MOLLY HELLER

Molly is the Director of Heartland, a multi-disciplinary collective centralized in Salt Lake City, with performances nationally and internationally. She is also an Associate Professor within the School of Dance at the University of Utah. Her research investigates performance as a healing practice and the relationship between physical expression and emotion. Molly has also been on faculty at Westminster College (SLC), SUNY New Paltz (NY), and Dance New Amsterdam (NYC) and has taught for: ODC Dance Commons (San Francisco), Shawl Anderson Dance Center (Berkeley), Utah Valley University, Middlebury College (VT), University of Nebraska at Omaha, Creighton University (NE), Salt Dance Fest (University of Utah), Dance West Fest (SLC), Utah Ballet Summer Intensive (University of Utah), Ririe-Woodbury’s Professional Intensive (SLC), Boise State University, and Balance Dance Company (Boise, ID).

Molly’s choreographic work is an extension of her interest in health and wellbeing, as well as an interweaving of theater practices and dance. Her choreographic work has been presented by internationally and nationally recognized centers such as: National Theater Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany), Centro Internazionale Di Quartiere (Milan, Italy), Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church (NYC), Movement Research at the Judson Church (NYC), Green Space (Queens, NY), DUMBO Dance Festival (Brooklyn, NY), The Mahaney Center for the Arts (Middlebury, VT), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (SLC), Urban Lounge (SLC), Eccles Regent Street Blackbox Theater (SLC), Kingsbury Hall for TEDx Salt Lake City, and the Ladies’ Literary Club (SLC). She has also been commissioned to create new works for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (SLC), Repertory Dance Theatre (SLC), Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (Berkeley, CA), Balance Dance Company (Boise, ID), Boise State University (Boise, ID), Westminster College (SLC), and Sugar Space Studio for the Arts (SLC).

Molly also holds certifications in Pilates and Reiki. As a performer, Molly has worked with Naganuma Dance, Netta Yerushalmy, Stephen Koester, Satu Hummasti, Katie Faulkner, and she currently performs with Joanna Kotze.