Resumes...?

Question

i have a question for my dance resume. my performance experience is limited so im including school shows ive had solos in. should i line i up?

date/date H.S. dance show solo

date/date h.s. talent show dance solo

date/date h.s. dance show solo

or how else should i put it?

Answer 1

date - h.s - dance show solo - dance style - any awards won

date - h.s - talent show dance solo - any awards won

date - h.s - dance show solo - any awards won

If no awards were won, maybe add a reference from the coordinator or someone (make sure they like you!). It will help to have someone back you up saying you did a good job, ect.

Just my opinion though. Good luck with your resume, sorry I couldn't help more!

Answer 2

I think that it might be helpful if you listed the place of the event, and the style of dance :)

Answer 3

My daughter has organized her performance experience in different ways on her resume - changing formats from her pre-college, college and now post-college resumes - but never listed the dates first.

Previously, she listed her performances using the following format:

Nature or name of role (i.e., "Solo," "Soloist," "Principal," "Corps," or "Snow Queen," etc); Title of piece (in italics); Choreographer (in parenthesis); Company name; Date. (If an entire piece IS a solo, that's different from having a solo WITHIN a piece, hence the difference between "Solo" and "Soloist.") So, the actual listing looked something like this:

Soloist: Lost Highway* (Bill DeYoung);

Corps: Raymonda Suite* (John Magnus); Joffrey Midwest Workshop; July 200x.

[* in italics]

or...

Snow Queen, Flower: The Nutcracker* (Name Deleted), Local Ballet Theatre; December 200x.

[information withheld to protect her identity]

Now she just lists her performance experience in the most-known works by the most-known choreographers and leaves dates out altogether. If she performed either a soloist or principal role, she notes that as well, but the others are assumed to be corps roles. So now the format is:

Role/  Title of piece (in bold)/ Choreographer

and they're just listed within three separate columns without any other punctuation.

My daughter put awards and honors in a different section because her performance experience was not acquired through competition dancing. You adapt the resume format to fit your particular needs. But, for the most part, you list your most recent performing experience at the top and work backwards, which makes the actual dates the least important information. Roles and choreographers' names are probably the most important information because those who review your resume are looking for WHAT you did and WHO you did it with.

I hope that helps.