MOLLY
MC ALISTER
DANCE ARTIST
CHOREOGRAPHER
PERFORMER
TEACHER
MAKER
Molly Mc Alister is an interdisciplinary dance artist, choreographer, director and facilitator from Dublin.
Graduated in 2021 with a First Class BA(Hons) in Dance and Drama from Performing Arts Studio Scotland and Kingston University. Molly holds Honors HND in Dance Technique and Choreography and an Honors Diploma in Musical Theatre with the Irish College of Music Theatre.
Molly works for the National Performing Arts School Dublin directing NPAS Shows, the NPAS Performance Company & teaching inclusive classes for young people aged 2- 20 in Musical Theatre, Contemporary Dance, and various other styles for the past 12 years, as well as running the Administration Management & Marketing Team.
She works in community and educational contexts- across primary, secondary, DEIS and ASN schools across south Dublin.As a Creative Practioner with dlr Primary Arts Programme 23/24 & 24/25, and The Department of Education’s TAP+ Scheme ( Teacher Artist Partnership) 24/25. And is a TY Musical Director.
Molly was a recipient of the DEBS Scheme for 2021/22 with Dance Base Scotland.
She has performed, choreographed and facilitated various creative projects for the last 12 years across Dublin, Scotland, Lisbon and worldwide including, Marin Theatre Company (San Francisco) DanceBase (Scotland) and Barefeet Theatre (Zambia– an NGO using performing arts to empower vulnerable children) as an Artist in Residence, delivering workshops for vulnerable children & collaborating with facilitators, creating work focused on disability inclusion.
She has been involved with many collaboration projects including being the Irish Team Leader & Facilitator in a Week long project about Dance as Social Inclusion with groups from Spain,Greece, Lithuania & Palestine. Her screendance works have been screened in festivals worldwide.
Portfolio of Work

Choreography // Screendance // Projects // Collaborations








“Molly is someone you really want on your team. She is dedicated and passionate and was an asset in many areas where she was asked to support the work of Two Can Do and B. Create. She has a natural ability to speak clearly about what she is passionate about and connected to”
Bianca Paige-Smith, Two Can Do & B.Create, NYC