Currently exploring and annotating my CV and looking for strands which can be focused on for AOL essays and so I thought I would share my CV here as I continue to introduce myself to the MAPP community. Here is my performance, teaching and academic CV. Depending on the context, I tend to alter how much of this information I put forward. I thought about this carefully... why do I do this? For example, for a ballet company audition I used to take out some of the crazier projects I was part of, even though these were in fact some of the most meaningful projects for me. But I felt that the mainstream ballet world would not understand them and they might actually make me seem less employable. This was a key reason why I became a freelancer, because I realised that I didn't really want to fit into a mould, and I actually love connecting with different individuals and practitioners in different fields and freelancing gives me so many opportunities to do this. I realise now that I want to live a life in alignment to my values and for me freelancing gives me more control of my life and work and allows me to work creatively too. The MAPP community is already igniting the more creative part of me which I find can so easily be suppressed in the mundane routines of day to day living.
Below is my C.V. My full biography and more details about my work can be found on my website and social media accounts.
Key Skills
Reliable, punctual, dedicated, creative,
Hard working, good working with children, disciplined, positive, good team
member, always willing to learn and help.
Performance
Experience
Current (2022
season): Principal Dancer with English Youth Ballet. Roles Include: Odette in
Swan Lake, Aurora, Lilac Fairy and Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Dawn
Solo in Coppelia and Spirit Mother in Cinderella, Myrtha and peasant pas de
deux in Giselle.
Bromley gala 2022 with Claire Calvert and
Nicol Edmonds: Repertoire included: Chopin Variations, Porgy and Bess, Aurora's
Wedding Act 3 (dancing the title role).
2020-2021 season: Teaching and dancing in
the Bromley (August 2020) and Torquay (October-November 2020) Tchaikovsky
Gala courses. Performing Aurora Act 3 Variation from the Sleeping Beauty for
filmed performance during the Covid 19 Pandemic.
December 2019: Brecon Festival Ballet: The
Nutcracker (Snowflakes, Waltz of The Flowers, cover for Arabian Dance)
2016 – 2019: Danced with Ballet Cymru
(Ballet Wales) dancing the soloist roles of Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet
and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Also danced in the UK tour of Little
Red Riding hood, venues included Sadler's Wells Theatre and WMC Cardiff
alongside the National Orchestra of Wales.
Feb 2019: Performed excerpt from Jack
Philp’s choreography EX SITU for The Welsh Business Awards at Cardiff City Hall.
Hosted Gethin Jones (national TV presenter).
August 2016: Reconstruction of Pavlova's The
Swan (Slaughter after Petipa) at The National Association of Teachers of
Dancing Congress dinner dance, along side international stars from Strictly
Come Dancing
July 2016: The Soloist Couple and Waltz
Variation from Raymonda (Nureyev), Arctic (Jose Agudo) and Shaker Loops (George
Williamson) English National Ballet School Summer show and New Wimbledon
Theatre
January 2016: Le Corsaire (Holmes after
Petipa and Sergeyev), English National Ballet at The London Coliseum, London
August 2015: Danced the lead role of Giselle
for the Giselle from Scratch production (after Perrot and Coralli) at The
Regent Centre Theatre in Christchurch Dorset.
Spring tour 2015: My First Ballet: Swan Lake
(Williamson) English National Ballet in association with English National
Ballet School, at New Wimbledon Theatre and Peacock Theatre, London. The Palace
Theatre, Manchester and The New Victoria Theatre, Woking. Performing the role of
the Queen, Big Swans and Princesses.
07/03/15: Mozart Allegro (Paroni) in Spring
Celebration at The Linbury Studio Theatre at The Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, London
October 2014: Lise from La Fille mal gardee
(Slaughter after Ashton) with The Ballet Pod as part of the Berwick Ballet
Initiative at The Maltings Theatre Berwick
July 2014: Sugar Plum fairy in The
Nutcracker pas de deux with The Ballet Pod as part of the Berwick Ballet
Initiative schools programme.
Teaching
Experience
Current: Teacher for English Youth Ballet
Current: Teacher at Acton Ballet School:
Grade 3, 4, 6, pre pointe, repertoire for summer school RAD
2019-2021: Teacher at Richmond Academy of
Dance: Nursery Ballet, preliminary, Grade 3, Grade 6/7, Intermediate. NATD
Spring 2022: Host of Lecture demonstrations
across 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school in Bromley with English Youth
Ballet.
2019-2021: Teacher and assistant at Inspire
Dance and Ballet, London RAD
2019-2021: Teaching assistant and cover
teacher at Vacani School of Dance, London. Cechetti
2019-2020: Teaching assistant at Canada
Waters School of Dance, London. Cechetti
2019: Guest teacher on Ballet Cymru
Associate programme
2019: Guest teacher of ballet for The Welsh
Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Cardiff
2018-2019: Guest teacher at Richmond Academy
of Dance and Drama
2018-2019: Teaching assistant on Ballet
Cymru Inclusive Dance classes
2018-2019: Private Coaching
2017-2018: Teaching on Ballet Pod workshops in
play groups and bookshops.
09/15 - 12/15 Teaching Assistant on the ENBS
Juniors programme at English National Ballet School
07/ 14 Assistant teacher and dancer in
workshop for 6 different schools as part of The Berwick Ballet Initiative
09/12 - 09/13 Assistant teacher on Ballet
Pod Associates programme
2010 - 2014 Assistant teacher to a number of
Ballet Pod workshops
Film
Experience
May 2021: Aprajita The Resilient Artist. Collaboration with
Kathak dancer Anuradha Chaturvi Seth, produced by Madhuriya Art House and
presented by The Nerhu Centre London via live streaming on both YouTube and
Face book. The recording can be seen here at 18 mins. Aprajita The Resilient
Artist
April 2021: Film of English Youth Ballet's
Giselle in Aylesbury, dancing the roles of Myrtha and Peasant Pas de deux.
2020: Film 'Squashed' with Sally Marie
Director of Sweet Shop Revolutions, commissioned by Sussex Dance Network
Current: World War 1 Pas de deux film to
accompany musical composition Le Depart by Simon Winslade. Produced by Novus
Visus Productions Ltd
September 2019: Dancer for film promoting
the importance of Vitamin D in dancers and athletes with Nicky Keay, Sunvit-D3
and 4Media Group inc.
2019: Ballet dancer in Bollywood Film Street
Dancer 3d, directed by Remo D’Souza coming to cinemas November 2019.
2019: Film extra for Bollywood music video
starring Dytto.
Training
09/13 – 07/16: English National Ballet
School, Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance
Key Teachers
Samira Saidi (director of Dance)
Nathalia Barbara
Larissa Bamber
Ivan Dinev
Alen Bottaini
Nuno Campos (Contemporary)
Petal Miller Ashmole
Guest Teachers Include
Wayne Sleep
Yuri Demakov
Daria Klimentova
Irek Mukamedov
Elena Gurjize
Darcy Bussell
2007 - 2013 Trained privately in the
Cecchetti method with Richard Slaughter
2012 - 2013 Ballet Cymru Associate Programme
2007 – 2012 Royal Ballet School Mid and
Senior Associate Programme
Awards
English
National Ballet School Dissertation Prize 3rd year. 1st
and 3rd Year Progress prizes, 1st and 2nd year
portfolio awards.
Recipient
of the Stanley Hawkins Bursary for Ballet Cymru Riverfront Summer Dance,
awarded by The London Ballet Circle 2015
Recipient
of The Royal Ballet School Summer School Scholarship at The Young British
Dancer of The Year Award 2012
Academic
Qualifications
2018: First Class BA Hons Degree in
Professional Practice in Arts (Dance) from Middlesex University. The focus of my
degree was an extensive study of the work of Anna Pavlova and a performance of
reconstructions of her solos.
2022: Protecting Children in Entertainment
Certificate from NSPCC Learning
2021: Certificate in Inclusive dance
Instruction from Paradance UK, passed with Distinction
2021: Diploma in Sports Psychology and
Dynamics from The School of Natural Health Sciences. Passed with Distinction
2020: Diploma in Child Psychology and
Development passed with Distinction
2020 - Certificate in Psychological First
Aid for Children and Young People, Future Learn
2020 - Certificate in First Aid, Siren
Training
2020– Colour Therapy Level 3 from British
School of Yoga, Distinction
Current - Diploma in Stress Management,
School of Natural Health Sciences
Current – Yoga Level 3 from British School
of Yoga
2015 - Benesh Movement Notation: Score
Reading for Dancers, passed with Honours
2013 – Level 3 Diploma English Literature
Oxford College with Distinction
2012 – Level 2 BTEC Award in Nutrition
awareness for Sport and Exercise
2011 – GCSE English passed with A*
2010 – Diploma in Art History from The
London Art College, passed with Merit
2010 – Certificate in Essay writing from
National Extension College
Hi Ann, so great to read through your blog and learn so much about you!! It's definitely motivated me to get mine updated. I'm so curious to hear more about the psychology, therapy and stress management training that you've been recently engaged with. I wonder if it has changed your artistic work and I'd just generally love to hear more about it.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Alison is producer for a dancer called Reece who is currently working on a project to discover how Long Covid will impact his practise which seems like it could be interesting to you https://www.instagram.com/longtermcreative/
Hi Matthew, Thank you so much. Yes I have to say that holistic therapy and psychology/ stress management is something I am really passionate about, and it has been helping me a great deal as I recovered and returned to the stage. Thank you for highlighting it as I am actually thinking of incorporating this into an area of learning essay. I will do a blog post about it I think. Thank you so much for telling me about this project. I am extremely interested and look forward to exploring it.
DeleteThanks Ann for sharing your CV and thoughts around it, I also tailor my CV depending if I am applying for a teaching job vs adjudicator vs performer, but I also resonate with how that full picture is actually the most authentic way to display your attributes or what you bring to a project. I am just now diving into my CV to pull it apart and it has brought up some of the same ideas you have shared, so it's nice to know I am not alone in those feelings! Thank you for sharing. x
ReplyDeleteHi Cael, Lovely to hear from you. It's great to hear some of the same thoughts are emerging for you. It's one of those challenges with CVs I think because there is also that need to keep it short as many employers at least in ballet don't actually read until the end! x
DeleteHi Ann. Thank you for sharing. I have noticed that your focus in BA programme was Anna Pavlova's works. Years ago, the reconstruction of her "Dying Swan" inspired me to join the ballet school. What is your favorite book about her works?
ReplyDeleteHello Olga! Yes that's right it was a such a wonderful research project and was incredibly rewarding. Oh that's amazing. She still remains my biggest inspiration. My favourite book would be 'Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina' By Jane Pritchard. It is honestly beautiful! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15842731-anna-pavlova
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