PMT Dance Studio Faculty Profiles

Yesid Lopez

Contemporary Dance

     YESID LOPEZ is originally from Colombia where he began his dance training in ballet at the age of 18 with Jaime Diaz and Ana Consuelo Gomez Caballero in Anna Pavlova´s Ballet Academy in Bogota dancing as corps of ballet and soloist in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet as well as in contemporary pieces. He received a scholarship from The School at Jacob´s Pillow in the jazz program in 2004 and 2006 where he was training with Luigi, Matt Mattox, Bill Hastings, Chet Walker, Patti Wilcox, Dana Moore, Alex Sanchez, James Kinney and Mark Burrel and a full scholarship from Inland Pacific Ballet Academy in Montclair, CA where he danced Dracula and The Nutcracker. Yesid has performed in Colombia, UK, South Korea, Cuba and USA as a dancer and choreographer in latin styles.
     In 2006, Yesid moved to New York where he received a full scholarship from STEPS on Broadway and was selected to be a member of the Steps Repertory Ensemble 2006-2007.  He is currently a member of Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Yesid is creating works for L&L Dance, a project he started with fellow dancer Karina Lesko.

Teaching Schedule:

TBA

Class Description:

This class is contemporary ballet-based with jazz, Latin, and African influences.  It incorporates classical technique with an emphasis on lines.  Yesid contrasts fluid and lyrical movements with a sense of groundedness and weight. His style focuses on isolations and shapes exploring musicality and rhythm throughout the class.  The class begins with a technical warm up followed by a versatile blend of movement in the process of creating choreography.