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Artistic Director Nancy Tolbert Yilmaz
The artistic director and
founder of the
Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance
is Nancy Tolbert Yilmaz.
Nancy has had extensive dance training in Ballet, Tap, and
Jazz. She has studied with such notable teachers as Robert
Joffrey of the Joffrey Ballet New York, David Howard, Pittman
Corry, Igor Schwezoff, Gabriela Taub-Darvash, and many more. She
was also featured performer in the Opening and Closing
Ceremonies for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, performing
with Gloria Estefan, Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King,
Faith Hill, Celine Dion and Gladys Knight. Nancy has also
performed and worked with The Sid and Marty Krofft Productions,
Walt Disney Productions, Southern Ballet of Atlanta, Cobb-Marietta
Ballet as well as Donny and Marie Osmond, Peggy Fleming, Ernest
Borgnine, Tina Turner and Tony Orlando - just to name a few.
Nancy was one of the 1984-85 Nominees of the Governors Awards
in the Arts for the State of Georgia. She is listed in the
1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1998-1999 and 2007-2008 Who’s Who in
Entertainment.
Nancy brings to the
Tolbert Yilmaz
School of Dance
a vast knowledge of theatre and dance, and a love for
the performing arts which is surpassed only by her concern for
the development of each individual student.
Associate Director
Mary Lynn Taylor
Mary Lynn Taylor began her dance training at the Atlanta
School of Ballet. She then studied for ten years at the Decatur
School of Ballet. She was chosen to be a member of the Decatur-Dekalb
Civic Ballet Company for five years. Upon her high school
graduation Mary Lynn enrolled at Texas Christian University. She
immediately auditioned and was chosen to be a member of the Fort
Worth Ballet Company. She performed in
The Nutcracker
Suite, Coppelia, Aurora’s Wedding and many other
ballets. Mary Lynn graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree, majored in Ballet and minored in Theatre Arts.
Her curriculum included special courses in dance teaching,
modern technique, acting, pas de deux, choreography and
pantomime. Mrs. Taylor has been teaching ballet for over 30
years. While residing in Texas, she taught at the Lena Pope
Children’s Home, Texas Christian University Ballet Department,
and was director of the ballet division of the Redon Cudney
Performing Arts Academy. Before joining our teaching staff, she
was invited to be a guest teacher at the Lilburn School of
Ballet and Southern Ballet. Mary Lynn has been teaching at
The
Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance for 30 years. She
is the Associate Director of the
Roswell Dance
Theatre.
Mary Lynn is listed in the 1998-1999 Who’s Who in
Entertainment.
Nancy and Mary Lynn
Pamela J. Scheuerman
Managing Director
The pride of our program is our exceptional
teaching faculty.
Our teachers are dedicated and gifted professionals with
experience in the USA and abroad. They teach only in areas for
which they have been specifically trained, and regularly attend
master classes and dance seminars. Our faculty consists of more
than 20 dance professionals devoted to the proper and safe
training of your dancer. We hire only qualified, experienced
teachers, many of whom are parents themselves and understand the
necessary balance between the discipline that dance requires and
the compassion your child needs to succeed. Our teachers are
hired on a permanent basis and some have been on staff since we
opened in 1979. Our Faculty provides a long term relationship
with your children as they progress through the various levels
and techniques.
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