Marisol K. Efird
Ballet Teacher, Preprofessional Division
Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 555 0154 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/marisolkefird
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fourteen years teaching after eight years dancing professionally
LEVELS
Ballet levels four through eight, pointe, variations, men's class
STYLES
Classical ballet, pointe, character, partnering, conditioning
SPECIALTIES
Audition preparation, injury aware progressions, syllabus assessment
CREDENTIALS
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum certified, National Dance Education Organization member
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance, Point Park University
Executive Summary
Ballet teacher with fourteen years in preprofessional training and a performing career behind it. Certified in a national training curriculum and teaches levels four through eight plus pointe. Sends students to summer intensives and company trainee programs every year and tracks where each of them lands.
Signature Achievements
- Placed forty one students in summer intensives with major American companies over eight years.
- Prepared six dancers who went on to paid trainee or second company contracts.
- Raised preprofessional division retention from sixty one to eighty four percent in four years.
- Rebuilt the pointe readiness assessment and cut first year pointe injuries to none reported.
- Choreographed a student ballet that opened the annual showcase for three consecutive years.
Professional Experience
Ballet faculty, preprofessional division
Allegheny Ballet Academy, Pittsburgh, PA 2018 to present
Academy of four hundred students with a preprofessional track of sixty dancers in five levels.
- Teaches fourteen classes a week including technique, pointe and variations.
- Writes level assessments twice a year and leads placement conversations with families.
- Coaches solo and classical variations for regional competitions and company auditions.
Guest teacher and summer intensive faculty
Laurel Highlands Summer Dance Intensive, Latrobe, PA 2019 to present
Four week residential intensive for one hundred and twenty students from eleven states.
- Teaches morning technique and afternoon pointe for the two upper levels.
- Rehearses and stages a repertory excerpt for the closing performance.
Company dancer and school teaching assistant
Three Rivers Civic Ballet, Pittsburgh, PA 2010 to 2018
Regional company of twenty two dancers performing four programs a season with an attached school.
- Danced soloist and corps roles in fifteen full length and mixed bill programs.
- Taught children's division classes and covered faculty absences across the school.
Licensure and Certification
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum certified teacher
National Dance Education Organization, member
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid certified, American Red Cross
Background check and child protection training current
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance, Point Park University, 2010
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum teacher certification, primary through level five
Core Skills
Classical ballet technique · Pointe instruction · Variations coaching · Level assessment · Anatomy informed cueing · Audition preparation · Parent communication · Choreography for students · Class accompaniment cues