





PIONEER​
In the nineties, when same gender tango was problematic in social settings, Valeria arrived in NYC and founded the first all-female tango company worldwide: TangoMujer. Together, the five women of TangoMujer (Brigitte Winkler, Angelika Fischer, Rebecca Shulman, Fabienne Bongard and Valeria) co-directed and co-created shows that used tango as abstract language, and explored playfully the dynamic tensions between gender and tango roles. They toured internationally supported by two NEFA grants and performed to rave reviews for 10 years.
Cross discipline
With the belief that tango is the most precise, subtle and inventive of social dances, and is the perfect model of co-creation and interdependence, Valeria translated tango essence to different scenarios, working in a wide variety of mediums, in collaboration with multiple artists and developing her contemporary tango dance theater shows with her company Valetango.
NEW HORIZONS
While maintaining her roots in the improvisational richness of Argentine tango, Valeria today is contributing to the broader field of partnering. In Collaboration with Orlando Pabotoy, Orlando Reyes Ibarra, Rodney Hamilton, Ilya Vidrin and Partnering Lab; Valeria keeps investigating the essence of connection, the flow and efficiency of energetic calibration, and the impact of a comprehensive understanding of partnering, for the making of art and for social transformation.
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