in St Louis, Nantucket, the Berkshires and Baltimore.

Melina's next 6-week session in Newton begins in September and the schedule will be as follows:

Starting in September 2008,
Melina's Regular Wednesday
and Thursday Night classes are held at
The Women's Club
72 Columbus Street
Newton Highlands, MA 02461
For More Info Call the Boston Daughters of Rhea
Dance Studio: 781 209 0950

or email Melina

 

Wednesday night classes:

Level 2 - Beyond Beginners - 6:10 p.m.
Level 4 - Intermediate - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Night Classes:

Level 1 - Beginners - 6:10 p.m.
Level 3 - Advanced Beginners - 7:30 p.m.

DIRECTIONS TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB IN NEWTON HIGHLANDS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT CLASSES

MELINA TO TEACH & PERFORM IN SINGAPORE
April 29, 2008: Victoria Theatre Performance
May 1 - 4: Seminars

When she is not on tour, Melina teaches belly dance classes in her trademark Greco-Turkish - Vintage Oriental - Bohemian Gypsy style at the Women's Club in Newton Highlands on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. DROP INTO CLASS FOR $17 or BUY A CLASS PACKAGE UP FRONT FOR $15/CLASS.

Visit Melina's Blog for the latest class information
 

Melina conducts special-topic seminars at studios, spiritual retreats and art institutes around the world.  Topics include but are not limited to:

Hips, Hands, Heart: Technique and Telling a Story with Belly Dance
Belly Dance through the Chakras
The Art of Prop Balancing: Swords and Trays
"Vintage Oriental" Floorwork
Graceful Hands and Arms
Fast Gypsy Combos & Funky Fusion
Leaps, Spins and Turns
Dramatic Circular Veil Work
Creative Zills
Introduction to the Ancient Art of Belly Dance: Basics and Beyond
How to Move your Hips a Million Ways
Melina's Choreographies and Combos including

Cleopatra's Frenzy
Aliki
Egyptian Disco
Balkan Beat Box
Omar's Delight
Walk like an Egyptian
Pho Pharonic

Piper, Melina, Rhea and The Daughters of Rhea Ensemble
in "Belly Dance Magic" performance at the Baltimore Museum of Art

DIRECTIONS TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB IN NEWTON HIGHLANDS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT CLASSES

Experience the ancient art of oriental dance with Melina of Daughters of Rhea, a second-generation belly dance artist who grew up dancing professionally in the tavernas of Plaka in the ancient city of Athens, Greece at the hip of her mother, belly dance pioneer Rhea of Greece.  Melina will help you express your best belly dance self in a welcoming, accessible and friendly atmosphere of fun while emphasizing technical precision. Melina's inspiring and creative classes are a great work out -- energizing for body and spirit.  Melina carefully breaks down and articulates complicated movements to maximize students' comfort as they get to know a new dance vocabulary.  

Melina's exciting Greco-Turkish, Vintage Oriental Style will help spice up your dance and quicken your pulse!

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