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Melina is proud to present her talented sister - co-founder of Daughters of Rhea dance company, 2000 Belly Dancer of the Year, and Creator of the PiperMethod School of Belly Dance.
Purchase here for the Level I and Level II PiperMethod Technique Workshop package, 5 hours of detailed instruction. You can also purchase your PiperMethod Certification Tests for Levels I + II now, or choose to do so later.
Please note: registering for the PiperMethod workshop package does not include testing for PiperMethod certification. Testing appointments for PiperMethod Certification must be booked in advance -- appointments are for December 6 and 7th and through Melina: 781 588 3628.
Testing for PiperMethod Certification lasts 30 minutes per level and costs $100 per level.
Testing for PiperMethod Certification includes 10 paged hand-out of priceless, personalized detailed feedback whether you qualify for certification or not.
Workshop participation and testing does not guarantee certification.
Testing appointments for PiperMethod Certification will take place on December 6 and 7 MUST be booked in advance through Melina: call 781 588 3628. If you do not pay online now, payment for testing must be sent in by check or in person by cash within 2 days of making your appointment.
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The PiperMethod™ is a comprehensive, structured, and detailed belly dance training curriculum, developed using the systematic organization of science education, and based on Piper’s two decades of experience teaching dance.
In the PiperMethod™, each complex movement is broken down into its component parts so that beginners can start perfecting professional dance techniques from the very first class. Each level encorporates and builds on the previous level, so that basic steps become self-expression through dance. Each exercise and drill is designed to improve specific dance abilities through control, strengh, coordination, and isolation. Choreography teaches smooth transitions, music interpretation, stage utilization, and dynamic presentation. In this way, dance built on a foundation of exercise and technique, blossoms into ability, grace, and talent.
There are many more details about the PiperMethod of Belly Dance on Piper's website, www.pipermethod.com. Visit her site and click on "Piper Method" in the left side bar.
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"Dear Piper, I would like to thank you for the wonderful learning experiences that your classes are for me. There is nothing that I enjoy more than going to your classes. As banal as it sounds, but it changed my life. I started taking classes just to learn some moves and to feel more confident to dance in public, but it turned out to be much more than just that. I feel free, strong, and I am learning some much about the dance, the culture, and about myself. I never liked dancing before and now it is so important to me that I cannot imagine ever giving up my bellydance classes. I look forward every class and every chance I get to practice at home. I have taken classes with 4 teachers, and, without a doubt, you are the best. You motivate me so much. And not by just being an awesome instructor, but also by being a great example of a woman that can do anything and everything: smart, beautiful, successful, and strong. It is so easy to slip up and doubt yourself and give up. But when I think about what you have accomplished in your life - I try harder; because when I see that you can balance being the bellydancer of the year, a wonderful instructor, a mother, and a PhD, I believe that anything is possible. And that's why I try harder and push myself and hope to achieve what you have been able to achieve one day. Looking forward practicing those body rolls and shimmies again on Monday!" Natalya
When & Where
Melina's Studio near Moody Street in Waltham, MA
Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 1:00 AM to 4:00 PM (ET)
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Melina of Daughters of Rhea / Moody Street Circus
Moody Street Circus is the vibrant family-run Waltham, MA-based headquarters of Sacha and Melinda Pavlata's Cirque Passion School of Circus Arts and Melina's Daughters of Rhea Belly Dance Company. We also do tented entertainment circus events with our traveling circus family.
At Moody Street Circus we teach the joy of life through circus arts and belly dance to children, teens and adults of all ages. Heart, humor and inclusive community spirit are at the core of our teaching. We strive to bring out students' full potential, then challenge individuals to work on skills that will elevate their expression up to performance-grade levels.
Moody Street Circus is the place for classes in belly dance, circus arts, and aerial arts; for birthday parties, summer and after-school programs and more for kids and adults. No matter where you are in your life's journey, there is always room for learning new skills and having fun. Moody Street Circus is here for you when you are ready to learn to undulate, ululate or hang upsidedown from a static trapeze.
MSC Directors and teachers Sacha and Melinda (AKA Melina of Daughters of Rhea) share extraordinary family legacies in circus and dance.
Alexandre Sacha Pavlata is a fifth-generation Czech circus artist, master aerialist and world-renown circus arts teacher. He grew up with his traveling circus family in a wooden circus wagon which crisscrossed Europe and North Africa presenting their famous unicycle and trampoline act under big tops all over the globe. From horses to high wire and everything in between, Sacha has since performed nearly every kind of circus act you could imagine, including touring with the legendary Flying Wallendas as an integral part of their breath-taking seven-person pyramid on the high wire.
Sacha's circus heritage goes back 5 generations on both sides. His mother, Hungarian-born Anna Dubsky, came from a long line of Risley Act performers (the acrobatic foot juggling of people), and his father, Czech-born Karl Pavlata, descended from a family of aerialists known for their great physical strength and versatility in the air. More on Sacha extraordinary life and legacy in the circus at www.cirquepassion.com.
Melinda "Melina" Pavlata, Ph.D. (AKA Melina of Daughters of Rhea) is a 2nd generation circus and belly dance artist. Her mother is belly dance pioneer Rhea of Greece, her father is folk musician singer/songwriter Phil Marsh, and her step-mother is Shakespearean actress/juggler/circus artist Cecil MacKinnon. She grew up fully immersed in her parents' international performing lives, performing with them in the Pickle Family Circus and dancing with her mother and sister Piper (Belly Dancer of the Year 2000) on taverna stages in the ancient city of Athens, Greece.
As an adult Melinda 'Melina' has toured around the world as an aerialist, circus artist and belly dancer with Circus Flora, The Wallenda Family Circus, Cirque Rocks, Amazing Grace Circus and currently with her own circus Cirque Passion.
Melina is currently on the faculty of Kripalu where she teaches an annual summertime retreat "Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart: Belly Dance as self-empowerment."
For more on Melina's belly dance family please visit www.daughtersofrhea.com.
For more the Pavlata's circus life please visit www.cirquepassion.com.
