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!
 

Check out Penny Hahn's profile essays "Legends of the Dance: Rhea" and "Meet the Divas: 'Just try it' guides the daring Melina" in the latest issue of Ancient Art Studios "Ancient News."

July 15 - August 2:  Melina's Cirque Passion Circus Tent to go up along the Hudson River in collaboration with Amazing Grace Circus of Nyack, NY.  Circus camps, family circus shows featuring Amazing Grace Staff and Cirque Passion co-founders Melina and Sacha Pavlata.

Weeklong workshop with Melina at KRIPALU - "Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart:  Belly Dance as Self-Empowerment."  Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health August 9 - 14, 2009.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7
RAQ ON Dance! Presents Melina workshops in
Enfield, New Hampshire - Melina's Magic Medley of Greco-Turkish Gypsy-Flamenco Fusion Combos AND Melina's Secrets of Floorwork and Prop Balancing.  Details at www.raq-on.net.
 

Recently...

Melina and Rhea in Singapore
Also featured 6th generation Czech circus star Sacha Pavlata with Melina on Trapeze
Victoria Theatre Show on April 30th, 2009.
Seminars May 1 - 4, 2009
www.goddessmotion.com

PiperMethod Technique Levels I & II Workshops in Massachusetts!   Daughters of Rhea co-founder Piper Hunt, PhD came to Ancient Art Studios on May 16, 2009.  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.

 Photo of Piper in power red. Please visit the PiperMethod website and search for the PiperMethod channel on YouTube.

Melina's latest essay "A Hippie Conception" published  the Gilded Serpent.

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

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.

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Piper performs Fatamorgana

Public Radio Archives:  Listen to Melina's essay on the economics of belly dance on NPR's MARKETPLACE
 

Melina sending out the Love
at Goddess Motion Concert in Singapore

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS:  Melina's 2009 Belly Dance Classes of all levels in Newton, MA resume in September 2009.

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.



5.07.00 Piper wins
Belly Dancer of the Year 2000!

Photos of Melina by Cristina Pujol

Masters of Belly Dance, renowned for their expert dance artistry, prop balancing, creativity, beauty, humor, dynamism and professionalism, the Daughters of Rhea raise the art of belly dance to new heights. 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  consummate professionals: gorgeous, highly skilled practitioners of the dance, friendly and "outrageously entertaining.""

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

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.

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

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

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

Visit Melina's Cirque Passion YouTube Channel.

Visit Piper's Daughters of Rhea YouTube Channel

Catch Melina's Cirque Passion montage on YouTube.