Valerie Chartier

She has been invited as a guest teacher and artist to the biggest Krump camp in the world, The Krumpire, in Russia. She also assisted Jaja Vankova (SYTYCD, IAMme Crew) to teach workshops and perform at the well renowned camp Fair Play Dance Camp (Poland) and in Los Angeles.

Valerie is also a director and choreographer: She choreographed and performed a Krump solo with cello, THIN, and she created and performed an 1h Krump duet with Yannice Ouellet in 2022. She was also part of the distribution of Phase 1 by Forêt Noire. She also created a video project gathering female Krumpers from around the world in a Flashmob concept “LeadHers Flashmob” (co-choreographed by Jaja Vankova).

For 2 years, she was a part of the ensemble of dancers in the production Renézance, choreographed by Alexandra “Spicey” Landé (Unkut Productions), in the context of Festival Vue Sur la Relève, 2010 edition and performed in 2011 in other events. She also performs in shows and participates in competitions (Montreal, Toronto, New York, L.A, Las Vegas, Paris, Germany, Russia) in videos, movies, publicity (Sokoloff Lingerie, Miss Me Art, Sur le Rythme, ARTV) and was a participant in Revolution TV show, season 3.

Valerie also has been the organizer of a dance event called “The Clash” since 2013: a tournament that creates clashes between krump vs all of the other street dance styles. Since 2014, she is general and artistic director of Montreal Krump Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of the Krump culture throughout Quebec and Canada: MKA organizes different events and creates platforms for Krumpers to express and expand their art such as the biggest Krump Festival in Canada: Gutta Zone.

Finally, she founded LeadHers; a program that is targeting women through education and artistic productions such as the LeadHers Classes and LeadHers Rookies Tournament event. Using Krump as a tool to explore and express mental and physical strength and inspire women that there are no limits set by gender.