Valerie McCann is a performing artist, movement director and embodied practitioner based in London. Originally from New Hampshire, Valerie graduated from the now-defunct College of Santa Fe in 2002 where she studied theatre and dance. She holds an MFA in Movement Directing and Teaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Valerie works collaboratively with artists and ensembles across the US, UK and Europe. In Los Angeles Valerie was a founding member of ARTEL (American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory). She trained extensively with SITI Company in New York City and collaborated with company members and associates on several new works. Valerie was a member of the international ensemble Dynamika Metamorfozy with NetTheatre at the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, PL. She assisted director Samantha Shay/Source Material in the creation of several new works, including the premier of A Thousand Tongues at the 2016 Theatre Olympics. She has a decades long collaborative relationship with the artist Than Hussein Clark and is a member of The Directors Theatre Writers Theatre. Valerie’s recent solo performances are inspired by her teachers Deborah Hay and Mary Overlie.