Internationally recognized choreographer, director, and performance artist Kianí Del Valle made history on February 8th as the stunt choreographer and casting lead for Bad Bunny’s electrifying "EL APAGON" segment at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Del Valle, a proud Puerto Rican, brought an unwavering commitment to authenticity, ensuring the performance honored the resilience and lived experience of the Puerto Rican people.
With a career spanning two decades and a reputation for genre-defying, immersive creations, Del Valle’s work merges movement with technology, sound, and a striking visual world shaped by film, architecture, and pop culture. She is the founder and artistic director of Berlin’s KDV Performance Group, known for expanding the language of contemporary dance and performance art.
Del Valle’s choreography has graced the world’s most prestigious stages and cultural events, including the Venice Biennale, Coachella, Sónar Festival, and Paris Fashion Week. She has collaborated with global icons such as Billie Eilish, Lorde, Travis Scott, John Legend, Labrinth, and Nathy Peluso, as well as leading international dance companies in New York and Berlin. Her work is rooted in a visceral physical language, ritual, endurance, and intuitive groove, often engaging with Caribbean histories, Taíno indigenous culture, and postcolonial identity.
“It was crucial for me to keep the authenticity and tell the story of what this was like for the people of Puerto Rico,” Del Valle shares. “This work is close to my heart.”
Del Valle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Choreography from Concordia University (Montreal), with additional training in experimental painting, martial arts, and stunt acrobatics. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Artist of the Year Award from the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico and Berlin’s Body Time and Space Grant.
Kianí Del Valle is a Berlin-based choreographer, director, dramaturg and performance artist originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her work traverses contemporary dance, multimedia performance, stunt acrobatics and visual art, exploring Caribbean postcolonial identity, Taíno heritage, and embodied spiritual traditions.
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