10/09/2023
Meet the Panelist, Valerie Branch! Come to the Black Choreographers Festival on Sunday, October 15 to join in the discussion. Use the link in our bio to get tickets!
Valerie Branch graduated magna cm laude from the University of Maryland College Park with a bachelor’s degree in dance. She has experience touring as a performing artist and dance educator both nationally and internationally. Valerie has brought dance into schools throughout the United States, South Africa, India, Singapore, and St. George’s, Grenada. She has previously received an invitation from the Danish Embassy to participate in a Cultural Arts Program Exchange Visit to Denmark.
As a Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a Young Audiences National Credentialed Teaching Artist and Early Childhood Education Director at Arts for Learning Maryland, her mission is to use dance as a catalyst to empower children to find value and greatness in the impact that their voice can have on their life and others. As the Co-chair of the YA National Credential, Valerie advocated for teaching artist representation while creating and uplifting innovative strategies that will increase the value and visibility of teaching artists around the nation. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of VB Dance Ensemble, a professional contemporary dance company focused on bringing social and cultural awareness and change through the power of dance into schools around the nation.
