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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
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.
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.
Intensive Participant
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.
Adie San Diego
FORMER VALLETO DANCER
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