Christopher Rone
[email protected]
8182378439
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Skills
• Dance Program Development
Summary
• Performance Assessments Seasoned dance teacher and coach offering unparalleled skill in student
• Instructional Best Practices development, rehearsal direction, and technical instruction. Creative and
• Class Management encouraging professional with more than 15 years of experience locally and
• Choreography and Routines internationally instructing students in hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, modern, and
• Fundamentals and History k-pop.
• Vocational Counseling
Experience
Education And Training University Of California, UCLA, Millennium Dance Complex - Hop Dance
04/2008 Teacher, Dance Teacher
Jazz Dance, Jazz-Funk, Hip-Hop Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA
Edge Performing Arts Center 03/2020 - Current
Hollywood, CA
• Teaching weekly classes and enrolled extra curricular courses in foundation level
03/2008 and intermediate level hip-hop
Contemporary Dance Intensive: • Hip-Hop, Jazz-Funk, and K-POP
The London School Of • Planned choreography for group performances and recitals.
Contemporary Dance • Managed student behavior in classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and
London, UK procedures.
• Selected age-appropriate music and maintained up-to-date knowledge of
06/2004 students' favorite music to incorporate into lessons.
Bachelor Of Arts: • Maintained effective working relationships with staff members, students and
European Studies parents.
UCLA • Accommodated students with special needs by using different teaching styles,
Los Angeles, CA encouraging each to learn at appropriate pace.
• Provided opportunities for each student to reach fullest potential through artistic,
creative expression.
Certifications
• CPR & AED Feb 2023 Ohana Dance Studio - Dance Teacher
Redondo Beach
01/2019 - Current
• Teaching hip-hop foundations, choreography, and dance curriculum at a
medium-sized studio to both recreation and competition studio dancers ages
5-17.
Theatre Of Hearts - Teaching Artist
Los Angeles, CA
09/2017 - 04/2018
• Teaching a dance curriculum to various high schools and elementary schools in
underserved communities in Los Angeles in accordance with the state of
California's Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards.
RiverPark Dance School - Faculty
Bratislava, Slovakia
07/2012 - 08/2015
• Choreographing for the school's company, RDS Company (Former member)
• Teaching beginners through advanced level students through open dance classes
and workshops in jazz, jazz-funk, and contemporary.
Studio An Der Wien - Faculty
Vienna, Austria
06/2012 - 07/2015
• Teaching the jazz section of the school's three year diploma program, the
preparatory diploma program, and summer workshops in advanced jazz leaps
and turns.
Vienna Dance Center - Faculty
Vienna, Austria
06/2012 - 07/2015
• Forming and choreographing competition teams
• Teaching open jazz dance classes for adults.
College For Commercial Dance And Pedagogy - Faculty
Vienna, Austria
01/2014 - 06/2015
• Mentoring students in a two-year diploma program for future teachers of dance
and aspiring commercial dancers
• Teaching jazz, jazz-funk, contemporary and modern dance based on Horton and
Mattox technique.
Scuola Di Danza Olimpia - Faculty
Crotone, Italy
09/2009 - 07/2011
• Teaching classes for kids through young adults
• Choreographed and performed for the school's company: Corpo di Ballo di
Scuola Danza Olimpia.
D.A.R.E - Dance Program
Los Angeles, CA
01/2006 - 05/2008
• Implementing the DARE (anti-drug and violence) message through hip-hop dance
classes, which are after school programs held on-site at middle schools
comprising of at-risk youth.
Madonna Grimes Dance Studio - Faculty
Hollywood, CA
02/2003 - 06/2007
• Teaching the Kids Hip-Hop Team program for Madonna Grimes at her former
studio.
