Jordy Valderrama

Jordy Valderrama

Formed as a mime, actor, dancer, and puppeteer.  Jordy Valderrama produces directs and writes adaptations for theatre, dance, circus, and puppet shows. He has attended courses with renowned international figures of the Dramatic Arts in Peru, Costa Rica, Spain, France, the USA, and the United Kingdom. He studied mime and masks with Norma Berrade, Argentinian mime, and director. Moved to contemporary dance and ballet from these grounds and later on studied Classical Theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and at the Desmond  Jones School of Mime in London, in the United Kingdom through a full-stipend Grant from the British Council in 1988-89. 

Professor Valderrama is also a Licensed Teacher of Art Education with a major in Dramatic Arts and he graduated in 2017 from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland as a Vocational Teacher (Ammatillinen Opettaja -AmO) recognized as a Pedagogue by the Finnish National Agency for Education. He has widely taught, directed, and performed Mime, Circus, Dance, Puppets, and Drama at schools, universities, and educational institutions for the last 38 years.

Theatre Pedagogy and Show Management are part of his expertise which also includes lightning, customs, and scenery design; he has also attended facial prosthetics and Puppets for TV courses through scholarships given by the Ministry of  Culture in Madrid and UNIMA Spain in the TOPIC of Tolosa.

He has also performed and directed in Peru, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, and since 2016 lived and performed in  Finland. Founder and director of the Puppet Theatre Company Transeúntes Teatro de Títeres and co-founder and board member of KULKIJAT RY intercultural association based in Helsinki, where he gives workshops, builds media networking, and produces events.

Member of UNIMA Finland, Aurinko - música de Latinoamérica, and  Catalysti Transcultural Artists in Finland where he supervised media networks and events until January 2019. An active member of Aurinko where he plays in workshops and produces videos. He also filmed the China tour of the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra and more recently launched LOF: a project about the Library of the Future being here in Finland.

He lives in Vantaa Uusima and works and teaches in Finland. Mime, acrobatics, juggling, dance, and clown techniques for children at Circus Helsinki. He also teaches and directs the group "Teatro en Español en Helsinki". Since 2016 he has participated in The Savonlinna Opera Festival as Stage Fight Choreographer, fencer, actor, and also as a language interpreter. 

In 2020 he adapted and directed Pekka ja Susi, by Sergei Prokofiev with the Espoo school of theatre and circus Esko, and an orchestra conducted by Pekka Helasvuo, having as staring guest and narrator the Finnish actor and musician Antti Reini. 

In 2021 launched the LOF Project, The Library of the future with Kulkijat ry. And began a film project of videos of documentaries on Finnish museums. 

In 2022 he participated in an art residency organized by GAP (Globe Art Point) and the municipalities of Porvoo and Sipoo with other four artists for the project called Art goes Villages, which was performed in these two cities in June.

In 2023 he produced and filmed a video for English speaking audience for Moniheli, about Hobbies in Finland to promote the application of the Nuorisolaki or Youngster´s Law Act. Also, act as a Supervisor in a social and pedagogic experience project between Kulkijat ry association with DIAK students to promote well-being amongst migrant families to tackle the impact of the misuse of electronic gadgets with Moniheli as the main grant supporter.

Actually, he teaches in Circus Helsinki, and hobbies for Vantaa and Helsinki cities, and directs the Theatre group of  Spanish of Helsinki. Projects include Mimo ja Viola, a performance that received a grant from the city of Vantaa.