Tina Valentan works as an independent cultural artist. She has graduated from the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam in 2007. Valentan has been active in the field of contemporary dance for many years. Over the last years she has been focusing on performing for other choreographers. Her solo and group projects are supported by various production houses: Federacija, Maska, Emanat, City of Women, Plesna izba Maribor, European Cultural Foundation and Modul Dance. She is currently touring European dance festivals with Milan Tomášik & Co with performances Hunting Season (2014) and Silver Blue (2015). She is working closely with Snježana Premuš, a Body Mind Centering practitioner and choreographer, with whom she is expanding her knowledge of the body and co-creating performances, lastly Physical Manifestations (2015). The artist is also appearing in the children’s performance Doodledee, It’s Me!. After presenting her choreographical debut at the first edition of Platforma Festival in 2007, which she later on developed in an acclaimed solo When the Moon Is Increasing (2008) produced by City of Women, Tina returned to the stage in 2016 with her new solo project, which has put centre stage a woman in possession of her full powers (Kalipso).
