Kafui Marcus C. Tay

• Coordinated all aspects of performance planning.
• Coordinate the hiring process of performers, directors, and support personnel.
• Worked with clients to find mutually beneficial solutions
• Drafted annual financial plans and grant proposals
• Coordinated casts, support crews, and resources to facilitate commercial video production.
• Managed strategic business planning and day-to-day operations to optimize the organization's visibility.

• Coordinate and conduct dance rehearsals for optimal results.
• Coordinated efforts across departments to realize production visions
• Encouraged an inclusive atmosphere to enhance creative expression

This is my current full-time employment in the public service of Ghana. I have risen from the rank of a cultural officer to a principal.

Cultural officer awaiting promotion to Director rank.

• Formulated methods to align artistic activities with statutory standards
• Integrated aesthetics with thematic storytelling for engaging presentations.
• Meet with the commission's clients to gain agreement on artistic project goals, parameters, and financial considerations.
• Addressed client concerns and worked together to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Aligned initiatives to support both immediate and future targets
• Organized teams to prepare for diverse artistic and cultural occasions
• Coordinated with theatre management and producers to schedule international dance troupes
• Directed departmental work assessments and personnel assignments

• Communicate updates and concerns to appropriate team members and managers.
• Performed in several national theatrical productions with the national drama and dance companies of the National Theatre of Ghana, and featured Brooklyn Academy of Music's Dance Africa festival in 2023.
• I Contributed to creating original artworks for display at various national and international function performances.
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• Assessed dancer strengths and developed choreography to highlight talent.
• Delivered individual instruction to students in between group classes.
• Upheld studio guidelines and legal requirements for dancer and staff protection.
• Collaborated in team-based environment to uphold instruction quality and continuity of service to clients.
• Maintained class records, including attendance, fees and rehearsal schedules.
• Instructed groups of individual and coupled dancers in different dance styles.
• Coached sub-optimal and replacement performers on dance techniques and choreography for numbers.
• Performed at different events as professional dancer.
• Planned choreography for group performances and recitals.
• Accommodated students with special needs by using different teaching styles, encouraging each to learn at appropriate pace.
• Choreographed all dance numbers for over one hundred artiste.

• Organized performance schedules and designated each performance's theme, visual elements and guest artists.
• Met with commission clients to gain agreement on artistic project goals, parameters and financial considerations.
• Addressed client concerns and worked together to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Hired performers, directors and support personnel in preparation for cultural productions.
• Groomed and groomed basic and high school students for independence day parades and other national cultural and artistic events in the Upper West Region
• provided consultancy duties for the Cultural education unit of the Ghana Education Service.

• Instructed African dance to students of various nationalities
• Assessed dancer strengths and developed choreography to highlight talent.
• Instructed groups of individual and coupled dancers in different dance styles.
• Planned choreography for group performances and recitals.
• Prepared and delivered carefully-crafted lessons to introduce students to traditional African dance forms techniques and positions while building their knowledge on African cultural art forms.

• Trained, managed and motivated employees to promote professional skill development.
• Motivated employees to share ideas and feedback.
• Represented integrity and professionalism in all areas of business, serving as mentor and roll model to staff.
• Developed corporate objectives and strategies collaborating on quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPI), as well as strategizing with cross-functional teams on improvement measures related to quality.
• Supported community outreach initiatives by partnering with local organizations.

• Collaborated with lecturers to devise and implement developmentally appropriate lessons aligning with course content philosophy and mission of the school
• Conducted assessments and tutoring sessions to support individual student needs.
• Educated students, maximized learning capabilities and sharpened classroom interest through effective instructional techniques.
• Tutored and supported students individually and in groups by reteaching and reviewing lesson concepts.
• Attended all scheduled sessions and maintained open hours for general availability.