Following Hypokhagne (intensive foundation degree in literature), Valerie studied English and American literature at the Sorbonne while taking singing classes at Ecole Paul Beuscher in Paris.

In London where she studied theatre and dance, her mentors were Philippe Gaulier, Yoshi Oida, Derevo, Gaby Agis, Karl Jay-Lewin and Min Tanaka.

Since the early 2000s when she started teaching drama at Hoxton Hall performing arts centre in London, Valerie has been leading performance workshops and working as a vocal coach, guest teacher and mentor. Private students include video artists Ming Wong, dancer/singer Jeremy Wade, whom she performed with at Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Berlin) and performance artist and film maker Liz Rosenfeld.

An avid practitioner of Contact Improv, Butoh, Release Tech, Kung Fu and Body Weather, Valerie regularly offers body training for groups and individuals.

Valerie's performance practice expertise lies in the art of being fully present. Centred around the idea of pleasure, playfulness, energy transmission, and a thorough exploration of the senses in search of connectivity and universality. Valerie’s teaching engages in a study of the whole range of human vibrations towards freedom of creativity.

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The main aspects being a detailed exploration of the idea of grounding and the development of heighten physical awareness.

Valerie’s vocal work focuses on: Developing breathing technique and control, increasing voice range, exploring the whole body as a resonance chamber towards a fuller and richer sound making method. Finding new qualities, textures and ways of producing sound, while expending creativity, imagination, joy and freedom

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