On stage
Yessica has practical and theoretical experience in contemporary dance and ballet. She trained contemporary dance at the School of Dance of the Universidad Veracruzana, with leading dance professionals like Esther Landa, Aladino Blanca, Félix Urbina, Luis Viana, and Lutz Förster. She trained ballet with renowned former ballet dancers like Emmanuelle Lecomte, Sara Nieto, and at the Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet.
As lead producer of TV shows for cultural production and education, she gained wide experience in choreographing for the video and film industries. She has also participated as #DanceChance choreographer for DanceWorks Chicago. She is an active member of the Generation J of the Joffrey Ballet.
She is a certified Yoga Alliance Instructor and has taught different levels of yoga at the Ashram Interno Mundial de Coatepec (2010-2012). She worked as yoga teacher for dancers at the Instituto Superior de Artes Escénicas Nandehui Xalapa (2012-2015). In addition, she has brought the healing benefits of yoga to several communities as part of her seva (service).
Yoga
Interdisciplinary collaborations
A collaboration with Eva Karczag and Bettina Neuhaus for the digital version of their lecture/performance ‘Along the Lines’.
This project invites to journey into the complex network of post-Judson dance, and explore the richness and diversity of this small, yet fertile area of dance. Yessica Herrera provided the theoretical foundations of network science applied to the dance world.
Yessie, the information and advice you gave and your patience explaining fundamental things was invaluable. It gave us the confidence to keep trusting that yes, we would find a way to negotiate this new medium.
Eva Karczag and Bettina Neuhaus
Choreography for Film & Video
A media production about the serendipitous discovery of Aspirin, for ‘Más allá de la Ciencia’.
Direction and edition of ‘Aspirin’: Yessica Herrera. Production Assistant: Susana Navarro. Camera: Bismark Andrade, Yessica Herrera. Dancer: Ana Karen Ibarra. Location: Molino AEA. Making off video: Mario Aguilera.
Content creation
Top stories created by Yessica Herrera on the science of dance:
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