How to Type a Dance Resume

							How to Type a Dance Resume




Dancers should include a professional
photo with their resume.
Many experienced dancers audition for various
dance companies and professional roles. At
auditions, every dancer must provide a dance
resume that includes important information
about past experience and skills. A resume is a
form of self-advertisement, a way to showcase
your talents and qualifications. According to
Eric Wolfram, author of "Your Dance Resume,"
a dance resume is "a carefully selected and
formulated document that distills and highlights
your accomplishments and experience to serve
your current dance goals." Writing and typing a
dance resume is simple and requires little
preparation.
Instructions
Things You'll Need
    Word processing software


     1
       Write down every notable point in your
       dance history. This includes dance
       companies or schools you danced with,
       important performances, featured roles
       (especially solos and duets), special
       dance scholarships, relevant workshops,
       and awards and medals. Note any
       choreography, acting, modeling or
       musical experience and training.



     2
Remove irrelevant information from your
current resume. Research the dance
company you apply to, or the role you
apply for, and take out any information on
your life that is not relevant. Your dance
resume should provide only necessary
information for the specific job.




3
Organize the remaining information into
categories. The categories may include
career highlights, professional
experience, training and education.



4
Open a word processing software
program on a computer. Use one of the
program's resume templates, or access
the Internet to find example templates.



5
Type your resume. Start with your
personal information. Create headings to
separate each category. Many dance
resumes list the categories in this
order: objective, career highlights,
professional experience, dance
training and education. Your
information does not have to be in
chronological order. Instead, put the most
impressive information first. Limit the
resume to one page if possible. Show
your creativity with fonts and design, but
make the resume easy to read.



6
Print your resume on nice paper. Include
a professional dance picture and/or a
head shot.