Valentina Baché Rodríguez (they/them) was born into a cacophony of color and macaws, in the isolation of the Caribbean jungle in Playa del Carmen, México. They learned the language of movement before they learned to speak, taught by sea, dogs, and blood. At fifteen, they skipped high school, moved to the US, and attended Bard College at Simon’s Rock for an associate degree in Biology and Dance, later transferring to Hunter College for a BA in Dance, graduating in 2020.
Since then, they have done everything in their power to love and share their art. Their works have been featured throughout New York at Movement Research at Judson Church, the Kaye Playhouse, BK Art Haus, NY Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center, Recess, Chelsea Factory, Dixon Place & their pedagogy shared at Performance Space NY. They are a 2024 Gallim Moving Artist Resident, a part of the Estrogenius Festival since 2020, and a 2026 CPR Artist in Residence.Premiered their first evening-length show at Triskelion Arts March 12–14, 2026. 
In a lifelong battle against the imperialist soul, Valentina has found that love is the reason and that greed must be expelled from within each day. Through a spiritual devotion to dance as prayer, they explore the magic of nature and reveal the surreal ways we all contribute to cycles of harm. From this devotion, they continue birthing new techniques, practices, and ways of resisting. They spin because the divine is always spiraling, and they bark because the dog is a mirror reflecting our malleability. They believe suppressed rage becomes dangerous instead of transformative.Overall they are a multidisciplinary artist, performer, textile artist, sculptor, and designer of beauty, violence, and truth, all at once.