Poetic Testimonial
“Women in Melina’s classes will embrace a new physicality that combats forces of depression and releases unadulterated joy!”
--Nassim Assefi, M.D.
Melina at Roxy Gala Bash
The Wild Belly Dance Pants Look
Melina in her Leopard Print
Baltimore Museum of Art Performance
Melina's Wonderful Daughters of Rhea at Moody Street Circus Students1
Empowering Spirits through a Community of Wild Hips! Photo by Mark Curelop.
Bringing back Rhea's 1970s Drum Dance from Nar el Nisaa
Sirens of Belly Dance
Melina and Daughter Zoe hanging out on Ancient Greek Columns
Our favorite place...Philapappou Hill in Athens
Flying Wallenda's 7-Person Pyramid
Melina's Husband Sacha is 3rd Man on Bottom! Circus Flic Flac performances in Kassel, Germany December - January 2015
Melina with amazing students in Singapore
See you in April/May 2009!
Daughters of Rhea Company Founders Melina and Piper
We dance to live and we live to dance. Let's shake things up!
Zoe the dancing Sprite - 3rd generation belly dancer!
Silver Wings at Ancient Art Studios
Melina, age 11: Wild Gypsy in Training
Melina Belly Dancing while Mama Rhea looks on at the Kalokairinos Taverna in the Plaka, Athens, Greece
Melina, Rhea & Piper. The power of the Matrilinear Line...
Belly Dancing Families UNITE!
Melina, Rhea & Piper
Hasapiko Greek Folk Dance Family
Melina in Singapore Performance
Sending out the Love....
Belly Dance Recital
Melina and students dancing it up
About Me
- Melina of Daughters of Rhea
- Here for love and enjoyment of movement, following intuition and celebrating life. Through belly dance, we tune into the energies of the cosmos and flow energy: Circles, spirals, waves, ripples. Follow your curiosity & trust your instincts! Stand in your knowing, your power & your authority. Every choice can be a gateway to more love and harmony! You are brave and wise.
Aerial Artistry
Dancing Upsidedown - Melina's Belly Dance Aerial Fusion
Classic Shot of Melina's Mama Rhea
Rhea of Greece
Melina and Zoe Isadora in Circus Flora
Carrying on the Family Traditions....
Melina's Sword/Dagger Dance in Cirque Passion
Taking a classic prop to new heights
Zoe Isadora, Melina's Circus Kid
Upsidedown is a way of life for us...
Melina and Sacha in Singapore
Post-Performance Poses
Melina and Sacha's Trapeze Duet
Cirque Passion in the Air
Melina (far right) as a Flying Wallenda Lady in New Zealand
I'm just a Platform Wallenda...You won't catch me out on the wire...
Melina's Backbend with Tray
Channeling her Inner Snake
Melina and Sacha's Trapeze Duet
Romance in the Air
Clowning around since childhood...
Melina, age 8, atop Gypsy's shoulders in Pickle Family Circus
Sacha Pavlata
Melina's Brave Husband in Korean High Wire Championships - crossing the Hangang River on a 1 km wire!
Another view of Sacha on the wire
River Crossing by High Wire....
Flying Wallendas Breathtaking 7-Person Pyramid on the High Wire
From left, Melina's husband Sacha Pavlata is second man on the bottom.
Snakecharmer Dad Phil
Melina's Dad who she roped into being a Snakecharmer for a gig
Cecil MacKinnon as YoYo in Circus Flora
Melina's Extraordinary Step-Mother!
Back stage with Mikey at Circus Flora
Zoe in Pink, Jack in the Tux, Mrs. Olinka Wallenda, Amber and Ysabella...
Melina, Sacha and Kyoko
Singapore Concert at Victoria Theatre
Pavlata Family Portrait...
A bunch of clowns at Alex's wedding!
BellyPalooza Seminar
Melina's Circle Teaching
Athens Seminars
Melina's Talented Greek Students
If you have an idea...
...why not try it? Melina in Tuscany