Piper for the Gilded Serpent

The Gilded Serpent presents
Piper Reid Hunt, PhD

Piper began performing at the age of 8 in Rhea's troupe Nar El Nisaa. Throughout the 1980s, she was the featured dancer at numerous bouzoukia, Lebanese and Syrian restaurants and tourist tavernas in Athens, Greece, usually doing 4 to 6 shows a night, 7 nights a week.

In 1989, Piper moved to Montreal and began studying at McGill University and dancing at popular Greek and Lebanese restaurants in the area. She was awarded her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 and immediately began graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School.

While completing her doctorate in molecular biology, Piper took time off to enter (and win!) the Belly Dancer of the Year 2000 contest and performs at charity events.

Piper Reid Hunt, Ph.D.
Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer
The Baltimore Daughters of Rhea Dance Ensemble
www.daughtersofrhea.com
www.pipermethod.com
piper@comcast.net
(410)733-0536

Articles about and by Piper on Gilded Serpent
8-29-08 The Hippie Connection: Robert Altman’s 1969 In Utero Belly Dance Portrait of ME by Melina of Daughters of Rhea
There it was, the second of a series of black and white hippy portraits --people raving, a woman blissfully breastfeeding, couples hugging, dogs leaping – THE SEMINAL PHOTO OF MY LIFE – only, I was cut out!

3-6-05 The Folk Tours Dance & Music Camp Review by Piper (and baby pics too!) Photos by Carl Miller, May 2004
Once upon a time, in far away lands, I performed five shows a night, seven nights a week to great live music. I don’t miss the wily club owners, late nights, or cigarette smoke, but I do miss the music.

12-2-04 My Vision of the Desert Archidance by Piper Reid Hunt, Ph.D.
I had heard about trance dancing before, but had never seen it in an authentic context.

7-5-04 Cabaret: Is it a dirty word? by Piper Reid Hunt, PhD
American Cabaret, the original fusion belly dance, is accessible and fun for everyone, regardless of one’s dance education.

3-5-02 Rakkasah East Report, Part 1, by Zulieka
the show in New Jersey ran early...

7-28-00 Belly Dancer of the Year 2000, review and photos by Zu Zu/Susie Poulelis and GS staff
Leea's contest in San Ramoan, California, for troupes, duets, soloists and Grand Dancer.