Kate Vallee- Director, Choreographer, Performer, Master Class Teacher

Kate is currently based in Denver, CO where she is a freelance Director/Choreographer for theater, events, and dance competition studios. Ask for her availability via the contact page to help you with your next artistic project!

A little about Kate;

Kate is a director/choreographer/performer born and raised in Rochester, NY. After more than a decade in New York City, she currently resides in Denver, CO. Kate has worked creatively on over 20 professional productions, and over 30 youth theater productions. Some favorite credits include: Shout! The Mod Musical (Dir/Choreo), Holiday Inn (Dir/Choreo), Beauty and The Beast (Dir/Choreo), and 42nd Street (7 productions nationwide).

As a performer, Kate has performed in International and National Tours, at Radio City Music Hall, and in regional theaters around the country. A few favorite credits include: Radio City Rockette 4 years, Singin In The Rain (Goodspeed Opera House), 42nd Street (Tour- dance captain/swing), A Chorus Line (Cassie), and Cirque’s Christmas Dreams (dance captain/swing).

Kate represented the United States in The World Tap Dance Championships winning top honors with her group The Clark Academy, and placing as second top female soloist. She has performed with modern and jazz dance companies, and in numerous industrials and television programs.

As a theater and dance educator she has over twenty years of experience adjudicating national dance competitions, teaching master classes, and serving on artistic management teams of performing arts organizations. Kate has taught for the Broadway Dance Center (NYC), New Dance Group (NYC), The Rock Center for Dance (Las Vegas), Syracuse University and regional studios from New York to parts of Northwest Canada. Her competition choreography has won top honors nationally. She is recognized in the Who’s Who of Dance catalogue, and featured as a Capezio Dance Athlete.

Kate has a BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University.

“The audience doesn’t come to watch you perform. They come to take the journey with you in their soul. It’s our job as a performer to push aside vanity and be entwined in the moment, only then do we communicate to the soul of our audience.”