A dancer resume helps an audition panel find your performance credits, training and usable skills quickly. Lead with the work that fits the call: company repertory for a company audition, commercial credits for a filmed project, or training for a student application.

A useful credit identifies the production or piece, your role, the company, and the choreographer or staging credit where known. A precise line is more informative than a claim such as “experienced performer.” Teaching and arts administration applications may need a conventional employment resume alongside your performance resume.

The example below is an expanded content reference for a fictional dancer. Elise Thornbury, the employers, teachers, credits and figures are illustrative. Real work titles and credential providers are used only to demonstrate formatting; they do not endorse the example. Replace every sample detail with your own record and select a shorter version when an audition specifies one page.

Make the first screen or printed page easy to scan. Put your name and contact details at the top, followed by clearly labeled sections. Use the same order for the details within each credit so the reader does not have to decode every line.

Name the company, production and role even when the work was local or unpaid. Distinguish a performed role from an understudy assignment, and a class presentation from a professional production. You do not need to inflate a small credit to make it useful.

Use your name, phone number, professional email address and city or region. A street address is unnecessary for contacting you about an audition. See whether to put your address on a resume for the general guidance.

Add a working reel or portfolio link and accurately stated union affiliation when relevant. Include physical details only when the application requests them. If the notice asks for a separate video submission, follow that process even when a reel link also appears in your header.

For a working performer, selected performance credits usually deserve space near the top. Use a consistent pattern: production or piece, role or track, choreographer or staging credit, company and year. Credit the version you actually performed; do not guess at a choreographer or imply an original staging when you danced a later adaptation.

Group concert, commercial and screen work when that makes the mix easier to read. Put the most relevant recent work first within each group. A compact line per credit often works better than duty bullets. The expanded example groups repertory under company entries; you can convert those lines into a tighter audition list.

For training, list the school or program, relevant teachers, styles and dates or years studied. Separate a summer intensive from an ongoing program so the duration is clear. In its dance resume guidance, USC Kaufman suggests condensing long teacher lists to the instructors who best represent your training.

A teacher’s name identifies your training; it is not permission to present that person as a reference. Ask separately before giving anyone’s contact details to a company.

Name the styles and techniques that fit the call, with honest levels where useful: ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop, partnering or floorwork. Distinguish years of study from current proficiency. A style you studied years ago should not be presented as an advanced skill you can perform today.

Give performed choreography a short section when it matters to the application: work title, your role, ensemble size if useful, venue or program, and year. Label a workshop or class showing accurately.

List a relevant degree, school and completion date. A working dancer may place education after performance credits, while a college applicant should follow the school’s required order. See the education section guide for the basic fields.

A student with limited professional credits can lead with training and then selected performances. Follow the program’s own template where one is supplied. An application may also ask for academic information or a brief statement; those requirements take priority over a general audition format.

Use the following sections where you have relevant material. Omit an empty category rather than inventing experience to fill it.

Leave age and date of birth off the resume unless the application asks for them. For a minor, use a parent or guardian’s contact details and avoid publishing a home address.

You can move section blocks in the Roleframe editor as your experience changes. A simple template makes the training and credit lines easy to follow. For more on choosing an order, see resume section order by experience level.

Use these as starting points, then check the current audition or program instructions. There is no single format that overrides every application.

Only include height or other appearance details when the call asks for them. College and company requirements differ. USC Kaufman’s published resume guidance, for example, excludes height, weight, eye color and age. Check the current instructions for your specific opportunity.

Write union status accurately, without a membership number. AGMA represents performers and staging staff in fields including opera, ballet and concert dance. Actors’ Equity Association represents professional actors and stage managers in US live theatre, including musical theatre performers. SAG-AFTRA’s dancer resources cover work such as filmed productions, commercials and music videos. Membership and eligibility are distinct; describe only the status you actually hold.

The following are illustrative formats, not credits to copy. Replace the bracketed fields, dates and roles with your own verified history. Use the same separators within each section.

Keep separators and ordering consistent. Add scale only when it helps explain the work and you can support the number. A performance count, run length or touring schedule can be useful; an estimate presented as a precise achievement can mislead.

For example, “[Company], [Dates], [Documented number] performances per season” shows the structure of a measurable line. Do not copy a sample count or imply that a large number alone makes the credit stronger.

Write current proficiency plainly: “ballet, advanced; contemporary, advanced; tap, intermediate.” Those levels are illustrative. Use the terms your teachers and recent experience support, and be ready to demonstrate what you list.

Add relevant supplementary skills such as singing, acting, languages, an instrument, acrobatics or teaching. For physical skills, state the specific discipline and training level. A resume entry is not evidence that you are qualified to perform a hazardous stunt; include only work within your training and discuss any production-specific requirements separately.

Generic phrases such as “hard working” use space without identifying a technique or performance credit. Show collaboration and reliability through the work itself when the application needs that evidence.

For a dance teaching job, lead with teaching experience that matches the studio’s needs. Name the studio, dates, styles, age groups and levels taught. Add class frequency or choreography responsibilities when you can verify them. An illustrative line is “Ballet I–III, ages 7–14, six classes weekly.”

Keep selected performance credits below the teaching section. List current certifications, first aid and safeguarding training where relevant to the posting. The teacher resume examples show how to describe classroom responsibilities accurately.

A college dance application may use a required template with academic details and an objective as well as dance training. USC Kaufman’s published instructions are one example of why a blanket “no objectives” rule would be wrong. Use the current program requirements first.

If you list repertory studied without performing it, label the entry “repertory study” and name the class or teacher. For a broader school application, see the student resume examples and teen resume example.

Read the current notice for file type, page limit, required photos, video links, forms and deadlines. A resume link does not replace a video upload when the organizer asks for one.

Keep an editable master with your full record, then save a clearly named version for each application. Check that its dates, role labels and reel link match what you enter in the form. Keep a copy of what you sent so a later callback refers to the same information.