Review Archive
Dr Felicity Molloy (PhD I MEd I REPs I MNZ RMT I YogaNZ Senior L4 I VCA Dance) is a long-term dancer, registered exercise professional, and body therapist. She is well-known for her integrated teaching profile across dance, yoga, bodywork, and somatics (embodied feeling). Felicity has written for Theatreview for well over a decade, responding to dance as performance art – involving, emerging and shaping in Aotearoa. A dancer with Impulse Dance Theatre, and Limbs Dance Company before becoming an independent dance professional, and tertiary educator at Unitec, AUT, and University of Auckland, she completed a PhD about how dancers come to academia in 2017. Felicity was TAPAC’s Creative Director in 2011, Artistic Director for Youth Company Pointy Dog, and she continues an experience in community programme development, bringing together dance and well-being approaches. Since 2009, Felicity has been exploring the benefits of dance for older adults, becoming Research Officer for the AUT/SPARC project called Can Dancing Improve Physical Activity Levels, Functional Ability and Reduce Falls in Older Adults? In collaboration with DANZ, Felicity designed a flexible older adults dance class and teaching method. Felicity’s co-authored international article, and conferences about Dance Mobility™ include a presentation at the 2019 World Congress of Physical Therapy (WCPT) in Geneva.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Unitec Dance Showcase 2024
Auckland
14/11/2024 - 17/11/2024
"Exploration of our reverence for resilience..
Solace
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
01/08/2024 - 17/08/2024
"Rising upwards like an exhalation of breath..
"Connections between human emotion and an emerging mythology..
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Vismaya : Celebration
Auckland, Hamilton, Lower Hutt, Nelson, Christchurch
29/06/2024 - 06/07/2024
"Immediacy, vitality of the performance, captivating..
"Dancers are galvanised into brilliance..
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Lightscapes
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland
27/07/2023 - 12/08/2023
"Dancers dancers dancers you are symbolic and meaningful. ..
"Entering its eighth decade the company is clearly in good heart..
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Rituals of Similarity
Auckland, Wellington, Whangarei
01/08/2023 - 23/03/2024
"A must see..
"Artistic motivation, mentorship and marinading..
STRUCTURE
Auckland
29/04/2023 - 30/04/2023
"Visually beautiful and thought-provoking...
"Surfacing out of catastrophe and change...
SandSong
Auckland
15/03/2023 - 18/03/2023
"Themes of cultural belonging, ancient organic connections to land and nature, and thousands of years of emerging stories...
Revisor
Auckland
09/03/2023 - 11/03/2023
"The work is a knock-out tour-de-force of theatre..
"The minutiae of movement simultaneously reflects the theatrical extravagance of a literal storyline..
Haus of Yolo
Auckland
23/11/2022 - 27/11/2022
"A Playful Set of Risqué Cabaret Vignettes..
Tutus on Tour 2022
Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington
07/10/2022 - 09/11/2022
"An Eclectic Programme With Flare and Versatility..
"Tutus a mixed bill..
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A TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO TURKISH DOGS
Wellington, Hastings, Palmerston North, Auckland
17/01/2020 - 23/10/2022
"Thoughtful effortless storytelling and comedic timing..
"Inventive, warm and totally original..
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What They Said - NZ Dance Company
Auckland
07/10/2022 - 08/10/2022
"Can you talk to me? A Legacy of Artistic Communication..
Munster
Auckland
18/05/2022 - 20/05/2022
"Moments of authentically portrayed emotion...
DAYBREAK ESTATE
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland
08/02/2022 - 09/04/2022
"A fanfare to chaos..
"Relentless nihilist optimism...
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Vivid Dreaming
Global, Auckland
23/03/2022 - 10/09/2022
"Vivid Dreaming Round 2 – starkly contrasting contemporary pieces..
"Picturesque smoothness...
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Romeo and Juliet
Auckland
04/02/2022 - 05/02/2022
"Ambitious rendering of the old classic..
Inflated Rebel
Auckland
11/08/2021 - 15/08/2021
"A sensuous, seamless structure of vignettes..
Walk with Me
Auckland
24/07/2021 - 24/07/2021
"Under a cloud blotched sky...
BALLET NOIR
Auckland
23/07/2021 - 24/07/2021
"Archival and experimental style...
The Movement
Palmerston North, Porirua, Dunedin, Auckland, Havelock North
01/05/2021 - 19/06/2021
"Serendipitous rather than extra-mortal..
"Brave and thought provoking programme,..
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MASS SOLITUDE
Global
15/04/2020 - 15/04/2020
"Human bonding..
THIS FRAGILE PLANET
Auckland, Hamilton
25/02/2020 - 01/03/2020
"A call... to ensure that the fragile planet is honoured, protected and nurtured..
"Sweet symbiosis..
SPACES AMONGST US
Auckland
24/02/2020 - 26/02/2020
"Genuine moments of tenuous connection..
