Photo by Barbara Dudek
About​
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Valentina is a London-based dancer, choreographer, and movement director. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Dance Studies from the University of Malta and Middlesex University, and a Master's degree in Choreography from Trinity Laban. Currently she works as a freelance dance artist, having recently worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Ballet, and serveral independent artists.
Valentina's choreographic practice is grounded in a highly physical contemporary language that oscillates between balletic lines, floor work, and intricate gestural movement. She combines technical training with creative improvisation tools in her teaching practice. Her interest in literature is reflected in her intermedia collaborations and the theatrical aspects of her work, which she aims to explore further in her future artistic endeavors.
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Biography
Valentina is from Uruguay, where she trained in classical, modern, and contemporary dance with renowned professionals like Marlene Lago, Alejandro Godoy, Natalia Acheriteguy, Emiliano D’Agostino, Martin Inthamoussú, Matías Tchomikián, Jorge Ferreira, Andrea Lamana, among others. Her training took her to summer courses at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (USA) and the Rio de Janeiro Ballet Company (Brazil) in 2016 and 2017.
In 2018, Valentina moved to Malta and then to London to pursue her Bachelor's degree, graduating with First-Class Honors in June 2021. She completed her master's at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in December 2023 with Distinction, supported by scholarships from the Leverhulme Trust and the Janatha Stubbs Foundation. During her studies, she created four choreographic works involving 26 student dancers. Her master's research focused on blending literature and theatricality into choreography through "embodied ekphrasis."
As a performer, Valentina has worked with Other Dance Theatre (Malta, 2020) under Lucía Piquero Álvarez and participated in various residencies and festivals, including the Malta International Arts Festival and the APS Summer Festival (Malta, 2021, 2022). Throughout her career, she has collaborated with choreographers such as Paula Guzzanti (Argentina), Alicja Sosnia (Poland), Joy Alpuerto Ritter (USA, Akram Khan Company), Lucia Piquero Álvarez (Spain), Gaby Davies (Malta), Pamela Kerr (Malta), Alice Arja (Brazil), Sarah Do Carmo Santos (Brazil), Mallory Tove Pruitt (USA), Confang Xiao (China), Sofía Pomeroy (Spain), Deborah Ward (UK), and James Adamson (USA).
In June 2021, Valentina premiered her first medium-length work, "I Am Not My Name," with first-year undergraduate dancers. This piece was later restaged as "Disonancias" for Movida Joven 2021 (Uruguay) and performed at the APS Summer Festival (Malta, 2022), the Mirador Panorámico in Montevideo, and the Proyecto Nexo festival at the Florencio Sánchez Theater (Uruguay, 2022). Valentina is currently the movement director producer for Shoreside Productions (London, 2023-now).
She has choreographed for the "Rude Health" new music festival (London, 2023), collaborating with Colombian composer Andrés Miranda, and worked with Polish composer Barbara Dudek for the musican's concert "Requiem Moderna" at Blackehath Halls (London, June 2024). She presented two new duets at the London Philharmonic's "Debut Sounds: Sound in Motion" concert at the Southbank Centre in London on the 27th of June 2024, and was a dance artist at the English National Ballet's Ideas Incubator Residency in July 2024.
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