Acclaimed choreographer Del Valle unites with Young Miko and RaiNao in groundbreaking collaborations that merge movement, music, and Puerto Rican cultural power.
Three Puerto Rican women, each dominating their industry on the global stage, are converging to create work that transcends genre, gender expectations, and geographical boundaries. Internationally acclaimed choreographer Kianí del Valle, Billboard’s Latin Rookie of the Year Young Miko, and alt-perreo singer RaiNao, are proving that when fearless female artists unite they can make history.
This month, Young Miko took the stage at San Juan’s Coliseum of Puerto Rico for two sold-out performances (December 5-6) featuring Del Valle’s artistic collaboration. Next week, the collaboration deepens as Del Valle begins work as co-director, choreographer, and movement director on RaiNao’s upcoming short film and music video.
Kianí del Valle recently choreographed for Lorde’s Ultrasound World Tour, currently on tour with her two KDV Performance Group dancers. She has directed Travis Scott’s Coachella performance, and created movement for Labrinth, Billie Eilish, and Bad Bunny. Her work has commanded stages from Coachella and Sonar Festival to the Venice Biennale and Victoria and Albert Museum.
Del Valle holds the Outstanding Artist of the Year Award from the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico and Berlin’s prestigious Body Time and Space Grant.
In addition to her celebrated work as a choreographer and movement director, Kiani del Valle is now debuting a new dimension of her artistry. For the first time in her twenty-year career, Kiani has created a series of tangible works—including sculpture, paintings, and drawings—that reveal her creative process and movement vocabulary in physical form. These works will be exhibited in January 2026 at Embajada Gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This exhibition marks Kiani’s entry into the contemporary art market, offering collectors, galleries, and institutions a rare opportunity to engage with her visionary practice beyond the stage.
As founder and artistic director of Berlin’s KDV Performance Group, del Valle creates work that explores Caribbean postcolonial identity, Taíno heritage, and embodied spiritual traditions blending contemporary dance with film, technology, and fearless cultural commentary.
Photography courtesy of Muriel Florence Rieben
About Kianí del Valle
Kianí del Valle, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an internationally recognized choreographer, dancer, director, and performance artist whose work spans contemporary dance, film, and multimedia performance.
She has created choreography and directed performances for Lorde, Bad Bunny, Travis Scott, Labrinth, Nathy Peluso, Bendik Giske, Simian Mobile Disco, Buscabulla, Residente, and Billie Eilish. Her work has been presented at Sonar Festival, Coachella, Theater des Westens, Le Guess Who?, Victoria and Albert Museum, Berlinische Galerie, Venice Biennale, Barbican London, Getty Museum Los Angeles, and The O2 Arena London.
In June 2025, she choreographed the Y-3 Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Del Valle’s practice explores Caribbean postcolonial identity, Taíno indigenous culture, and embodied spiritual traditions through movement, technology, and sound. She is the founder and artistic director of KDV Performance Group in Berlin.