Anna Bennett

Description

Actress, Dancer and Singer - see Bio for details on specific skills, experience, and training

Biography

Professional Work
* Background Work: Lioness Season 2 (2024)
* Commercial: Clearly Basics (Product User, Social Media Commercial, 2020)
* Host: Sports Card Youtube & Twitch Show (2020-2021)
Skills
* Languages: Spanish (Fluent + singing), Arabic (Beginner, advanced pronunciation + singing)
* Performing Arts: Acting, Singing, Dance (Clogging - Advanced, Contemporary, Jazz - Intermediate, Hip-Hop - Intermediate, Latin Dance - (Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia, Cha Cha Cha, Quebradita, Norteñas, Rumba, and more) - Advanced) Footwork-Advanced, Accents (Intermediate)
* Technical Skills: Ad ... obe Premiere & Audition (Beginner), Spoken Word Poetry, Dramatic Criticism (Advanced), Dance Lifts (Intermediate), Blocking (Advanced), Stamina (Advanced)
* Percussion: Latin Percussion (Intermediate)
* Theatre Techniques: Improvisational Theatre (Intermediate), Lyrical & Theatrical Writing (Intermediate)
Other Projects & Teaching
*Percussionist and Vocalist - ACC Rumba Band Austin Texas (2023)
- Performed at Honk Fest in Austin and various community events
*Media Artist | Social Media Manager | Set Decorator - ULMA Short Film (May 2021 - July 2021)
* Director, Recruitment Coordinator & Editor – Project Black Keys (March 2019 – Present)
-7 cities in Colombia, directing, interviewing, translating, shooting, featuring Colombian producer Edwin Salcedo Vasquez
* Creator, Director & Choreographer – From the Inside Out (June 2019 – Aug 2019)
-Organizing, hiring, directing, choreographing, audio editing, audio mixing, rehearsing
* Actress, Dancer, Singer, Choreographer, Assistant Director – Garner Magnet High School Theatre (Aug 2012 – June 2016)
-Roles: Fame! (Carmen Diaz, Lead), High School Musical (Sharpay, Supporting), Grease (Lead Dancer), A funny thing Happened on the way to the Forum (Panacea), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Bruno), and others
-Choreographed 4 musicals with a cast of 50 or more
* Competitive Clogger (2009-2016)- America’s Clogging Hall of Fame All American Team (2015)
* Instructor – Clogging at Wake Forest Academy of Fine Arts (2015)
* Performing Arts Teacher – Elim Childcare Home, Yangon, Myanmar (2016-2017)
* Founder – Baataaboom Music Research Project (2018)
Education & Training
* B.A. Global Studies, Minor in Arabic – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (August 2017 – May 2021)
GPA: 3.67
* Voice Coach: Lachuñé Boyd
* Performance Classes: Joseph Megel (Theatre), Renee Alexander Craft (Performance Studies), Toshi Reagan (Performance Studies), Tony Perucci (Performance Studies), Cheryl Prater (Theatre)
* Music & Dance Studies: Muñequitos de Matanzas (Rumba Percussion, Voice, and Dance), Rey Artega (Latin Percussion), Mike Fonseca (Latin Percussion)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Timothy Sparks (Voice), Melissa Martin (Voice), Pierce Freelon (Music History), Mark Katz (Music History and Hip Hop Studies), Junious Brickhouse (Music History), Kaze (Music History), Klevah Knox (Music History), Michael Figueroa (Ethnomusicology), Lee Weisert (Audio Engineering)
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Experience

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Previous Clients

In addition to the experience listed in her biography, Anna has also been hired as an actress on a few student films and in-house productions lead by her professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was also hired as an actress for an ASD community event. She converted her garage into a community studio with full dance flooring and mirrors where she currently teaches accessible Zumba classes, beginners acting training, private Quinceañera choreography, and also lends the studio out to percussionists for their professional and educational needs.

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bachelor / Stag Party Bachelorette / Hen Party Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Child) Birthday Party (Teen) Bridal Shower Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party Hanukkah Celebration High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Quinceañera / Sweet 16 Party Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Social Club Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Acting Experience

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Modelling Experience

College Freelance for small businesses

Physical Characteristics

Meet the Act

Anna started performing at age 5 when she began writing her own plays and choreographing dance routines to perform for her family and the nearby community. She started clogging at age 10, and competed around the country through age 18. In middle school and high school she participated in Musical Theatre both inside and outside school, securing several lead roles. She was a director of choreography at both schools, while performing in all the shows that she choreographed, alongside a team of directors who were all teachers. In high school, she picked up various talent show gigs, and worked with ... a dance partner, training with dance lifts, which she used in her musical theatre choreography. While performing and competing in high school, she also worked as a clogging instructor at a dance academy. Upon graduating, she taught theatre and dance in Yangon, Myanmar for a year, producing various performing arts events for the community. In college she produced and directed various shows, received vocal and acting training through her college performing arts professors, and self-trained in jazz and ballet techniques using the resources and dance spaces provided by the university. For most of her life she has grown up with latin music, and she started dancing latin styles at age 11 which she picked up at many parties and Quinceañeras. For the past 11 years, she has been dancing latin styles at events and conferences around the country and around the world (for fun) alongside many latin dance professionals. She also was a percussionist in a Rumba band in Austin, Texas for a year. Please see Biography for more details on Anna's specific skills, experience, and training. Read More