Valentina Scaglia

Valentina studied dance in Italy at the Studio Danza Narcisa for ten years. In 1995 she participated at the Prix de Lausanne and won the Prix Espoir with a scholarship for the Hamburg Ballett School where she finished her dance studies. She joined The Hamburg Ballett (John Neumeier) where she danced for three years. In 2001 Valentina joined the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 and three years later Nederland Dans Theater 1 where she worked until December 2013. At NDT she had the privilege of working and creating with choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, Hans van Manen, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin and Crystal Pite.

She has been active in coaching and teaching NDT repertory to companies and schools and is involved in educational dance projects. She loves teaching children the gift of dance as an expressive means (Kids Atelier). Valentina is also a certified trainer and coach for the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® method since 2014 under her own studio Body in Flow.