Craven Resume
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Craven Resume

Kaitlin craven
630 S Capitol St. Apt. 403, Iowa City, IA 52240
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Mission Statement

With a focus on Vinyasa strengthening and alignment techniques, I intend for each practice to encourage other bodies to take risks, make self realizations, and discover the innate pleasure of movement.

Education & Certification

The University of Iowa Graduated May 2019
Dance Performance BFA
Communication Studies Minor
Performing Arts Entrepreneurship
200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Certification August 2016 – May 2017
The Yoga Connection

Work Experience

Adult Yoga Instructor September 2018 – Present
University of Iowa Youth Ballet
• Instructs weekly adult yoga practice with Vinyasa flow format
• Introduces themes including groundedness, expansion, breath work, gratitude, creating space, and release

Winter Corporate Yoga Instructor January 2017 and 2018
Saputo Inc., Lincolnshire, IL
• Taught weekly winter break yoga classes to corporate workers who possessed no prior yoga experience
• Encouraged release from harmful daily alignments and introduced the capacity to listen deeply to one’s body

Planned Parenthood Yoga Instructor March 2017 – May 2017
Iowa City, IA
• Taught monthly outdoor yoga practices to raise money for campus Planned Parenthood
• Facilitated a community of children and adults through the connection of movement

Related Artistic Experience

Hancher Box Office Cashier April 2017 – Present
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA
• Conducts ticket sales through AudienceView software
• Files secure customer information for Hancher’s annual season orders
• Develops community relations and works at art venues across campus

Department of Dance Research Assistant January 2019 – May 2019
• Studied online forms of citizenship and protest to appear in Dance Scholar Rebekah Kowal’s upcoming book
• Guided focus group discussions to critique how ballet pedagogy can be more inclusive in higher institutions, culminating in a thesis to be used at the 21st Annual Teachers Conference of the CORPS de Ballet International Inc.

University of Iowa Dancers in Company Member August 2016 – May 2017
• Engaged in community outreach and activism research while intensively touring to promote performance art across the Midwest area

Additional Skills

Advanced-Intermediate Ballet Instructor at the UI Youth Ballet
Broad Knowledge of the Performing Arts
11 years of Vocal Training