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BellyPalooza

Articles about Rhea, Piper, Melina, and the Daughters of Rhea


  • Piper's classes are named one of Baltimore's "hottest workouts," Baltimore Magazine December 2007
  • Revisiting BellyPalooza, by Elaine, Gilded Serpent 8/15/07
  • Rhea of Greece: Fisty, Funny, and . . . Fearless?, by Karla'a, WAMEDA Newsletter September/October 2007
  • BELLYPALOOZA 2007, by Karla'a, WAMEDA Newsletter September/October 2007
  • BELLYPALOOZA Makes Baltimore History Last Night, by Brandon Johnson, Tribe.net 8/5/07
  • A Lot of Kids Dream of Running Away to the Circus, by Liz Richardson, Idle Ramblings 8/5/07
  • Rhea: Greek Flavor and Flair, by Rebecca Firestone, Gilded Serpent 8/1/06
  • Dancing the way to fittness, by Elizabeth A. Schuman, Baltimore Sun 8/23/06
  • Joy of the bellydance, by Dan Collins, Baltimore Examiner 8/19/06
  • Swaying hips light up stage, by Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun 7/31/06
  • Moonlight on Morocco, Ballet Theater of Maryland holds gala, by Mary Johnson, Baltimore Sun 6/16/06
  • My Day with an Inspiring Teacher, Piper Reid Hunt, PhD, by Renee Wertz, Zaghareet January 2006
  • Rhea, a life like a movie, in Greece's AnyTime, the magazine of Athens March 2005
  • BellyPalooza! Goddess Power Comes to Baltimore, by Elaine for the Gilded Serpent 10/10/04
  • Voices from the hip, Piper is featured in the September issue of Baltimore Magazine
  • My Greek Transformation: A Conservative Engineer meets the “Instigator of Revolutions,” by Barbara Grant for the Gilded Serpent 7/18/03
  • All in the family: RHEA, PIPER & MELINA, interviews by Morgana/Meg Smith, Jareeda December 2002
  • When the music pulls you in: an interview with Piper, by N. A. Miller, Urbanite May 2002
  • Belly Dancing, by Monica Williams, Boston Globe 10/3/02
  • From the Belly of a Dancer to the Stage, by Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe 2/25/02
  • Rakkasah East 2001 Report, by Zulieka, Gilded Serpent November 2001
  • Belly Dancer of the Year 2001, photos by Susie Poulelis, Gilded Serpent July 2001
  • Fire in the Belly, by Sandra Crockett, Baltimore Sun 7/29/2000
  • Belly Dancing: A Soulful Revolution, by Kimberley Ewing
  • Belly Dancer of the Year - 2000, by Susie Poulelis, Gilded Serpent June 2000
  • Belly Dancing: it's a family thing, by Adrianne Appel, Boston Glove 11/21/1999
  • Austin Meets Athens, by Sherry Smith for OPA April 1996
  • An Interview of Rhea of Greece, by Phaedra Ameerah, Gilded Serpent October 1995


Articles by Piper
  • Extension of lifespan in C. elegans by naphthoquinones that act through stress hormesis mechanisms, PLoS one, 7/13/11
  • Performing: taking it to the next level, Gilded Serpent 11/8/07
  • Arms and Attitude with Piper: Modern Arms, Zaghareet Magazine November/December 2007
  • Arms and Attitude with Piper: Anatolian Arms, Zaghareet Magazine September/October 2007
  • Arms and Attitude with Piper: Classic Lebanese Arms,Zaghareet Magazine July/August 2007
  • Arms and Attitude with Piper: Classic Egyptian Arms,Zaghareet Magazine May/June 2007
  • mVps24p functions in EGF receptor sorting/trafficking from the early endosome, Exp Cell Res. 12/1/05
  • Review: The Folk Tours Dance & Music Camp, Gilded serpent 3/6/05
  • My Vision of the Desert Archidance, Gilded Serpent 12/2/04
  • Cabaret: Is it a dirty word?, Gilded Serpent 7/5/04
  • Finding the Right Teacher, Baltimore Bellydance July 2004
  • Mosaic paternal uniparental (iso)disomy 20 associated with multiple anomalies, Am J Med Genet. 1/30/04
  • Use it or Lose it, Baltimore Bellydance January 2004
  • Increased fibronectin expression in Sturge-Weber syndrome fibroblasts and brain tissue, Pediatr Res. 3/5/03
  • Into the Belt: Tips on Tippin', Baltimore Bellydance October 2002
  • Human homolog of yeast class E protein Vps28p on human chromosome 8, Swiss-Prot 2/21/01
  • h-vps28, a human homolog of yeast class E protein Vps28p localizes to an abnormal compartment in I-cell fibroblasts, EMBL 10/6/99
  • Localization of tumor suppressor activity important in non-small cell lung carcinoma on chromosome 11q, PNAS 7/7/99
  • Deletions of 20p12 in Alagille syndrome: frequency and molecular characterization, Am J Med Genet. 5/2/97



Melina's Writings
  • The Hippie Connection: Robert Altman's 1969 In Uetero Belly Dance Portrait of ME, Gilded Serpent 8/29/08
  • Finger Cymbals, Gilded Serpent 4/17/07
  • Circle Dance, Gilded serpent 3/18/07
  • Hear Melina on NPR
  • Persephone
  • Dancing from the Belly
  • Morgana's Interview with Melina in Jareeda December 2002
  • The Little Suitcase, Brain Child Magazine
MANY more of Melina's articles can be found on her blog!


Articles by Rhea

  • Rhea's Travel to Syria, part 5 in the Gildedserpent
  • Rhea's Adventures by the Nile, part 1 in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea's Adventures by the Nile, part 2 in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea’s interview with Omar Faruk Tekbilek featured in Habibi Magazine
  • My Belly Dance Baptism, or A Tale of Armpit Hairs, in Gilded Serpent
  • Of Hips and Hippies - Rhea Recounts, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Of Dancers, Bullets, and the Men in Blue - Rhea Moves to Greece
  • Rhea's Adventures - Egyptian Dance Festival, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Flying Saucers, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea Reminisces, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea's Travel to Syria - the delusion is shattered, in the Gilded Serpent
  • A Search for the Soul in All Things, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea's Adventures! Egyptian Dance Festival - Intrigue & Chaos, in the Gilded Serpent
  • Rhea's Adventures! Mound Sinai, in the Gilded Serpent


Rhea, Piper and Melina are proud of their dance lineage as direct descendants of the Jamila Salimpour style of Belly Dance.

… by and about Jamila and Suhaila Salimpour

  • The History of Jamila Salimpour's legendary troupe, Bal Anat (with a photo of Rhea!)
  • Jamila Salimpour speaks at the International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance
  • Suhaila's Website
  • An afternoon with Suhaila, but Kajira Djoumahna

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