Jeanette Mollenhauer

Jeanette Mollenhauer has been a recreational folk dancer and teacher for several decades, and her two daughters were competitive Irish dancers. In 2017 she completed a PhD in dance studies at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. Since then, Jeanette has published widely on Irish dance in Australia, including a book (Dancing at the Southern Crossroads), book chapters (see the edited book, Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded) and academic articles in prominent journals such as Dance Research Journal, History Australia and The Journal of Intercultural Studies. She has also published works about Croatian dance, dance taxonomies, Australian calisthenics and recreational folk dance. She is an Honorary Fellow (Dance) at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne.