Vanessa Salgado is a New York City based Dance Artist, Educator, Illustrator. In her early dance training, she concentrated on classical ballet, studying with Tatiana Akinfieva- Smith, Elena Manakhova, and Betty Webster. Soon she joined a pre-professional ballet company and performed in many of the classics, including the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Coppélia.
Following graduation, she accepted professional performanc...read more
Vanessa Salgado is a New York City based Dance Artist, Educator, Illustrator. In her early dance training, she concentrated on classical ballet, studying with Tatiana Akinfieva- Smith, Elena Manakhova, and Betty Webster. Soon she joined a pre-professional ballet company and performed in many of the classics, including the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Coppélia.
Following graduation, she accepted professional performance opportunities in the concert and commercial dance spectrum. Since 2010, she has been performing with CONTINUUM Contemporary/Ballet, where she is a founding company member. There she has had the honor of working with such choreographers as Juanjo Arques, Amy Seiwert, Emery LeCrone, Tawny Chapman, and Donna Salgado. Performance highlights include touring to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, appearing at Bryant Park's inaugural Contemporary Ballet Festival, and dancing in a residency at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU. Her experience also includes performing with the Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers, Deborah Lohse's ad Hoc Ballet, Nejla Yatkin's NY2Dance, and Darion Smith's Janusphere Dance Company. Within the commercial spectrum, she has performed in industrials for LʼOreal, the International Beauty Show, The Victoriaʼs Secret Fashion Show on CBS, PDN Photoplus Expo, and as a guest artist for corporate galas in Miami and Barcelona, Spain.
Vanessa is also holds a certification from the Dance Education Laboratory and has worked as an Associate for the Education Department at New York City Center. Combining her interests in performing, teaching, and illustration, Vanessa is also the creator of Crafterina ® a series of dance education books & resources for families. Her most recent book, A Day at the National Museum of Dance, was unveiled at the 30th Anniversary Gala at the National Dance Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY. Vanessa's work has been featured in Dance Teacher Magazine, DanceInforma, Dance Retailer News, and METRO US Newspaper, among others.
For more information please visit: www.VanessaSalgado.com.
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