NYC Sessions || The Playground NYC
Company:
The Playground NYC
NYC Sessions || The Playground NYC
Lead by: Elena Valls
Monday, 02/23 || 11:00AM-2:00PM
Email us to reserve your spot and for additional information.
pgroundnyc@gmail.com
The Playground NYC allows dancers to experience various choreographic styles and ideas, engage with a new community of dancers, and gather resourceful information and inspiration from the array of choreographers involved. In turn, established choreographers are paid for their creative investigations, are given free space to explore new movement with professional dancers, and are provided with the opportunity to establish relationships with new dancers and fellow choreographers.
Bio:
Elena Valls García was born in Madrid, Spain and grew up in Arizona. She moved to New York to receive her BFA at The Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, under the mentorship of Kazuko Hirabayashi. She studied dance and martial arts in Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. She performed professionally with companies in New York City, Europe, and Turkey. She has performed in Punch Drunk’s “Sleep No More” in NYC and Worked with Etienne Bechard (Brussels) Maura Morales (Düsseldorf), Kyle Abraham (NYC), Gregory Dolbashian (NYC), Shen Wei (NYC), Manuel Vignoulle (NYC), Korhan Basaran (Istanbul),and Samuel Pott (NYC). Miss Valls is featured in film works and television shows like “American Crime, Season 2” created by John Ridley, “Fama, A Bailar” in Madrid, and Jeremy Shaw “Phase Shifting Index” in Berlin and Paris and recently performed for 2023 Brit Awards for Sam Smith’s “Unholy”. She is currently a full time company member of Ballet National de Marseille, in Marseille, France under the direction of La Horde. She has recently restaged works and assisted for LA Horde on Rambert Dance Company in London. She is creatively searching for deeper ways to express her passion for the Arts and dance, to build a culture of collaborations and connections.
