Valarie Pettiford

Valarie Pettiford is an award-winning actor, dancer and singer. She earned a Tony and Grammy nomination for Fosse and was one of the principal dancers in the first national tour of Bob Fosse’s Dancin and his last original musical Big Deal. She was part of the original cast of Sophisticated Ladies and was nominated for an Ovation Award as Julie in the tour of Showboat directed by the legendary Hal Prince.

Valarie was the first American to portray Velma Kelly in the West End revival of Chicago starring alongside Chita Rivera. When Ms. Rivera was inducted into The Kennedy Center Honors, she personally requested Valarie reprise the role.

Valarie is honored to be part of The Verdon Fosse Legacy, reconstructing Bob Fosse’s choreography and teaching it to a new generation of dancers including reconstructing four numbers for the hit FX show Fosse/Verdon starring Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell.