I always think of Rhea as being from Baltimore, though I know that she used to dance with Jamila back in the day. Her daughter, Piper Reid Hunt, is one of our master teachers here in Baltimore and I've taken workshops with her. She's another example of American Oriental or AmCab dancing. I have danced in her show, Bellypalooza, a couple of times.
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Originally Posted by A'isha Azar
Dear Aya,
How nice to see film of Rhea after all these years!!! She moved to Greece shortly after I started dancing and she is well remembered in the States. Her style exemplifies all that Jamila Salimpour was doing back then, and was very typical of what you would see in the clubs back in the 70s in the western U.S. I think in the Eastern U.S. they were looking different than this, because Bobby Farrah and a couple of other people were more influential there. While Bobby was not exactly doing authentic belly dance, he did pay more attention to certain aspects of it than did Jamila and her followers out West. Rhea is a lovely person as well as an excellent American Oriental dancer.
Regards,
A'isha
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