About Yolit

Instructor and Owner, Yolit Yospe-Kachlon, was born and raised in Israel and fell in love with dancing as a child. She studied Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, and other genres and discovered flamenco as a teenager while attending art school.

After many years of study with master flamenco teachers in Israel including Carmel Nathan-Shelly, Timo Lozano and others, she began her performance career in her home country.

Upon arriving in the US in 2004, Yolit began working as a lead preschool teacher. She also continued dancing, studying with Edwin Aparico and Anna Menendez and dancing in their companies, performing at The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, Shakespeare Theater Company, Public Playhouse Theater, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dance Place, Gala Hispanic Theater, Tablaos and various festivals.

In addition, Yolit had the privilege to attend workshops in both the US and Spain with some of the most world renown Flamenco Maestros, such as  Manolo Marin, "La Truco", Marco Flores, Manuel Liñán,  Maria Juncal, Alfonso Losa and Mercedes Ruiz among others.

Yolit led the youth and adult flamenco program at American Dance Institute, and CityDance School of Dance. In 2015, she established her own performance company, Alma Flamenca. The company has weekly classes and rehearsals with original repertoire. 

In January of 2022, she fulfilled a lifelong dream and opened Alma Dance Studio where she leads classes, rehearsals, and showcases and other events. The studio offers a variety of dance and movement classes for children and adults.

Yolit lives in Rockville with her husband and 3 daughters who are dancers, just like their mother.