“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

Justin Valentine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Apprentice with the Martha Graham Dance Company - 2023-2024 Season

  • Graham 2, New York - 2022-2024 Seasons

  • Classical Ballet, Principal Dancer, South Carolina - 2020-2021, 2021-2022 Ballet Seasons – Columbia, SC

  • Key classical roles performed: Bolero, Nutcracker Grand Pas and Snow, Solor in La Bayadere.

  • Performed contemporary pieces - Dracula, Gravity, Maleficent

  • Guest Artist based in NYC performing internationally - June 2018-March 2020

  • Gala performances in 13 countries at dance competitions and by invitation – Pas de Deux performed: La

  • Sylphide, La Fille Mal Gardee, La Esmeralda, Talisman, Black Swan, Giselle, Satanella, Raymonda,

  • Calvary Halt. Contemporary/Neoclassical performed: Reverence, Ink, Burning, Richard III, Deriver;

  • Judged competitions and taught master classes in Ecuador, Mexico City and Paraguay - 2017-2020

  • Ballet teacher, Private Instructor, and International Competition Coach based in CT - 2019-2021

  • Coached competition participants in Japan and Sochi - 2019



COMPETITION HISTORY

  • Seoul International Dance Competition - July 2017 – Select Performance for Gala

  • VKIBC - 2016 – Invited to attend graduating class at Vaganova Academy

  • 14 medals received in competition including Gold medals in IBC Citti di Spoleto in April 2017 and Silver medal

  • Junior Male in Yuri Grigorovich Young Ballet of the World in Sochi Russia June 2016



TRAINING

  • Martha Graham School, New York, Advanced Study Certificate Program – Graham 2 - 2022-present

  • Contemporary Dance creation with Nina Buisson, New York - 2014-2022

  • Valentina Kozlova’s Dance Conservatory of New York/NYC 2014-2018

  • The Vaganova Ballet Academy – St. Petersburg Russia by invitation of Nikolai Tsiskaridze – Fall semester 2016

  • Private Coaching with Charles Askegard and Victoria Rinaldi (2014-2015), New York

  • Saugerties Ballet Center (2013-2014), Saugerties, New York

  • ADACA (2010-2012), Hunter, New York

  • Summer Programs – Washington Ballet DC (2015), American Ballet Theater NYC (2014)

  • Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet Tivoli NY (2014-2015)