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ILoveChoo · Hermes

dance resume?

Luv2Shop · Kate Spade

I did this when I tried out for Chicago, they wanted a resume. My advice is to separate types of things. Have a category for Teaching experience, dance experience, competition experience, awards, so on. Then under each category list each place you danced at or taught at like you would a job. Ex. ammount of time you did that thing, what classes you took or taught during that time, what type of competitions you went to and awards you have won. Just try to categorize it all and make somewhat of a timeline of your experience so it doesn't seem jumbled together.

Hope this helps. Good luck, it sounds like a really fun job.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

thanks, that's what I'm picturing doing now but it's still really hard. I taught two classes under one teacher so that's easy enough. but aside from major competitions like nationals/worlds I probably did one competition a month for 8 years... and I placed at probably 95% of them. How on earth would I list that? I don't remember all of them, but I would hate to leave all that experience off as well....

Luv2Shop · Kate Spade

Then for the competitions I would list it like you said:
"I have danced in many competitions, about one a month for eight years, and won several awards including:
Then list prominent awards and then list say 20 first place, 14 second place...etc. Or such and such awards for Jazz, such and such awards for ballet. Try to really categorize it without leaving stuff out. It's not like a regular work resume, so they know it might be wordy and full of awards and stuff.

kenzie · Chanel

Yeah, I agree. Performance resumes are completely separate from work resumes. I have a theatre resume and it's divided into categories like: Performance Experience, Choreography Experience, Directing Experience, Education (when I was a musical theatre major, also dance classes and voice lessons), Honors/Awards, ect.

Oh and it's okay to make the resume a little more pretty than your standard work resume.

bex · Chanel

def. google a performance resume. they are set up completely different than a reg. resume. i used to have samples from my college theatre days and i used to have a professional theatre one... but am not sure where they are at the moment- if i locate, i'll PM you...