Task 1a: Professional CV

So I thought I'd better make a start on these tasks and have uploaded my CV. Understanding that the primary use for a CV is to put yourself in your best light and impress your hopeful employer, this is what I have tried to do. This often means making yourself stand out from all the other thousands of CVs they are likely to look through. I have left out personal details as I'm aware this is a public blog but left spaces where I would usually put them.

Emma Price - CV

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Personal Profile

I am currently dancing corps and soloist roles with the Vanemuine Ballet Theatre in Estonia. I previously trained for six years at Elmhurst School for Dance in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet and I have strong classical ballet technique with experience and further training in contemporary (Graham, Cunningham) and Jazz (Mattox). I toured with Birmingham Royal ballet in my graduate year there and have received classical training from Desmond Kelly (Artistic Director), Errol Pickford (Principal, Royal Ballet), Samira Saidi (First soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet), Marion Tait (Assistant Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet), Daria Klimentova (Principal, English National Ballet), Lee Robinson (Soloist, English National Ballet) and Gloria Grigolato (Soloist, English National Ballet). Since dancing in Estonia I have gained a lot of stage experience in both corps and soloist roles and risen to the challenge of jumping into new roles last minute.  

Education and Qualifications

2010 – 2012             Elmhurst School for Dance (Upper School)

                                 National Diploma in Professional Dance: Final project                                              on Choreography

2009 – 2010             English National Ballet School

2005 – 2009             Elmhurst School For Dance (Lower School)

A-Levels:                 Maths and Dance                      GCSE’s: 11 Grades A - A*

RAD:                        Advanced 2: Distinction (94%)    RAM: Grade 6 Flute, Grade                                                                                                5 Singing

Performance Experience

2013 Raymonda (Pankova): Clemence,              Vanemuine Theatre,    Sarrasin solo couple                                   Estonia Thriller: Dirty Diana solo                              Tallinn Nokia Concert                                                                         Hall & Vanemuine                                                                               Theatre, Estonia Beauty and the Beast (Stubbs):                  Vanemuine Theatre,   Belle's Sister, School child,                          Estonia                         Flower 2012 The Nutcracker (Par Isberg):                       Vanemuine Theatre,   Lotta (Clara), Snowflake,                              Estonia                       Flower, Baker’s child Sleeping Beauty (Par Isberg):                      Vanemuine Theatre,   Aurora's friend, Party guest                          Estonia Moonlight (Igor Barberic):                            Vanemuine Theatre,   Corps dancer                                                Estonia Cabaret                                                        Tallinn Nokia Concert                                                                        Hall & Vanemuine                                                                              Theatre, Estonia 2011    Birmingham Royal Ballet:                          O2 Arena London Nutcracker (Wright):                                  Birmingham Hippodrome Snowflake, Flower,                                    Maid                                       Birmingham Royal Ballet:                          Sadler’s Wells,                 La Fille Mal Gardee                                   Sunderland Empire,         (Ashton) Peasant girl                                 Theatre Royal                                                                                    (Plymouth) Elmhurst Solos Competition                      Elmhurst Theatre  (Finals): Medora Paquita pas de Trois (Petipa)                    Elmhurst Theatre Pineapple Poll: Wife (Cranko)                    Elmhurst Theatre Aspirations (Samira Saidi)                         Elmhurst Theatre

Awards and Skills

• English National Ballet School Choreography Competition: 1^st Prize Winner
• RAD Advance Foundation DVD filming
• Benesh Notation Reader: Basic
• Conversational French

References

Marion Tait, Assistan Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet

Desmond Kelly, Previous Artistic Director, Elmhurst School for Dance

Mare Tomingas, Director of Vanemuine Theater Ballet

After looking through other people's public profiles and CVs clarity is a running theme. A CV must be clear and easy for the target audience to read as often an employer will have a large amount of them to look through and very little time to do it in. I have tried to do this by setting it out in a logical order. Please let me know if and how I can improve on this.

I have also tried to keep my CV to an A4 piece of paper as lets face it, nobody wants to read through pages and pages of intricate detail on every single performance or job you have ever worked at in your entire life. Employers are just looking for an overview of you and your career. Again I would be grateful for your comments and thoughts on whether I could add or cut anything from my CV.