Education / Fellowships / Residency

• Currently a member of the Consortium for Professional Artists with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

• Flamenco Certamen USA 2021- Awarded Honorable Mention

• Hinge Artist Residency 2020

• Certamen Artist Development Program with Flamenco Vivo 2020

• Swing Out Artist Exchange participant- Northrup- 2020

• Arts Management Fellow with Nautilus Music Theater- 2015

• University of Minnesota BFA in Dance

Mentors / Teachers

Flamenco

• Susana DiPalma (Mentor & Teacher)

• Isaac Tovar

• Fanny Ara

• Ana Morales (in Spain)

• Concha Jereno (in Spain)

• Marco Flores (in Spain)

• Belen Maya

• Briseyda Zarate Fernandez

• Juana de Arco

• Omayra Amaya

• La Conja

• Jose Moreno

• Antonio Arrebola

• Jesus Munoz

Tap

• Ellen Keane

• Kaleena Miller

• Brenda Bufalino

• Mark Yonally

Jazz

• Karla Grotting

• Billy Siegenfeld

Molly Kay Stoltz is a Twin Cities dancer, choreographer, and teacher living in Saint Peter, MN. She is a 2009 summa BFA graduate of the University of Minnesota- Dance Program. Her ability to span rhythmic dance genres gives her a broad range of experiences which she shares through her teaching, choreography, and performance. Her past work as a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist brings her dance experience together with her passion to increase the quality of the lives of the elderly living in group settings in her community.

Molly Kay is a flamenco dance artist and is mentored by Susana di Palma of Zorongo Flamenco where she is also a company member and instructor. She is a current member of the Consortium for Professional Artists with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, was awarded an honorable mention in 2021 for her flamenco solo in the Flamenco Certamen USA in NYC, NY, and was a member of their Artist Development Program for emerging flamenco dance artists in 2020. She also recently studied flamenco at the Festival de Jerez in Spain. She has performed pieces by and studied with acclaimed flamenco artists Marco Flores, Ana Morales, Concha Jereno, Belen Maya, Omayra Amaya, Fanny Ara, Jeanne D ‘Arc Casas, La Conja, Antonio Arrebola, and Jesus Munoz.

Molly Kay is also a tap and percussive dance performer, choreographer, and teacher. She currently is a company member of the Flying Foot Forum and was a member of Kaleena Miller Dance. Molly Kay taught tap at the University of Minnesota Dance Program from 2020-2023, and currently teaches tap dance at Ballare Teatro Performing Arts Center. and through St. Peter Community & Family Education.

Molly Kay’s choreography has been presented through Chicago Freelance Dance, 9x22 Dance Lab at Bryant Lake Bowl, Patrick’s Cabaret, Zenon Zone’s Summer Choreography Intensive, Zorongo Flamenco, and Flying Foot Forum. She recently premiered work at Park Square Theater in Sept. 2021 with a work entitled “POLST” featuring live guitar and violin, and both flamenco and tap dance. She was chosen in 2020 for the Hinge Arts Residency in Fergus Falls. In 2015, she produced and choreographed for Visual Grooves, which featured collaborations between composer/musicians and choreographer/dancers.