Yolande was born in Hertfordshire and trained at Arts Educational School, Central School of Ballet and London Studio Centre. After graduating she joined Extemporary Dance Theatre. She went on to dance with Extreme Measures before joining Rambert Dance Company. In 1994 she moved to Los Angeles to join the Lewitzky Dance Company where she danced many leading roles and was a master teacher. In 1998 she formed her own dance company in Los Angeles, Yorke Dance-Project. Yolande has also been a guest artist for Pacific Dance Ensemble, the Posthouse Dance Group and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s Stravinsky evening at the new Disney Hall. She has also worked for the Los Angeles Opera and in 2001 she co-directed the play Time Out for the New York Fringe Festival. On returning to England she danced in Adam Cooper’s production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses and also  Graham Vick’s production of A Midsummers Marriage with the Royal Opera. Yolande joined Richard Alston Dance Company in the summer of 2006.