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Artist’s Curriculum Vitae

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EXPERIENCE
 
Founder and Teacher, Improv Hub (2018 – Present)
One of the first improvised theatre (improv) businesses in the world to transition online over Zoom. I designed and now teach four syllabuses and multiple electives in improv fundamentals with participants around the world. I also run several improv troupes through my school who regularly perform online via zoom.  
 
Creative Consultant (2014 – Present)
I provide services as a performance coach and dramaturg to artists and troupes in a variety of creative domains. For example, I have helped clients to confidently make speeches at weddings and work functions, through to producing books, musicals, albums, and concerts. I also consult and facilitate for several organizations. For example, I helped transition workshops to Zoom conferencing and facilitated youth improv workshops for Moreton Bay libraries, QLD.
 
Improvisational Theatre (2017 – Present)
I have performed in many improv shows both online and throughout QLD. This includes both solo and ensemble shows as a performer, musical director, musician, or improv format writer and director. I have performed at venues such as Brisbane Funny Fest, the Brisbane Festival, the Brisbane Feminist Festival, Art-Rageous Art Gallery - Deagon QLD, Big Fork Theatre - Brisbane, Concept - Fortitude Valley, and Black Box Theatre – Nambour.
 
Musician and Performer (2000 – Present)
As a singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and performer I have a broad range of experience in live performance, television, and radio. Selected highlights:

  • Lady Sings the Blues: A tribute to Billie Holiday, the Sydney Opera House (2014)
  • Songs of Affirmation, original Album (2013). Featured artist of the month on Hay House Radio and finalist in MusicOz song writing contest.
  • More Than Enough, original EP (2007). Supported international artists such as José Feliciano at the State Theatre, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, and Australian artists such as Richard Clapton, Brian Cadd, and Russell Morris.
  • The Pointless Sisters, musical comedy duo (2003-2006).  Supported Arj Barker, Will Anderson, The Radiators, and Jimmy Barnes. Featured on FBI radio, NOVA and Radio Skid Row. Performed at the Sydney Comedy Store, Sydney University, the Dubbo Show, and toured north Queensland.
 
EDUCATION 
 
BSocSc in Behavioural Studies, Swinburne University, Australia (2016-2019), Grad. Cert. of Creative and Professional Practice, Central Queensland University, Australia (2019), Acting Certificate A, B, and C - Australian College of Theatre and Television (2011).
EXPERIENCE  

Founder, WYSH, Singapore (2018 - Present) I work with individuals start-ups, corporations and social enterprises in building and crafting their stories and developing their story strategy. Coach senior management on how to craft and deliver their story to their target audience. Conduct workshops with teams focusing on developing their skills in adaptability, creativity, teamwork, active listening, empathy using both storytelling and business improvisation.  

Creator, What’s Your Story Slam (2019 - Present) What’s Your Story Slam is a bi-monthly storytelling competition where people share personal stories on stage. I curate the stories, design the format, coach the storytellers and host the show. In 2020, we pivoted the show to go online and now in 2021, due to safe distancing measures, we have made the show hybrid.  

Business Coach, Cartier Women’s Initiative (2019 to Present) I get to work with dynamic and inspirational female entrepreneurs in the social impact space. Together we work on their business plans on how to make their business scalable and sustainable.  

Living La Vida Local - (Sabbatical, 2017 to 2018) I travelled across South America to learn Spanish and Tango. I then moved to Washington DC and NYC to learn improv and storytelling.  

Director, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore (2009 to 2017) Business management of the Financial Markets Sales team.  

Head of Sales, Amalgamated Investment Bancorporation, Philippines (2005 to 2008) In charge of all sales investment related matters and headed the sales team covering high net worth individuals and corporations.  

EDUCATION
MBA - NSEAD, Asian Enterprise Merit Based Scholar (2008-2009). BSc Business Management & BA Philosophy - De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines (1994 -1998). iPEC Certified Professional Coach: (2019 to 2020). Certificate in Social Impact Storytelling: Georgetown University - Washington DC, USA (Sep 2018 - Dec 2018)  

LANGUAGES  
English, Filipino, Hokkien (Basic), Mandarin (Basic), Spanish (Basic)
EXPERIENCE
 
Founder, Choreograph Your Life (2020 - Present)
In my business I facilitate dance workshops to empower women and get them to build a better relationship with their body, mind and spirit through dance. I help women reconnect to the wisdom of their body and felt senses. I also facilitate meditation through dance, yoga and embodiment practices.
 
Founder, Spirit Tribe Project (2020 - Present)
A Non-Profit platform which educates, inspires and empowers youth from all over the world with practical tools and ideas for Self-Development, Holistic Wellness and Healing. We have run camps and workshops that help teens prep for university and improve communication and relationships with family members. We have also had the honor of hosting internationally renowned teachers, coaches and wellness practitioners.
 
Teacher, Urban District Studio (2019 - Present)
I teach ‘Ladies Style’ and ‘Intermediate HipHop’ once a week.
 
Professional Commercial Dancer, Jakarta (2016)
I had the privilege to dance for notable local and international artists such as Jessie J, Andi Rianto and Raisa and on television shows such as NET TV’s 'Just Duet’.
 
Co-Founder, WeDance (2017 - 2019) 
A freelance Bollywood dance company that provides teaching and performing services such as Corporate Employee Wellness, Dance Fitness and choreographed shows for companies such as HSBC, MNC TV and BLIBLI.
 
Founder, Rhythm Konnection (2012 - 2016) 
This company focused on choreographing, directing and executing wedding shows. I had the pleasure to travel all around the world to countries such as Hong Kong, India, and Africa to share my passion of dance. Actively involved in Community Service and conducted dance classes in orphanages all over Indonesia.
 
EDUCATION
 
BA (Hons) Dance and Media Communications (2014-2018), Certified Yoga Teacher YTT200 Hours Hatha/Vinyasa - (2021), Dana Foglia Mentorship Program (Contemporary Dance) - Singapore (2018), Certification in Embodiment Coaching - London, United Kingdom- online (2021)
 
LANGUAGES
English, Bahasa Indonesia (Basic), Hindi (Basic)

Letters of Confirmation

To Whom This May Concern, 
 
Hi, I’m Resham Pursani, Professional Dancer and Coach.
 
My career began in dance and it is something I am deeply passionate about. I believe that dance is a catalyst for transformation, a vehicle to freedom and an expression of one’s uniqueness. I have also found that dance has the potential to be a healing experience. Over the past few years, I have aspired to expand my craft to serve society and create a lasting impact. This has driven me to utilise movement and music to help people to connect with their authentic selves. 
 
While I was doing my certification in Embodiment Coaching, one of the requirements was to attend a comedy improv class. I found Improv Hub online, signed up and fell in love Lindsay Drummond’s teaching style, attention to detail and overall cheerfulness! When Lindsay asked if I was interested in putting a collaborative performance together for International Women’s Day, it was an immediate “yes!”. 
 
Now more than ever it is important for women all over the world to come together, to connect, to heal and of course to support each other’s growth. I am very much looking forward to working and creating with Anna and Lindsay for ‘She Will Rise’! 
 
Best Regards,
 
Resham Pursani
Choreograph Your Life
To whom it may concern,
 
Hey there! I’m Anna Ong, founder of WYSH - What’s Your Story Huh, a consultancy based in Singapore that offers professional development courses and workshops using storytelling and improvisation. I’m also the creator of What’s Your Story Slam, a storytelling competition here in Singapore that promotes the power of personal narratives. I believe that the shortest distance between two people is a story and that everyone has a story to tell. I provide a platform for people to speak up and have their voices heard.
 
I found my way to storytelling through improvised theatre and over the pandemic in 2020, when the world went completely online, I met Lindsay Drummond through an online improv course hosted by the Nursery Theatre - London. We were a mixed bag, coming in from different parts of the world, different races, and religions. If there was an ad for diversity and inclusion, I think that would have been our improv group the Honey Spiders. Our friendship as a group (the Honey Spiders) went beyond the class and we started meeting up on a weekly basis online to learn from each other and attend various workshops together. We have learned from different improvisers and hired private coaches to train us.
 
In November 2020 Honey Spiders performed in one of my online storytelling shows as the halftime act and in March 2021 we performed at The Nursery Theatre’s online Garden Party show as the headline act. Lindsay and I teamed up and trained under Armando Diaz to perform as a duo. I enjoyed working with her and if I were to review all the other duo performances I have done, I think our scenes together flow the best.
 
Priorities changed and some of our friends moved on to different interests, Lindsay and I continued to stay in touch, work on our duo project ‘Slow Burn Duo’ and brainstormed on activities we could do. When this opportunity came up to create something for International Women’s Day, I immediately said “yes, and!” I could see the potential of coming in from various performing arts fields, improv, storytelling, music and dance.
 
I’m excited about the prospect of creating She Will Rise, and a workshop for creative expression with our body, voice and words.
 
 
Best Regards,
Anna Ong
Founder, WYSH
https://www.instagram.com/annaong212/

To whom it may concern

My name is Luke Dixon, owner of Evolutionary Media. I am a freelance audio-visual producer and engineer who has previously worked with Lindsay Drummond on many audio-visual projects. The following is a link to an example of a project we worked on together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=751knWMEuBE
   
This letter is to confirm I will be providing editing and post-production services in kind for her ‘She Will Rise’ project to the value of $1000AUD. This includes approximately 16 hours of editing and post-production of video documentary footage.
 
Yours sincerely,
Luke Dixon
Evolutionary Media
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-dixon-8a680152/
ABN: 93 875 730 140

Testimonials for Lindsay Drummond


Lindsay worked with me as dramaturg, co-creator and creative strategist on my 2021 project Bow Down to Your Queen- a musical homage to Stephen King’s strong female characters. I had written 6 original songs inspired by some of author Stephen King’s female characters. Apart from knowing I wanted to play and sing the songs I had no idea how my many ideas around the staging of this would become a show. I bless whatever force it was that brought Lindsay into my life as I believe I could not have successfully completed and staged the show without her input, energy and talents.

Lindsay is extremely capable, insightful, creative and easy to work with. She was easily able to decipher the themes of the show and helped me find creative ways to express the themes through different modes of performance. We had song, actors with monologues and audience members doing readings from King’s books.

Audience participation in the show was very important to me as I wanted the audience to feel immersed and with her background in improvised theatre Lindsay knew what it would take to get audience members to come up on stage and get involved. And it worked!

She also helped me to edit and streamline the show down to its most important parts which helped me a lot. I am also grateful for her unwavering belief in me and her encouragement to take on more of a leadership role when it came to my actors and players.
Lindsay is an organised, strong, compassionate leader and multi-talented and innovative artist. I would highly recommend her as part of any creative project. Especially one that needs passionate direction and creative solutions.   

Mira Chorik, QLD, Australia
Singer, Songwriter, Artist

https://songwritersroundtable.com
https://soundcloud.com/mirachorik/sets/bow-down-to-your-queen

Lindsay acted as a digital consultant for Moreton Bay Libraries in July 2020 to transition some of our real-life workshops online. She was able to instruct the libraries on safe and effective ways to use the video conferencing platform Zoom for their workshops. Lindsay also ran our school holiday season of youth improvised theatre online workshops. I found her to be a very knowledgeable, fun, entertaining and energetic facilitator who gets along with anyone and everyone. I would highly recommend her as a workshop facilitator and digital workshop consultant.

Dayna Smith, QLD, Australia
Dayna Smith (She/her)
Children & Young People’s Programs Leader
Libraries
Moreton Bay Regional Council
 
I have done many online improvised theatre projects with Lindsay Drummond since April 2020. Lindsay is a great improviser and has a wonderful singing voice. Lindsay is the artistic director of my online improvised theatre troupe Honey Spiders and has successfully expanded the group’s improvisational repertoire to include musical improvisation. She has personally pushed me out of my comfort zone adding music to my improv.

We have had a very productive and satisfying year learning, playing and collaborating with each other online. Not only do we work well together in improv devising shows but we share a real appreciation of the philosophy and real-world applications of improvised theatre. We also have a mutual interest in Dramatic Impro an alternative to more traditional comedic improv.

Lindsay is one of the most talented, intelligent and good-hearted performers I have ever worked with. She is truly one of a kind.  
 
Dr Martin Boedicker, Germany
Writer, Teacher, Improviser, Tai Chi Master
Founder, Doc Cooper Dramatic Improvisation

https://www.facebook.com/DocCooperImpro/
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Martin-Boedicker/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMartin+Boedicker

I worked with Lindsay on two of her musical albums- More Than Enough and Songs of Affirmation as a Drummer and Percussionist. She is a masterful songwriter, amazing singer and driven and passionate band leader. Even in the recording process I felt confident that she understood musical concepts and composition on a deep level and had a good knowledge of rhythm, making it easy to communicate with her about what she wanted me to play on the albums. Lindsay is that rare blend of ‘down to earth’, funny, easy-going with a strong, assertive leadership style that makes people feel safe and inspired. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again.

Chris Fields, NSW, Australia
Musician, Academic Lecturer
https://aim.edu.au/lecturer/chris-fields/

Risk Assessment Matrix

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