Emerson Valentina
@emersonvalentina.com
artist (AEA) / advocate / forewoman
creator of PSYKHE 🦋 @psykhe.us
founder/director, BMHF @mentalhealthbway.org
soul + art + activism 🧠💫
rep: NYMMG
creator of PSYKHE 🦋 @psykhe.us
founder/director, BMHF @mentalhealthbway.org
soul + art + activism 🧠💫
rep: NYMMG
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It’s time for a formal introduction — I’m Emerson Valentina. 🦋
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
Register NOW! You don’t want to miss this special event.
The Broadway Mental Health Foundation is co-hosting a FREE, in-person event with the National Eating Disorders Association!
Open Jar Studios, 9/20, 3-5:30p
New York, New York
Use THIS link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Jar Studios, 9/20, 3-5:30p
New York, New York
Use THIS link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
“Eating Disorders in the Arts” NYC Event: NEDAxBMHF Registration Form
Please fill out this form to register for our upcoming in-person event on Saturday, 9/20, from 3p to 5:30p at Open Jar Studios.
docs.google.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Register NOW! You don’t want to miss this special event.
What an honor it was to be invited to the 50th Anniversary of @chicagomusical! A big thank you to my friend @johnsefakis for creating a wonderful night of community and for all the work he does running @dancersover40official. 💜💃👠
June 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What an honor it was to be invited to the 50th Anniversary of @chicagomusical! A big thank you to my friend @johnsefakis for creating a wonderful night of community and for all the work he does running @dancersover40official. 💜💃👠
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BMHF will be attending the 50th Anniversary of Chicago tomorrow night at @54below.bsky.social — and representing mental health, while we're at it!
We’re here to support the demographic of mature artists/dancers who need and deserve mental health care in our industry. Thanks to Dancers Over 40! 💫🎩
We’re here to support the demographic of mature artists/dancers who need and deserve mental health care in our industry. Thanks to Dancers Over 40! 💫🎩
June 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
BMHF will be attending the 50th Anniversary of Chicago tomorrow night at @54below.bsky.social — and representing mental health, while we're at it!
We’re here to support the demographic of mature artists/dancers who need and deserve mental health care in our industry. Thanks to Dancers Over 40! 💫🎩
We’re here to support the demographic of mature artists/dancers who need and deserve mental health care in our industry. Thanks to Dancers Over 40! 💫🎩
Join me in supporting the @nilc.org: donate.nilc.org/page/72880/d...
Support NILC's Work
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June 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I cannot, for the life of me, stop watching Audra’s performance. And I tear up EVERY time?!?!
June 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I cannot, for the life of me, stop watching Audra’s performance. And I tear up EVERY time?!?!
My birthday landed on a Monday so I was lucky enough to visit the gardens this weekend (in the pouring rain) in honor of my 27th (!!! 🤨) year. I always feel 1,000 years old at the end of each year’s cycle, but now, interestingly, I’ve never felt so young as well.
June 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My birthday landed on a Monday so I was lucky enough to visit the gardens this weekend (in the pouring rain) in honor of my 27th (!!! 🤨) year. I always feel 1,000 years old at the end of each year’s cycle, but now, interestingly, I’ve never felt so young as well.
They never tell you how jarring it is to be recognized on the street for the first time… in Times Square, of all places! But it’s so heartwarming to witness the reach of @mentalhealthbway.org in our community. 💗
June 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
They never tell you how jarring it is to be recognized on the street for the first time… in Times Square, of all places! But it’s so heartwarming to witness the reach of @mentalhealthbway.org in our community. 💗
Invited to the pre-Tony’s performance of Smash!
June 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Invited to the pre-Tony’s performance of Smash!
Grateful to be represented in Print/Editorial, TV/Film, and Commercial by my dedicated, phenomenal agent and manager at @nymmg.
June 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Grateful to be represented in Print/Editorial, TV/Film, and Commercial by my dedicated, phenomenal agent and manager at @nymmg.
I am nowhere near Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, or Kecia Lewis when it comes to “Broadway veteran” status. But, unlike Patti, I’m striving to be a white woman in this business who champions compassion and community. THAT is what will propel our art form well into the next century.
Not racism.
Not racism.
May 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I am nowhere near Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, or Kecia Lewis when it comes to “Broadway veteran” status. But, unlike Patti, I’m striving to be a white woman in this business who champions compassion and community. THAT is what will propel our art form well into the next century.
Not racism.
Not racism.
Mental health was represented at the Chita Rivera Awards last night! 🧠🎩 What a privilege it was for @mentalhealthbway.org to attend dance’s biggest night and connect with so many who recognize the power mental health resources can have on our industry.
May 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Mental health was represented at the Chita Rivera Awards last night! 🧠🎩 What a privilege it was for @mentalhealthbway.org to attend dance’s biggest night and connect with so many who recognize the power mental health resources can have on our industry.
April flowers ended up bringing May showers, I fear…
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
April flowers ended up bringing May showers, I fear…
Shake Shack…..you have bedeviled my Friday nights
May 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Shake Shack…..you have bedeviled my Friday nights
Not a bad way to start your morning…especially on International Dance Day!
A few behind-the-scenes moments from today’s shoot with Katie Mollison (@kamerashoots.nyc) — the BEST!
A few behind-the-scenes moments from today’s shoot with Katie Mollison (@kamerashoots.nyc) — the BEST!
April 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Not a bad way to start your morning…especially on International Dance Day!
A few behind-the-scenes moments from today’s shoot with Katie Mollison (@kamerashoots.nyc) — the BEST!
A few behind-the-scenes moments from today’s shoot with Katie Mollison (@kamerashoots.nyc) — the BEST!
As artists and creative people, we tend to draw immense feeling and “essence” from archetypal energies that can be found in literature, lore, mythology, and history. As someone who also considers themselves an intuitive, I constantly find myself calling in these archetypal energies through
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April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As artists and creative people, we tend to draw immense feeling and “essence” from archetypal energies that can be found in literature, lore, mythology, and history. As someone who also considers themselves an intuitive, I constantly find myself calling in these archetypal energies through
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Naturally, after a day of three dance auditions, a shoot with FotoLab is totally normal and not at all crazy.
‘PSYKHE,’ butterfly-scorpion-warrior-princess vision by me, dress by Desigual. 🦋🦂🌀🧿
Photos by FotoLabStudio.
‘PSYKHE,’ butterfly-scorpion-warrior-princess vision by me, dress by Desigual. 🦋🦂🌀🧿
Photos by FotoLabStudio.
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Naturally, after a day of three dance auditions, a shoot with FotoLab is totally normal and not at all crazy.
‘PSYKHE,’ butterfly-scorpion-warrior-princess vision by me, dress by Desigual. 🦋🦂🌀🧿
Photos by FotoLabStudio.
‘PSYKHE,’ butterfly-scorpion-warrior-princess vision by me, dress by Desigual. 🦋🦂🌀🧿
Photos by FotoLabStudio.
It’s time for a formal introduction — I’m Emerson Valentina. 🦋
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It’s time for a formal introduction — I’m Emerson Valentina. 🦋
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
I'm a theatre artist, VO artist, & professional dancer who’s been based in Manhattan for the past 8 years. I'm the founder & director of @mentalhealthbway.org. I have a list of certifications in metaphysical & spiritual modalities.
This marketing is brat
February 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This marketing is brat
Just left a ballet class in Manhattan where the instructor made two people cry while the rest of us danced on eggshells. Tell me, when will “tough love” instruction be a thing of the past?
P.S. — the immense stress didn’t make anyone dance better, FYI
P.S. — the immense stress didn’t make anyone dance better, FYI
February 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just left a ballet class in Manhattan where the instructor made two people cry while the rest of us danced on eggshells. Tell me, when will “tough love” instruction be a thing of the past?
P.S. — the immense stress didn’t make anyone dance better, FYI
P.S. — the immense stress didn’t make anyone dance better, FYI
The time IS now.
Eating disorders are not just a public health crisis but a performance industry crisis — take it from me, the founder of BMHF who spent over 8 years battling anorexia nervosa as a professional dancer in theatre.
BMHF is thrilled to collaborate with NEDA this year! 💙💚
Eating disorders are not just a public health crisis but a performance industry crisis — take it from me, the founder of BMHF who spent over 8 years battling anorexia nervosa as a professional dancer in theatre.
BMHF is thrilled to collaborate with NEDA this year! 💙💚
Cue the excitement! 🎉
BMHF is proudly partnering with the National Eating Disorders Association for this year’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 24th - Mar. 2nd).
Join our efforts to create urgency around the need to recognize eating disorders as a public health crisis because The Time is Now.
BMHF is proudly partnering with the National Eating Disorders Association for this year’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 24th - Mar. 2nd).
Join our efforts to create urgency around the need to recognize eating disorders as a public health crisis because The Time is Now.
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The time IS now.
Eating disorders are not just a public health crisis but a performance industry crisis — take it from me, the founder of BMHF who spent over 8 years battling anorexia nervosa as a professional dancer in theatre.
BMHF is thrilled to collaborate with NEDA this year! 💙💚
Eating disorders are not just a public health crisis but a performance industry crisis — take it from me, the founder of BMHF who spent over 8 years battling anorexia nervosa as a professional dancer in theatre.
BMHF is thrilled to collaborate with NEDA this year! 💙💚
Frank Black’s Teenager of the Year at @brooklynsteel.bsky.social. Too many Teenagers of the Year in one room, honestly…
February 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Frank Black’s Teenager of the Year at @brooklynsteel.bsky.social. Too many Teenagers of the Year in one room, honestly…
We’re looking to ramp things up this year! If you’ve been following along with my organization, BMHF, and support our mission, give this a read.
Help us help our industry! The work of BMHF is just getting started. 💫
Help us help our industry! The work of BMHF is just getting started. 💫
BMHF has got some big plans this year! 🎉
Read along to find out what we have in store for 2025.
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Read along to find out what we have in store for 2025.
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January 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We’re looking to ramp things up this year! If you’ve been following along with my organization, BMHF, and support our mission, give this a read.
Help us help our industry! The work of BMHF is just getting started. 💫
Help us help our industry! The work of BMHF is just getting started. 💫
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Dealing with depression during rehearsals — that might be considered a niche topic within our industry, but we’re allllll about niche topics here. 👋
December 31, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Dealing with depression during rehearsals — that might be considered a niche topic within our industry, but we’re allllll about niche topics here. 👋
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Remember, you are enough just as you are. Let’s build a healthier, more inclusive Broadway. 💚🌟
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November 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Remember, you are enough just as you are. Let’s build a healthier, more inclusive Broadway. 💚🌟
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We’re looking! Help us give our community a voice.
We want to hear from you!
BMHF is developing something exciting that will debut in early 2025. Let us know any* performer, therapist, artist, or coach you’d like us to interview… 🧠💚💫🎙️
*those who have experience and/or connection with mental health topics (i.e. stories, struggles, insights)
BMHF is developing something exciting that will debut in early 2025. Let us know any* performer, therapist, artist, or coach you’d like us to interview… 🧠💚💫🎙️
*those who have experience and/or connection with mental health topics (i.e. stories, struggles, insights)
November 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM
We’re looking! Help us give our community a voice.