VALERIA SOLOMONOFF
CHOREOGRAPHER - PROFESSOR - dancer
Valeria is a wide-ranging innovator who uses her tango roots to reimagine new possibilities of partnering. She is an Awarded choreographer born in Argentina and based in New York who choreographed for Broadway, films, plays, circus and created her own shows. Besides being the founder of TangoMujer, the first all-female tango company worldwide, she is the creator of Broadway Tango and artistic director of Valetango. She is an NYU Tisch Tango Professor, a Resident Fellow at Center for Ballet and The Arts, NYU, a Research Associate at Partnering Lab, Harvard University and Partnering Professor at Juilliard Drama Department.
Critic’s Pick- Elliot Norton Award Nominee.
Outstanding Choreography for the musical Evita.
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Lucy Bowen Inaugural Prize for Inclusive Choreography.
Mark Morris Dance for Parkinson Disease
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2 Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors Awards (HOLA).
Outstanding Choreography for play Tango Fever and for play Doña Flor y sus Dos Maridos.
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2 Association of Latin Entertainment Critics of New York Awards (ACE).
Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Dancer for Tango Por Ellos.
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2 Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Nominations (ACE).
For Best Direction and Best Production for Tango Intimo.
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​​Festival de Danza de Rosario Award.
As Choreographer and Dancer for Mareados.
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Bienal de la Creatividad Rosario Imagina Award.
As Choreographer and Dancer for Espacio Vacío.
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Resident Fellow.
Center for Ballet and The Arts, NYU.
strips Argentine tango to its bare bones, focusing on the dynamic interplay of lead and follow co-creation as the source of a new aesthetic that highlights relevant contemporary stories. Our shows focus, with humor and wit, on gender dynamics of the social dance floor and the conflict created by power and desire.
