Friday, 19 October 2012

TASK 1A

Hi everyone this is my original CV

Uploaded it from Windows Word so has gone on to two pages instead of one, but you get the idea.


I have re-written some of this CV in to my "About Me" as a brief version.
But this is it in full.

I started dancing since I was three. At the  age of fourteen  I auditioned for the Brit School for Performing Arts at the age of fourteen where I studied for four years in dancing and acting. During this time I gained experience from dancing in the "harrods parade" as a character, and shows where i choreographed and danced in. 
From then on I auditioned for a performing arts college and received a scholarship at the Italia Conti Arts Centre. Throughout my training I worked on various jobs and was sent out on auditions. My first job I did was on the film "The Boat that Rocked" directed by Richard Curtis. I then went on to doing short films, and was featured in a Pot Noodle Commercial. I also worked on Harry Potter as a Slyltherin school girl. 
During my training I gained experience from doing lots of shows in the theatre and worked with various choreographers and directors in the industry along the way who I felt inspired by.

After graduating from performing Arts college I worked on many series for  "Pop Girl TV" as a dancer/actress. I then auditioned as a soloist dancer at the Royal Albert Hall and choreographed and performed a solo contemporary piece in front of Royals .

During my training I took all of my ISTD dance and teacher's exams and qualified as an ISTD teacher teaching under the Imperial society of Theatre Dance. The qualifications I hold enable me to teach and enter  students  for exams with  syllabus and free work,  from a Primary level up to Intermediate and advanced level in modern, ballet, jazz and tap. As well as this I hold a Professional Certificate in Education which allows me to teach students in higher education. I teach classes in the public sector and privately such as ballet, contemporary, dance performance, musical appreciation, jazz and Urban dance.
Along the way of gaining my teachers qualifications I have had experience from working among different institutions such as the fitness industry; working at local gyms, higher education colleges; working with young adults, government funding performing colleges, sports centres, private dance schools and public dance schools. Throughout this I have gone on many courses and taught workshops with my knowledge. I have gained my Zumba Fitness qualification to teach adults to keep fit in a Latin based dance style, and have taught range of workshops from teaching baby’s aged three years to five years in creative dance and teenagers and young adults street dance workshops. This taught me how to promote myself as a teacher and how to run classes privately and publicly, liaising with arts and dance organisations.


Any comments will be appreciated.

3 comments:

  1. Hi there Isla,I was just checking out a few peoples profiles. I've just added mine as a first draft and wondered if you'd mind having a look and adding any comments. I think it needs a bit of expansion and seems a bit blunt at the moment.
    I like the way you have written your profile, you really convey your passion for teaching. Michelle

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  2. Hi Isla!
    Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. Really like the professional profile, it gives a much more personal vibe than a list of credits. It just needs a little tweeking here and there to check grammar and punctuation. You're clearly much more focused on your dancing than the singing/acting side of performing... or that is how it has come across. Had you considered writing about why you started/carried on with dancing/performing?
    Great start, keep up the good work!
    Jessie

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  3. thanks Jess this really great feedbck and will defintely take it on board and make sure i re-check everything through punctuation and grammar wise. Will definitely consider how my CV comes across as I agree it is very dance based.
    Thanks again

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