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.​​​
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“But TangoMujer was unusually successful at making something
new of an old dance...the women succeeded in weaving the two forms with wit and imagination” The New York Times - Jennifer Dunning
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“ After TangoMujer had performed, traditional tango looked even richer and more colorful" The New York Times - Jennifer Dunning
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“The solo of the Argentinean Valeria Solomonoff shows how the vocabulary of tango steps can be translated into a very different language” Die Tageszeitung - Katrin B. Mueller
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​​“They gave a demonstration of first-rate dancing. Consider Somonoff's upside-down solo against the rear wall of the theater, creating a brilliant pas de deux with her own shadow” Denver Rocky Mountain News - Marc Shulgold.
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“Tango Mujer's work is visionary, courageous, ingenious, and marvelously entertaining. In her sensuous solo "Maria" modern-dance trained Argentine Valeria Solomonoff made the company's tradition-upending style literal and gave a new dimension to the wallflower archetype... handstand 'ochos' are a must-see” Daily Camera - Daniel Gesmer
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“Highlights included Solomonoff's seductive manipulation of several strands of pearls, itself, worth the price of admission” The Philadelphia City Paper - Nancy Heller
“The audience loved Tango Mujer. Particularly praised was
the respectful but still creative way of using the tango traditions” Berliner Morgen Post ​​
CROSS DISCIPLINE
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With the belief that tango is the most connected, 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.​
“Stage presence is innate: Either you have it, or you don't. Valeria Solomonoff has it”
The Washington Post- Pamela Squires​​​
“And the dance hidden in their previous movements becomes a profoundly sensuous tango that makes you want to leap from your seat and join it” The New York Times - D.J. Bruckner
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“But it would be all for naught without the artful, romantic choreography of Valeria Solomonoff, the true unseen star of the show” Blogcritics.org - Jon Sobel
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“... brilliant choreography from Valeria Solomonoff” De Norte a Sur - Nilda Tapia
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“The audience cannot take their eyes off the dance numbers”
Headliners in Education - Alexis Algazy​
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“ Hilarious throughout, it let us be insiders of the fascinating and at times suffocating environment of the tango professionals…Excellent is the right adjective for the work of the choreographer Valeria Solomonoff” El Especial- Fernando Campo
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“Confianza (Trust), conceived by the choreographer Valeria Solomonoff… Trust is built
into the weight-sharing, lead-and-follow interactions of tango,
the base of the company’s technique” New York Times - Brian Seibert
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“Excelent scenery, montage, music, lights, and the choreography and corporal coaching of Valeria Solomonoff” El Diario - Juan F. Merino​
“Highlights? the marvelous dancing of Miss Pomares, Miss Solomonoff, and Mr. Farias”
The Washington Times - T.L. Ponick
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“Tango Intimo, a brilliant show... What Repertorio offers through the creative magic of the Argentine Valeria Solomonoff and the six virtuoso dancers is an impressive choreographic prism that explores to the max the tango potential” El Especial - Fernando Campos​​
​​“With the stylish contributions of choreographers Emily Maltby and Valeria Solomonoff, the show moves like a dream.” The Washington Post - Peter Marks
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"​​…exquisite choreography— can’t be overpraised. The most striking
evening of theater to hit Boston stages in a while… Valeria Solomonoff’s sassy, authentic tango choreography…” Theater Mirror - Michael Hoban
​​ “the choreography is endlessly inventive and stimulating, constantly offering visual stimulation and excitement.” Boston Arts Dairy
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“sharp choreography including a breathtaking tango that nearly upstages
Eva and Juan's love duet” Edge - Robert Nesti​​
“Evita co-choreographer Valeria Solomonoff drew from her Argentine heritage to inform the production and incorporate traditional dance into the numbers”
Harvard Magazine - Ryan Doan-Nguyen​​
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.