Alexandra Burgess

Education

About me

Additional skills:
Workshops whilst training:
Stage Combat (Philip d'Orleans), Improvisation (Chris Heinemann), Shakespeare Verse (Chris Pickles), T.V. Acting and Camera Skills (Marcus D.F. White, Mary McMurray, David Tucker, Sharon Miller, Alan Swift.) Physical Theatre (Desmond Jones), Radio Acting and Techniques (Jilly Bond), Restoration Voice (Annie Morrison). Singing (Maureen Scott, Natasha Dobie, Nathan Martin)

Music,Dance and Art:
Classical singing (Grade 8, Soprano), Choral singing (member of Royal Choral Society), Folk singing , Jazz Alto Saxophone (Grade 6), Classical Piano (Grade 5), Read music, Period Dancing (Jack Edwards), Street Dance, Contemporary Dance, drawing, painting and design and Balloon Modelling.

*Sang at a Proms in the Park event featuring Lionel Ritchie
*Appeared at the Royal Albert Hall supporting acts such as Katherine Jenkins, Vittorio Grigolo and Leslie Garrett

Sports:
Cycling, Running, Stage Combat- armed and unarmed,Swimming and Tennis.
Additional information:
Work Experience:
The Orange Tree Theatre- Administrative position and Front of House.

The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch- summer workshop scheme for children ages 7-15.

Employment History:

Children's Party Entertainer with The Party Belles (Ongoing)
Supply Drama and Singing Teacher for Stagecoach Theatre Arts.
Hostess and Promotional work:
Sampling to promote and sell Lynx 3 Effect at Lakeside and Jacques Fruit Cider at Audley End Summer Concerts through Kreate agency(July and August '08)
Bar work distributing half pints of Adnams Spindrift Beer to promote the company's product through Staff Warehouse agency. 21st May -June '08
Demonstrating to promote and sell Zeppelin i-pod Speaker for Bowers and Wilkins at John Lewis in Bluewater 28/29 Dec '08 and 2-4 Jan '09 and 10th Jan '09 in Peter Jones. Work given by Right Girls agency.
Promoting by demonstration of product and leafleting information for CORE at the BETT show, Olympia 14-16th Jan through Right Girls agency.
Hostess work with The Esprit Group:
Elite Manager for hostess/reception work at BNP Paribas (French Investment Bank)
Hostess at Tate Modern for various high profile dinners and parties.
Hostess for Kingfisher Airlines at Cumberland House, London. Involved Reception and Bar Work.
Worked Front of House for Le Book at the Horticultural Halls in London.
Hostess for Reception work on The Lambeth Achievement Awards.
Hostess work on reception for London College of Fashion Awards night for MA students at V&A Museum, London.
Hostess work on Reception and Front of House for the A.N.N.A awards at The Mall Galleries, London.
I also have training for Canape and Champagne work with Esprit.

Charity Door-to-Door Fundraising.
Signing people up for monthly direct debits for Cancer Research UK. I was London's Top Fundraiser 2008.

Avon Cosmetics Rep 2009- ongoing.

Part-time: Updating Contact Database for Lonsdale Metal Company removed .
Retail Assistant at Past Times (Loughton Branch) removed .
Administrator and Publishing Assistant for Data Centre Dynamics May-July 2006.

License & Passport

Skills

Languages Spoken	Spanish
Accents/Dialects	American - General, English - Essex, English - General, English - London, English - Received Pronunciation, Southern American
Dance Styles	Ballet, Contemporary
Vocal Types	Soprano
Musical Skills	Piano/Keyboards, Saxophone
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)