Deirdre Molloy

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Affiliations actuelles
  • University College Cork (UCC)
  • Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)
  • Equipe de Recherche sur les Rationalités Philosophiques et les Savoirs (ERRAPHIS)
  • GIS Études africaines en France
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Présentation

Deirdre Molloy uses social dance ethnography and digital design to research Black Atlantic identity. Deirdre enjoys mainly Blues, Jazz, Dancehall and West African codes socially. Visiting the USA in 2024 Deirdre also danced with DC Hand Dance, DC Bop, and street dance communities. Highlights of 2024 include presenting reseasrch 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 (1.0) and a BA (Hons) in Psychology. Deirdre is a PhD candidate at UCC in cotutelle with University of Toulouse, France. Under the artistic name Unity, Deirdre createS film, music and performance collaborations. The Unity short film Drum Calls has been selected for festival screenings in France, Italy, the UK and the USA. Deirdre's research websites are designed to platform Black dance and culture-bearer voices. UNITY ATLANTIC RHYTHM MAP : interactive kinetic heritage journey : co-produced with Gerador / co-funded by Creative Europe: Project Manifest https://unityatlantic.org/ DECODENOIR : Interviews, movies, dance ethnography. https://www.decodenoir.org

A peer-reviewed article by Molloy is forthcoming in the Dance Studies Association Journal ‘Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies’ #44: A journey through the UNITY ATLANTIC RHYTHM MAP. This multimedia research to date is 100% OPEN ACCESS within limits of 3rd party copyright and participant consent. Most media is linked from the NAKALA repository so HAL underestimates the open access score. LICENSING: CC BY-NC-ND permits reusers to cite, copy and distribute the material in any medium or format with the following limits BY: credit must be given to the creator. NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. (src: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/) TO ACCESS FILES/MEDIA CLICK ON THE DOI (10.XXX...) For commercial or derivative use, please contact the author (myself).

Domaines de recherche

Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène

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Multimedia design and ethnography Dance, choreography

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Publications

A Journey through the <em>Unity Atlantic Rhythm Map</em>

Deirdre Molloy
Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, 2025, 44, ⟨10.3998/conversations.8517⟩
Article dans une revue (data paper) hal-05433661 v1

Atelier “Black Atlantic Social Dance: from Circle to Line”

Deirdre Molloy
II Colloque d’Études Décoloniales / Decolonial Studies Conference II, Revue d’Études Décoloniales (RED), Oct 2025, Toulouse, France
Communication dans un congrès hal-05433660 v1

Drum Calls | Body Recalls : screening and discussion at La Cave Poesie + Atelier Join in rhythm with Dee and Guests

Deirdre Molloy
Poétiques et politiques du Plurivers (Volet I), Committee UT2J: Sylvan Hecht, Deirdre Molloy, Juliana Marín Taborda, Atiogbé Jacques Koudjodji, Julie Dérobert, Yannick Essengue, Jun 2025, Toulouse, France
Communication dans un congrès hal-05433644 v1

Black Atlantic Social Dance: from Circle to Line

Deirdre Molloy
Droppin’ Science — EHHSN 7.0, The European Hiphop Studies Network; CIPHER ERC, May 2024, Cork, Ireland, Ireland
Communication dans un congrès hal-04912553 v1

Black Atlantic Rhythm Map (preview)

Deirdre Molloy
BODY GEOGRAPHIES|MAPPING FREEDOMS, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, Feb 2024, Durham (North Carolina), United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-04912529 v1