Hello, my name is Stephanie Swann and I am 27 year old from the sunny town of Bournemouth on the south coast.
I graduated from Northern Ballet School in 2009, a professional dance college gaining my Trinity London National Diploma in Professional Dance
CV;
I have a range of curriculum vitae's which I would like to mould into one for this blog. Depending on what I was using it for I would change by adding certain skills which I felt were relevant. For example, when auditioning for jobs as a dancer I would use my below template;
Profile
D.O.B: 02/02/1988 Weight: 9st 4lbs / 130lbs / 61kg Nationality: White British
Height: 5ft 5inch Hair: Long Brown Eyes: Dark Brown Vocal Range: Low G - F Sharp
Professional Experience
Dancer, Carnival Cruise line, Florida/Bahamas- 2009-201
Dancer, Jazzgalore, Northern Ballet school, Manchester 2006-2009
Dancer, Various companys for example ‘english Youth ballet’ & ‘WABS’ 1994-2006
TRAINING
Spotlight School of Dancing 1991- 2006
The Northern Ballet School Manchester 2006- 2009
Education/Qualifications
Academic: St. Peters School - 11 G.C.S.Es all A-C
St.Peters School Sixth Form - 3 A Levels
Dance Qualifications: National Dipolma In Professional Dance
ISTD Modern, Ballet and Tap all passed up to Advanced 1 level.
RAD Ballet passed up to Advanced 2 level.
Foundation Dance Instruction in Ballet (ISTD)
Skills:
Ballet, Pointe work, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Modern, Hip hop/Commercial, Jazz Tap, Singing, Drama, Double Work, Adage.
Considered as a Dancer who sings.
However when applying for a more permanent job role I would feel more description on my personality and people skills were needed. Please see below the next version I have used in the past;
Stephanie Pulis
A highly efficient friendly and courteous individual with over 6 years experience of working in a fast paced customer service environment. Strengths include communication, leadership and organising with the ability to deal with large groups of individuals. Looking to develop further to learn new skills and enhance transferable skills.
Career Summary
Carnival Cruise Lines 07/2009 - 01/2012
Dancer / Entertainment Staff
- Organising my dressing room area by ensuring all my costumes were kept clean and at a respectable level.
- Leading boat drills at the beginning of each cruise, this included ensuring passengers were attentive to the important safety announcements being made.
- Co-ordinating the lines in boat drill, by making sure passengers were at the correct Muster Station and understood what the procedure would be in any case of emergency.
- Selling and presenting Bingo cards at the games during the cruises.
- Conduct and manage dance classes of all varieties including Line, Disco, and Hip Hop.
- Maintaining a high standard of personal appearance in guest area, which showed our superiors the respect and knowledge of the policies Carnival expects from us.
- Establishing passengers satisfaction levels were maintained high by continually socialising and making them feel at ease on their vacation.
- Performing my job title to the best of my ability every time I took the stage
Achievements ;
- Exceeded expectations by landing lead dancer roles on every contract.
- Successfully took charge of the whole cast in a ‘re-block’ for a show as the dance captain endured an injury, which showed my ability to work under pressure with 15 other individuals under a time slot of 30 minutes.
- Completed all certification in crowd management, first aid, basic cruise line safety and care team training.
The Club at Meyrick Park 2006-2011
Receptionist
- Developing and maintaining knowledge of computer systems which included Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Organising Lodge reservations through telephone calls and also internet agencies.
- Maintaining consistent excellent personal appearance for overall good impressions for future and existing members.
- Ensuring hand over was always at the correct standard especially when it would include dealing with cashiering paperwork.
- Responsible for the safe key and counting/recording monies twice on a shift.
- Etiquette on the telephone and face to face with customers is at the highest standard for any type of call or query.
- Establishing online agencies have correct availability and prices for customer viewing.
Achievements;
- Awareness of Gym/Spa market area.
- Completed training as Waitress in the Bar/Restaurant previous to becoming a receptionist, which enabled me to help if needed in a busy patch of the day. This broadened my skills within the company.
- Confidence gained touring future members around the club with the ability to express a good knowledge of the gym, studio classes/ timetable and swimming pool/ spa area.
- Ability to answer most individuals queries on the club itself into comparison to others in the area.
Other roles;
- Bar assistant at The Club at Meyrick Park.
- Sales assistant at Dancezie Bournemouth.
- Sales assistant at Monsoon.
- Waitress at The Dormy Hotel ( De Vere chain )
Educational Qualifications;
- National Diploma in Professional Dance.
- 3 A Levels in Dance, Sport Studies and Psychology.
- 11 GCSEs including Mathematics, English Lang, English Lit and Double Science
PC Skills;
- Microsoft office; Excel, Word
- Apple computer systems
Interests;
- Pilates
- Dancing
- Cycling
- Socialising with friends and family
- Shopping
This CV which you have just read has not yet been updated to my current job which I feel I would like to describe here in my next section of my CV. I wanted to elaborate more about my dance background and why I wanted to apply of this course. Combining the two previous CV's together I think you can get a pretty good gist of who I am and what I am about.....
My professional training commenced at the age of eighteen at The Northern Ballet School in Manchester, UK. We had numerous professional staff including David Needham, Eric Carpenter, Tracey Baxter, Darren Suarez and our principal Patricia McDonald to name just a few.
My college training included intensive dance, singing and drama classes, which over a period of three years, would essentially prepare me for a career in either the classical or musical theatre industry.
At Northern Ballet School, we studied a vast range of dance styles to give us the best training and preparation for a career in the dance industry this included: Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Gymnastics, Hip Hop, Double Work, Heel Work, Pas de Deux, Drama and Singing as well as Advanced Tap.
Whilst at college we were continually assessed in the Ballet and Jazz disciplines to ascertain if we had gained the required standard in order to achieve our professional Trinity diplomas. We were all given marks in each assessed discipline that reflected how well we had demonstrated the techniques required to pass the assessment. We were also videoed during these assessments, this enabled us to have a feedback lesson with the teacher of that discipline and gave us a chance to watch ourselves in the class and learn from mistakes and judge our weaker points to hopefully correct these and gain a higher mark in the next assessments.
We were lucky to be given the chance to perform in 3 shows a year at our college over two years, a full length ballet in December,a musical in March and our final end of year summer show which the whole school was involved in. These shows gave us a taste of real professional performances to a live audience in our colleges in house state of the art theatre and we were treated as adults and professional dancers the whole time throughout the rehearsal period and the main performances.
My college experience was so inspirational and being offered my first professional contact just 2 weeks after graduation was a dream come true. I worked for Carnival Cruise lines for the best part of two and a half years and loved every second of the professional life. However sadly due to injuries I was forced to hang my boots up and at this point I found a new passion for Pilates and decided to sign up to a intensive course to become a fully qualified instructor at all levels. Further to this I have recently become a fully qualified Pre and Post natal Pilates instructor which I felt brought a little something extra to my CV.
I have never lost the passion and love that I have for Dance which is why I decided to look into furthering my Qualification that I received at the Northern Ballet School and applied for the BAPP Arts course. I still feel very involved with the dance scene as I have been helping out at my local dance school along with volunteering at my old state school in the A Level and GCSE dance classes.
I am very much looking forward to getting 'stuck in' to the course and am excited to explore the world of blogging!
