Yvonne
Salcedo Williams
"The
Creative Force"
Born in Bogota,
Colombia, Yvonne moved with her family to Palm Beach,
Florida where at age ten, she began her training with Marie
Hale of Ballet Florida. At sixteen she was granted the
prestigious Merit Scholarship at the National Academy of
the Arts in Champaign, Illinois - an honor bestowed upon
only one student every four years. She received further
training in New York City from world-renowned teachers -
David Howard, Finis Jhung, Nina Papova and Michael Maule;
and studied with the American Ballet Theatre and the
Joffrey Ballet.
Yvonne was a member of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for
four years, bringing deep emotional & technical
interpretation as soloist in such Ballets as Cinderella,
Romeo & Juliet, Daphnis & Chloe, Nutcracker,
Etudes, Rodeo, Paquita, Giselle, Swan Lake, Petrouchka,
Merry Widow & Sleeping Beauty as well as repertory by
renowned choreographers George Balanchine and William
Forsythe and original contemporary works including Portrait
for the Present Times & Le Dans de Triumphe by Patrick
Frantz and Barre on the Tavern by Keith Martins.
Yvonne has had the privilege of working with such noted
choreographers as Alexandra Danilova, Patrick Frantz, Peter
Martins, Bob Davis, Gwen Ashton and Marie Hale. Throughout
her professional career, Yvonne has passed on to her
students and dancers her passion for the language of dance,
and is instilling in them a love of classical ballet,
commitment to excellence and discipline that will make them
triumph at whatever they may do in life.
In 1992, Yvonne and her husband Colin founded Arts
Triumphant Dance Theatre, in Jacksonville Florida. Over the
next decade Arts Triumphant thrived both as a contemporary
Ballet Company and dance conservatory. In addition to
creating and staging works in Florida, Yvonne has
choreographed numerous full-length productions in New York,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, The Netherlands and Israel. In
October of 1998 & 1999, by special invitation, Yvonne
traveled to Israel to dance at the Feast of Sukkoth. While
there, Yvonne had the great honor of performing for Israeli
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
After ten very successful years in Jacksonville, Florida,
Yvonne moved with her husband Colin to Berkeley Springs,
West Virginia. Since relocating to the area, Arts
Triumphant has held its annual Summer Dance Intensives at
Coolfont Resort & Spa, culminating with public
performances. Since it beginning Arts Triumphant has
enjoyed many unique and powerful collaborations with
diverse art forms. Yvonne continues to perform nationally
and internationally and is much sought after as a dancer,
teacher, choreographer and coach.
By blurring the lines that for to long have separated
classical ballet, jazz and modern dance, Arts Triumphant is
creating theatre that is triumphant, stirs the spirit and
dares the audience to soar with the performers.
Arts
Triumphant’s Mission
* To breathe life into the
world through artistic expression
* To create art that is Classical, Physical &
Triumphant
* To communicate hope and love through the language of
dance
* To invite both the artists and the audience to embrace
their Divine Destiny.
Arts Triumphant Dance Theatre is a non-profit arts
organization, that is advancing the art of dance by
embracing a strong classical ballet foundation while
discovering new realms of expression through the freedom
found in jazz and modern dance techniques. Founded in 1992
by Yvonne Salcedo Williams, Arts Triumphant trains dancers
that are both lovely to watch and a delight to know by
instilling virtues such as discipline, respect,
self-evaluation, and critical thinking. These important
life-skills benefit them in their personal lives as well as
their professional careers-whether it be in dance or any
other profession.