“Within the rigorous structures she builds — tightly ordered sequences of movement, song and spoken text — she finds the freedom to improvise, to respond to her audience in the moment. She knows how to read a room.”

– Siobhan Burke

Heera (2022)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia and Heera Gandhu

Lighting by Kathy Kaufmann

Commissioned by Abrons Arts Center, June 24-26; New York, NY.

Videography by Peter Richards | Photo by Maria Baranova

Air (2020)

AIR (2020)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Sound Engineering by Jules Gimbrone

Original Music, "Air" by Jazzy Romero (2020)

References the essay, "The Riddle of Cantinflas" by Ilan Stavans

Commissioned by Performance Space New York January 9-18, 2020; New York, NY.

AIR was made possible through a 2019 Movement Research Residency, funded by the Scherman Foundation’s

Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund.

Photo by Maria Baranova

Futurity (2019)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art for the 2019 Whitney Biennial

Curated by Greta Hartenstein

Performed on June 2, 9, 16; New York, NY.

Photo by Paula Court

Bouquet (2019)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Dramaturgy by Lydia Okrent

Sound Design by Jules Gimbrone

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Commissioned by The Chocolate Factory Theater, April 18-27, 2019; Long Island City, NY.

Videography by Peter Richards | Photo by Madeline Best

Album (2018)

ALBUM (2018)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia
Directed by Lilleth Glimcher
Performed at American Realness January 11-15, 2018; New York, NY.

ALBUM was made possible through the Artist in Residence Program at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. Additional support was made possible through the GPS/Global Practice Sharing program of Movement Research with funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.

Photo by Ian Douglass

Yugoslavia (2017)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Voiceover by Biljana Tanurovska and Marijana Cvetkovic

Painting by Richard Kondrat (1990)

Lighting design by Kathy Kaufmann

Commissioned by Danspace Project , performed October 12-14, 2017; New York, NY.

Funding Credits: Yugoslavia was made possible through the Artist in Residence Program at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. Additional support was made possible through the GPS/Global Practice Sharing program of Movement Research with funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Additional residency support was made possible by The Kindling Fund administered by SPACE Gallery as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts’ Regional Regranting Program.

Photo by Ian Douglas

ORIGINATORS (2016)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Kate Brandt, Elsa Brown, Lydia Okrent + Mariana Valencia

ISSUE Project Room AIR commision; performed at Abrons Arts Center January 29-31, 2016; New York, NY.

Photo by Bradley Buehring

So Far So Much (2015)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

The Women and Performance Journal at Center for Performance Research

September 12, 2015; Brooklyn, New York.

Photo by Charlotte Curtis

Dance Savings (2014)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Performed at The New Museum for the Temporary Collections CHOREOGRAPHY Seminars.

November 7, 2014; New York, NY.

On the floor on the bed, study (2014)

On The Floor On The Bed, Study (2014)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Okrent + Mariana Valencia

Center For Performance Research May 20, 2014; Brooklyn, NY.

On the floor on the bed (Los Angeles, 2014)

On The Floor On The Bed (2014)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Okrent + Mariana Valencia

Pieter Pasd Artist in Residence show

Performed July 7, 2014; Los Angeles, CA.

Photo by Bryatt Bryant

Nocturnal Disciplines (2014)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Okrent, Lauren Bakst + Mariana Valencia

Studio Series Residency at New York Live Arts, March 21-22, 2014; New York, NY.

Photo by Guadalupe Rosales

Sky Circle (2014)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lauren Bakst, Lydia Okrent + Mariana Valencia

Singers Shoshana Funk + Elsa Brown

Roulette, February 12, 2014; Brooklyn, New York.

ok do one (2013)

Ok Do One (2013)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Residency Showing for Chez Bushwick Artist In Residence at Center for Performance Research, September 12-13, 2013; Brooklyn, New York.

Photo by Guadalupe Rosales

Guadalupe Zulema Victoria Susana (2013)

Guadalupe Victoria Zulema Susana (2013)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Okrent, Lauren Bakst, Tess Dworman + Mariana Valencia

Music by Julia Read

Movement Research at the Judson Church, January 7 2013; New York, NY.

Photo by Ian Douglas

Milk is a Mother's Idea (2013)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Okrent, Lauren Bakst + Mariana Valencia

Performed at the Movement Research Spring Festival, May 22, 2013; Brooklyn, New York.

Legendary Children (2011)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Adler Okrent + Mariana Valencia

Brazil, June 10-11, 2011; Brooklyn, NY.

Empire (2011)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Mariana Valencia + Lydia Adler Okrent

Movement Research at the Judson Church, April 4, 2011;New York, NY.

Huesitos z.p.g. (2010)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Lydia Adler Okrent + Mariana Valencia

PERFORMANCY forum Surreal Estate, October 8, 2010; Brooklyn, NY.

Tunder Creeps (2009)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Dance Conversations at The Flea, November 2, 2009; New York, NY.

Three Weeks Till Blackout (2009)

Three Weeks Till Blakcout (2010)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Caitlin Gianinny + Mariana Valencia

WAXworks, 2009; Brooklyn, NY.

Glory Guts (2008)

Created by Mariana Valencia

Performed by Caitlin Gianinny, Cathy Moses + Mariana Valencia

Music by Cathy Mooses

Movement Research at the Judson Church, November 17, 2008; New York, NY.

Piol (2008)

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Breath Studio, March 7, 2008; Northampton, MA.