Molly Levy 

is a performer and dance educator who lives in Oakland, CA. 

Molly is drawn to the heart and humanity of dance. She is curious about how movement uncovers truths we may otherwise never know and inspired most by untethered honesty. Molly has worked with choreographers and companies that create devised original work, immersive theater, site-specific dance, and full evening burlesque shows. Her collaborations as a performer include work with Sharp & Fine, Paufve Dance, Post:ballet, Katie Scherman + Artists, LED, The Equus Projects, Cantankerous Creatures, Seattle Opera, Cameo Lethem, Lily Verlaine, Verlaine & McCann Present, and LROD.

Molly has trained in classical and contemporary ballet, Horton, Limon, Graham-based modern, improvisation, Piso Movil floorwork, Continuum, Jack Cole style jazz dance, and more. She trained at Berkeley City Ballet and San Francisco School of the Arts before studying at The Ailey School & Fordham University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Summa Cum Laude in Dance Performance and credits toward a Masters of Science in Childhood Education. 

In addition to her work as a performer, Molly has worked with actors and theater directors as a movement director to explore how movement can be used as a second language on stage beyond scripted lines. She has worked to create fluid movement languages and character specific movement studies for adaptations of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet, to develop anthropomorphic character movement in devised site-specific theater, and to make a princess fly for an entire children’s musical.

As a dance educator, Molly believes first and foremost that movement can empower everyone. Molly has danced with students as young as 18 months old as well as children, teenagers, adults of all levels, and dancers well into elderhood. She approaches movement with a keen eye for anatomical alignment, functional progressions, musicality, and individual expression. Whether she is teaching ballet, contemporary, or floorwork, Molly often begins her classes with a body-centered grounding meditation and encourages her students to build a safe, supportive, and fun learning environment both with each other and in themselves. 

Molly is currently studying to be a Certified Breema Bodywork Practitioner.