YESID LOPEZ is originally from Colombia where he began his
dance
training in ballet at the age of 20 with Jaime Diaz and Ana
Consuelo
Gomez Caballero in Anna
Pavlova´s Ballet Academy in Bogota. 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. Yesid has performed in Colombia, UK, Cuba, USA
as a dancer and choreographer in latin, jazz and contemporary
ballet styles and South Korea as a choreographer-featured
dancer
with Hanwha Resort in Sokcho City.
In 2006, Yesid moved to New York City. He was a member of
The
Ballet Hispanico of New York performing works by Vicente
Nebrada,
Ramon Oller, Ann Reinking, Jean
Emile, Pedro Ruiz, William Whitener, Anabella Lopez Ochoa,
Andrea
Miller and Ron de Jesus. He has worked with So You Think You
Can
Dance choreographers Tony
Meredith and Melanie LaPatin at Dance Times Square as a
Ballroom
Instructor and Choreographer and he is currently a member of
The
Peridance Contemporary Dance
Company performing works by Igal Perry, Ohad Naharin, Dwight
Rodhen, Sidra Bell and Enzo Celli. Yesid is also a Faculty
member at
The School at Peridance and The
Peridance Capezio Center. He teaches Salsa with the RiSE
Dance
Company and is the Founder/Artistic Director of VortX Dance.
As a choreographer Yesid has performed in different venues in
the
New York City and Massachusetts Areas like Winter Follies-
Spoke
The Hub, RHYTHMS,
Mojito/DanceOmopolitan at Joe's Pub, Dance Tracks NYC,
Dumbo
Dance Festival, Bridge for Dance, Local Produce- Spoke The
Hub,
COOL New York, Wave Raising
Series, Latin Dance Festival, Inside/Out at Jacob's Pillow,
Bailando
Por Una Causa/El Museo, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter
College,
Suite Summer Festival, THE HATCH,
Lotus Dance Festival, The Dixon Place, Cape Dance Festival,
Contrasts/Riverside Church, Brooklyn Dance Festival, Periapsis
Music and Dance, Young Choreographers
Festival, Pushing Progress, Kalamandir Dance Festival,
Waterside
Dance Festival, New York Dance Festival and The Pearl. He has
also
received reviews in publications like
Attitude The Dancers' Magazine, Ballet-Dance Magazine, Inland
Valley Daily Bulletin and Dance Spirit.
