Toni Leago Valle
Choreographer, Dancer
University of Houston Dance Faculty
Project Coordinator, Dance Source Houston
Toni Leago Valle has a three-fold career. As a choreographer, she combines writing, acting, and dance to create multi-sensual works that challenge the audience to watch for what is not being said. Ms. Valle received a B.A. in Theatre, specializing in dance, from University of Houston in 2000. Toni has received two Individual Artist Grants from Houston Arts Alliance to produce It’s All Relative in 2002 and again in 2007 for her third evening-length concert, Tetris, that premiered in 2009. As Resident Choreographer for Dancepatheatre, Ms. Valle premiered Glass Before Marriage and LifeSavor (2003); and Mockingbird (2004). As an individual choreographer, Ms. Valle premiered the solo, I Am Mother (2005), a white-painted goddess inspired by Japanese Butoh dance, that Ms. Valle performed two weeks before she delivered her son, Dante. The goddess character was later adapted for Psophonia Dance Company’s Phantasia 2005 at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts. Ms. Valle presented Interview for a Date/I Take My Clothes Off at the Big Range Dance Festival 2006, as the preview to CRACKED, her second evening length concert that premiered in December 2006 as a recipient of the DiverseWorks Artist Residency. Ms. Valle has also presented Raven/Mockingbird as part of the Jewish Community Center’s Choreographers x 6 and Hanging Out On the Line for HSPVA/Houston in 2007. Her choreography has been seen at DiverseWorks, JCC, University of Houston, San Jacinto College and various art openings and outdoor events. Her next endeavor is premiering her new dance company, 6 Degrees, in May 2010 on a split bill concert alonside Amy Ell, who is also premiering her new dance company, Vault.
As a performer, Ms. Valle has performed with Suchu Dance, Becky Valls & Company for Young Audiences, Dancepatheatre, Psophonia Dance Company, and is currently in her fifth season with Travesty Dance Group. Ms. Valle has been featured in numerous concerts, including A Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance, and Marta Lichlyter’s duet, “A Thin Line” as part of the University of Houston’s Choreography in Action series originally aired on PBS.
As Project coordinator of Dance Source Houston, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting dance, Ms. Valle maintains the houstondance.org website, the DSH Dance newsletter, the DSH marketing table and the printed Dance Card, which she distributes 1500 monthly. The Austin-Houston Choreographer Exchange, Life Museum, and two collaborations with Buffalo Bayou ArtPark are a few of the concerts Ms. Valle has co-produced. Ms. Valle has expanded to include administrative, production and promotional services for art organizations, such as Ad Deum Dance Company, FLY Dance Company, BBAP, Houston Ballet, Mercury Baroque Ensemble, Psophonia Dance Company, Sandra Organ Dance Company, Society for the Performing Arts, Chrysalis Dance Company, Suchu Dance, and many others.
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Toni Valle, Project Director
713-224-3262 / toni@houstondance.org
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