BAPP Task 1a Professional Profile (CV)

My first task of the Module 1 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University is to rewrite my current CV into a profile.

Throughout the years, even before I joined the English National Ballet School in 2011, I have been writing and updating my Professional CV, due to it is essential, not only for your public image (Finding a job, what the media & your followers can see about you…) but also for yourself, because when you look at your CV, you can see what you have achieved and what you haven´t yet, you can make a balance about it, therefore you can set goals for the future, so a CV, in my opinion is key in order to progress in your professional life and as a person.

This task for me was really interesting because, you have to take your current CV and highlight the most important things that you have achieved, and then write your Profile using those highlights in a way that is easy and interesting for the reader to see what is important about you. In my case I have my CV & Profile in several social media, that I update every one or two months depending on the amount of work that I have, (Here you can see one example of my CV in my profile at the dance social network, Network Dance: http://www.networkdance.com/Gonzalo-Preciado-Azanza/#CV)

And then this the result of the rewriting into a Profile:

“Gonzalo Preciado Azanza: Born in 1994 in Zaragoza, Spain. He began his ballet training at the age of 7 years, a year later; he was accepted into the Conservatorio Municipal Profesional de Danza de Zaragoza. In 2011 he was accepted into the prestigious English National Ballet School of London where he has the opportunity to dance several solo roles in ballets such as Raymonda or Giselle, as well as dancing pieces by renowned choreographers such as Sir Kenneth Macmillan or Kerry Nicholls. In 2012 he participated at the Bartholin International Ballet Seminar in Copenhagen (Denmark). He graduated in 2014, obtaining the Level 6 in Professional Dance by the Trinity College London.

He completed his training at the Estudio de Danza de Maria de Avila in Zaragoza until 2015 when he made history by becoming the first Spanish dancer to join the prestigious Latvian National Ballet. Since then he has danced all the classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle or Don Quixote, as well as neoclassical and contemporary pieces by world renowned choreographers like Boris Eiffman, Krzysztof Pastor, Attila Egerhazi or Edward Clug. Last November He made his debut as soloist with the company in the production of Bolero… Last April the renowned choreographer Leo Mujic created the role of the Caliph de Baghdad on him, at the recent world premiere of Scherezade and her tales.

He has danced in several countries such as United Kingdom, Italy, Spain or Latvia. Previously, he participated in productions with other companies including the unfortunately extinct Ballet of Zaragoza, LaMov Cia de Danza and the renowned English National Ballet, as well as participating in various galas like the Gran Concierto de Año Nuevo 2015 in Zaragoza or the Season Opening Concert 2015 en Riga.

Since April he has been involved in his first Solo Tour, The Reborn Tour 2016 participating in several galas and festivals in Logroño, Zaragoza & Huesca in Spain and Riga & Jurmala in Latvia, as well as other associated events related to them.

His awards & grants include the Dance and Drama Award (DaDa) by the Government of the UK and the Beca de Ampliación de Estudios Artísticos de la Diputación de Zaragoza in 2012. As a writer he is a collaborator at the dance magazine: Danzaenescena, since 2014”

I hope you liked the result, you can comment and tell me what you thought about it, as well as to give some suggestions to improve it, because a CV & Profile is an on-going process that you always need to change as your life evolves!

Gonzalo