INTENSIVES
The VALLETO Intensives happen biennially, bringing together dancers and artists from around the world for a unique experience.
Summer Intensive:
an incubator for creativity. Tailored for all humans who are intermediate and advanced dancers. A time to engage in the process of Valeria and invited guest artists.
NEXT INTENSIVE:
June 9th- June 21st 2025
Summer Intensive 2025
NEXT INTENSIVE: JUNE 2025
LOCATION: CHEZ BUSHWICK IN BROOKLYN & BATTERY DANCE IN MANHATTAN
Schedule
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
VALLETO Summer Intensive fosters a supportive and non-judgmental environment for dancers to build unique perspectives about their movement language while refining their technique and unleashing their creative potential. Under Valeria Gonzalez's direction, attendees will have the chance to collaborate, learn new choreography, and receive individualized mentorship to their needs and aspirations. Build lasting relationships, gain new perspectives, and contribute to the dance world with your unique voice!
Fellowship Program Opportunity:
VALLETO's Fellowship Program offers a fully-funded opportunity for a dancer to participate in our two-week intensive, focusing on professional growth and fostering creativity. The selected dancer will not only attend all classes and contribute to the Performance Project but also work closely with VALLETO Director, Valeria. This collaboration will include discussions, feedback, exploring creative possibilities, and observing classes.
The program encourages a flexible approach, enabling the dancer to immerse themselves in the experience through various means, such as videography, choreography, collaboration, observation, or photography. The Fellowship Program aims to provide dancers with the freedom to delve into their creative interests in a supportive and non-judgmental environment.
SESSIONS
VALLETO COMPANY CLASS
unpredictable bodies
Unpredictable Bodies offers a dynamic and exploratory approach to movement. Each session is intentionally varied: some days begin with grounding breathwork and slow progressions, while others start with high-energy cardio walking, focusing on the sensory connection between the feet, pachamama and heaven. Students are guided to form connections with each other while building toward expansive investigations of movement, voice, and improvisation. Warm-ups integrate ballet-inspired structures with exercises that decentralize traditional movement patterns, encouraging anatomical exploration and efficiency. The class includes floorwork, composition, and dynamic standing movement culminating in a long movement phrase. Each session ends with a reflective discussion to deepen learning and integration. Partnering, strengthening, games, and spontaneous tasks are brought throughout the practice to keep students engaged and responsive. The goal is to spark curiosity, animalistic awareness, and creative freedom and individuality in every mover.
VALLETO CHOREOGRAPHY/CREATIVE PROCESS
Valeria’s choreographic process excavates deep emotional states and memories through movement research, shapes, geometry, voice, the outer and inner world, sound, curiosity and collaborative exploration. She safely invites her dancers to be vulnerable and allows them to unveil the many layers that our collective consciousness hides.
Valeria is interested in practicing prescence, unleashing our inner beast and allowing unfiltered expression.
"I found the effects of the intensive even weeks later, rewiring my brain into new ways of thinking and appreciating both myself and the people around me. Experiencing and communicating constantly with the other individuals was more powerful than I realized at the time."
Intensive Participant
"Working with VALLETO has been a source of rich, inquisitive stimulation that has opened my mind to what might be possible for the future of collaboration, art, and movement. As the world adapts to the “new normal” everywhere we turn, it gives me hope that movers across the globe have not lost the desire to exercise their creative and physical muscles, finding ways to keep the spirit of dance alive. I am inspired by this team of artists, and I have been reminded that movement has the power to heal us all and this is what unites us. I was drawn to VALLETO for their genuine efforts to amplify female-identifying voices, and give them a place where they feel liberated, supported, and ready to take risks. Every day I am examining what it means to unapologetically be myself, and I feel I am getting closer to the answer through this collaboration with VALLETO."
Jessica Germano
FORMER VALLETO DANCER
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will close when all spots have been filled.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE PER REQUEST.
"I never expected to be a part of something so real. The environment we have created in VALLETO has allowed me to experience this entire process with honesty and to give full-bodied attention to the work, to the cast, and to myself."
Adie San Diego
FORMER VALLETO DANCER
2025
NEW YORK SUMMER INTENSIVE
PREVIOUS
2023
AUSTIN SUMMER INTENSIVE
2022
MIAMI SUMMER INTENSIVE
Paulina Espinosa
Flying Low
Two in seven billion
Floorwork
Nicole Gerkey
Nourish
Cassidy Wagner
GAGA
2022
MIAMI WINTER INTENSIVE
Mariale Arrieta
Ayurveda
Nicole Gerkey
Nourish: Understanding your physical, creative, and emotional needs in relation to your cycle
Yanina Orellana
Soma Connection
"Working with Valleto is always intense. Val is an intense person herself, and she embraces this part of her in her work. Her deep connection to her sexuality and her mission to unleash the inner sexual demon we all have in us allows a unique experience to shine through. Working with Val makes you realize you’re more badass than you know. She does this with incredible finess and ease, like she was made to bring about kings, queens and majestic beings in the world through her wild mind and incredibly emotional workshopping. Valleto is otherworldly."
Jensen Springer
VALLETO INTENSIVE 2019 PARTICIPANT
"I feel like I grew so much from this intensive, not just as a dancer, but as a human being. We really pushed ourselves physically, but I always felt safe and supported. Everybody involved was able to tap into this really beautiful vulnerability and have the support of everybody in the room. Those moments are so magical because it is so rare and truthful. You feel safe to take risks and push beyond your limits because you know everybody is there for you."
Rachel Lovett
VALLETO INTENSIVE 2019 PARTICIPANT
2021
NYC SUMMER INTENSIVE
2020
VIRTUAL SUMMER INTENSIVE
2019
NYC SUMMER INTENSIVE
Find freedom in the uncomfortable.
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