Task 1A: Reviewing other profiles

Hey there....having looked at a few profiles its releiving to see that this whole Blogging thing isn't just a new and unknown source to me. The world of teachnology is fast growing and it's important to keep up to date with these features as a means of progressing. I feel that from looking at Katie Hurley's Blog the layout is good from an outsider who knows nothing about a BLOG, I particularly enjoyed reading her responsibilites that she has had to do in different jobs and roles. I feel that Lizzy Rowen's was a nice insight into her decision for choosing the stereo with her real passion and love of music that she feels that music plays such a big part of her life and I couldn't agree more.

Task 1A: Proffesional CV-Specific Information

I thought I would add my CV of specific places and locaions of where I trained, worked and performed of my proffesional life......

NATALIE AYLA KIRK

Height: 5' 4
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown
British Citizen

Education:

Presdales School for Girls, Ware, Hertfordshire:
9 GCSE'S to include chosen subjects of Expressive Arts, Geogrpahy and Relgious Education

Hertford Regional College, Broxborune: A BTEC in Performing Arts, A Level in Theatre Studies.

Jason Thetare School: began training at the age of 10 with the ISTD in Tap, Ballet, Modern where I gained all of my examinations from Primary level to Grade 5.

Penning Meekings Teaching Training Centre: gaining my Intermediate, Advanced 1 and 2 in Tap, Modern, National and Ballet. Plus FDI, Foundation of Dance Instruction and CDE, Certificate of Dance Education in Tap, Ballet, Modern and National.

Theatre Credits Include:

Part                           Production                             Location                    Director/Choreographer
Collete                       Beauty and the Beast           Gordon Craig Theatre            Paul Laidlaw   Ensemble                   Kiss me Kate                        Gordon Craig Theatre             Lydia Dyne
Copa Girl                   Copacobana                          Gordon Craig Theatre             Lynsey Britton
Dancer                    Life is not a Rehersal             ABC Theatre                      Penny Meekings
Dancer                    The Show Must Go On            Mumford Theatre            Penny Meekings
 Dancer/Singer            The Mardi Gras                      Saddlers Wells                   Joy Spriggs
Ensemble                    The Tour                                London Palladium               Ata Productions
Ensemble               How to Suceed in Buisness           Ringwood School                 RMDS

Teaching Exeperience:

• Whilst at teaching of all of the schools below, was responsbile for entering candidates for examinations and arranging choeogrpahy for productions on a yearly basis.
• Ashwell School of Dance, taught ISTD Ballet from 3years- Grade 2 and assisted the teaching of classes throughout
• Saffron School of Dance: teaching of all genres from 3 years-16 years of age and to include the teaching of Adult Tap.
• Carter School of Dance: teaching of all the genres and to include Hip Hop and Jazz.
• The Anderson School of Dance: the teaching of all of the genres from 3 years to 16 and to include Street Dance.
• St Edmunnds School: the teaching of an After school acitivity of Street dance and Aerobics for pupils in year's 10 and above.
• BigLittle Theatre School: the teaching of Tap and Modern and to Direct and Choreogpah for a Musical Theatre Youth Group to include 2 major productions of a Musical Showcase twice a year.

1A: Proffesional Profile

Ok so here I go with my first Blog as writting my Proffesional CV and commenting on some positive features of other Blogs....

        I began dancing at the age of 10 at Jason Theatre School in Broxbourne where I began weekly classes of Tap, Ballet and Modern. Intially I was there mereley as a hobby for a bit of fun and gave it up at the age of 15 to concentrate in my exams and was in the transission period of needing to decide what I wanted to do with my life. I made the deision from leaving school to go and study a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts and then go back to dance school where I would try and catch up on all of my exams. The 2 year gap I had to catch up on my exams was a difficult task to reach and was going to dance classes every night of the week alongside studying. However with detemination you can get anywhere in life and whilst at Jason Theatre School they had a fantastic set up where they would push those students wanting to work proffesionally to their maximum potential and would set you up on a student plan where you had one on one tutition and their discipline and training was of such a high standard that I wouldn't be where I am today without it.
        After completing my course I then went onto training at Penny Meekings college where I would study to become a fully qualified dance teacher in Tap, Modern, Ballet and National. The ISTD had changed the rules and regulations of the exams and it took a little longer than expected where they had split the teaching qualification into two parts an FDI and CDE and including a heavy load of written work. I then began teaching at varies places in the Hertfordshire regions of varying schools, mainly in the Private sector. From the wide variety of schools I worked at I learnt a great deal on the positive and negative appraches to the running of a buisness and I feel that the main struggle nower days is kids are adverse to so many different clubs, classes and hobbies that to get them to a high standard with only once a week class ready for examinations can be difficult. However I learnt that working well as a team is vital as you may well be teaching the same children different classes and the need to communicate anmy issues that may arise is important.

         

My First Post

This is my first Post on my BAPP Profesional Practise Module 1