ElleX / ElleY

ElleX, an androgynous being with a slender body, moving through a suspended world beneath a shower of bright comets. As the ground tilts, her body releases glowing pearls, a hidden vital substance. Unbalanced, ElleX embarks on a pilgrimage through the confined space of her world, with the pearls transforming into ElleY, her clone. The two replicas engage in an intense sensory exchange, sharing energy and pleasure, transforming into luminous flowers on a white canvas. At the end of their dance, they reveal their essence of light and vital energy.

Valeria Galluccio is a director, choreographer, and dancer, a remarkable figure on the international contemporary dance scene for many years. After her debut in 2008 at the Venice Biennale as a soloist with Ismael Ivo, she joined Compagnie Marie Chouinard in Montreal in 2011. Starting in 2019, she deepened her experience in multimedia productions, dedicating herself to filmmaking and creating works that merge dance with cinematic language. Valeria explores immersive cinema with the virtual reality dance film Tavata (2022), which was successfully presented at the FIKA(S) Festival. In 2023, she made her debut as director, choreographer, and performer with LUCE, an intense experimental short film that received awards at international festivals, including First Prize at the Cinedanza Festival, Best Art Film at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2024, the Creativity Award at DDFF, and the “Marilena Riccio” Award at the Immagina International Dance Festival. In 2025, she directed, choreographed, and performed in her second short film ElleX / ElleY, which in the same year won First Prize at the International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) for Best Canadian Short Film. These distinctions establish Valeria Galluccio as a driving force on today’s contemporary dance scene.