Victoria Point dancer Molly Givney lands dream gig on Royal Caribbean’s new Odyssey of the Seas

A Brisbane bayside dancer who saw viral success with a COVID video will be one of the first Aussie entertainers to re-enter the cruise line industry.

A stranded bayside dancer who struck viral success with a video watched by hundreds of thousands in the depths of our COVID lockdown, has found her sea legs to soon depart on one of the first cruise liners to hit the seas since the industry came to a crashing halt.

Victoria Point professional dancer Molly Givney’s online video sensation wowed fellow COVID refugees world wide last May and spoke of a dance and performance industry’s plight.

The video was produced after the young dancer lost her dream job on a cruise liner as the pandemic struck.

Dancer Molly Givney ready to perform.

One of the few industries to miss out on record government support during the darkest hours of our lockdown Givney’s video, Dancers in Isolation, was salve to an industry hurting.

It featured 53 Aussie dancers “doing their thing” and was picked up by national television news.

Almost a year later and Givney braces for another creative frontier.

Givney soon joins Royal Caribbean on Odyssey of the Seas. Quantum of the Seas pictured.

Come April she boards the newly released Odyssey of the Seas by Royal Caribbean to wow audiences as a showgirl, while some of the world’s first cruise line travellers back on the seas rejoin the industry in the Mediterranean.

Santorini, Mykonos, Capri, Israel and Rome are all on the roster and the young dancer was bristling for the long-awaited opportunity.

“I’m feeling nervously excited about this new journey of mine and can’t wait to finally be dancing my dream job,” Givney said.

“I’m leaving almost a year after I was meant to come back so this year was definitely different to what I was expecting.”

The COVID shutdown stalled Molly Givney’s plans for international travel and dance last year. Picture: Renae Droop

Having dedicated herself to her craft for the past 16 years Givney is not one for sitting idly by and used the year’s disruption to stay sharp.

“I continued to train and take class, to keep my fitness levels up,” Givney said.

“I’ll be performing as a showgirl in the show Showgirl as well as The Effectors. And I’ve started to get everything organised and I’m ready for this next stage in my adventure.”

Givney will hit the seas in a world fundamentally changed and noted safety measures were front of mind for an industry managing a fragile future.

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“To keep us all safe we have to take several COVID tests and two weeks’ isolation before joining the ship,” she said.

“I understand that Royal Caribbean will have many protocols in place to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of all crew and guests.”