Deirdre Molloy

Deirdre C Molloy uses dance, ethnography and digital design to research Black identity. Dancing Blues, Dancehall and West African codes socially, in an Afro-diasporic body, motivates her doctoral thesis and artistic identity, 'UnityAtlantic'. In 2022-26, Molloy created the Unity Atlantic Rhythm Map – an interactive video map of social dance – and created 25 short films on rhythm. Visiting the USA in 2024, Molloy danced with DC Hand Dance, DC Bop, and street dance communities. Molloy has presented research at the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance at Duke University, at SLIPPAGE dance lab of Northwestern University and at Droppin’ Science hip hop conference in Cork. In 2022, Deirdre affiliated with CIPHER ERC and won the Danijela Memorial Award for interdisciplinary innovation in Film, Music and Theatre. Her doctoral research follows Masters degrees in Multimedia (1.0) and Ethnochoreology (1.3) and a BA (Hons) in Psychology. As 'UnityAtlantic', this arts PhD candidate creates Afrocentric film, music and performance collaborations. Her short film Drum Calls has been selected for festival screenings in France, Italy, the UK, Germany, Spain and North America. Deirdre's research websites are designed to platform Black dance and culture-bearer voices. UNITY ATLANTIC RHYTHM MAP : interactive kinetic heritage journey : https://unityatlantic.org/ DECODENOIR : Interviews, movies, dance ethnography. https://www.decodenoir.org

Video: Peer Reviewed: Forthcoming: Molloy DC (2026) Jookin' to Knockin'. Journal of Audiovisual Musicology. Audiovisual publication and Molloy interviewed by Dr. Chelsea June Adams about her original videodance research and Unity Atlantic Rhythm Map. Online open access. DOI to follow.

Book Chapters: Forthcoming:

Molloy DC (2026) "Blues time, Black dance and the promise of liberation" in Thomas F. DeFrantz and Webster McDonald Eds. Black Social Dance: Embodied Geographies of Freedom

Molloy DC (2027) "From the Village to the Black Box" in Pénélope Dechaufour Ed. Théâtre décolonial : Pratiques, formes, imaginaires et enjeux sur les scènes contemporaines

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Molloy est doctorante a sous la direction de Prof. J. Griffith Rollefson : Doctoral School of Film, Music and Theatre, UCC, Irlande; Prof. Hourya Bentouhami, University of Toulouse, France; Prof. Thomas F. DeFrantz (SLIPPAGE) Northwestern University, USA.