performing artist

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performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

performer

entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse

actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer

artiste - a public performer (a dancer or singer)

baton twirler, twirler - someone who twirls a baton

comedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

rodeo rider, cowboy - a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean - a performer who dances professionally

executant - a performer (usually of musical works)

fire-swallower, fire-eater - a performer who pretends to swallow fire

fire walker - someone who walks barefoot on burning coals

geek - a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

headliner, star - a performer who receives prominent billing

juggler - a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator, illusionist - someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show

monologist - an entertainer who performs alone

instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

puppeteer - one who operates puppets or marionettes

Savoyard - a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan

sightreader - a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)

snake charmer - a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes

second banana, straight man - a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, stripper - a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

strongman - a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus

vaudevillian - a performer who works in vaudeville

ventriloquist - a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy

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That's not ok," says Lepore, who also teaches a crash course about the business side of the performing arts world called The Nuts and Bolts of Being a Performing Artist.

Performing Artist Partners with Arts-Focused Crowdfunding Site Hatchfund to Raise Book Funds to "Change the Performing Arts Field for the Better"

Common musculoskeletal problems in the performing artist.

A study of musculoskeletal discomforts and associated risks among Indian percussion (Tabla) players

The closing date for nominations is December 5, with the various categories for the youth awards including visual artist of the year, performing artist of the year (dance), performing artist of the year (drama), young musician of the year, the youth arts award for outstanding achievement, outstanding sporting achievement award, and individual sporting performance award.

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The second problem that could be posed for a PBL group is: to what extent can a performing artist use her or his position to take a role of leadership in changing a political and legal status quo?

A problem-based learning approach to leadership

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Arnie Laferty of Eugene, who died this week at the age of 72, was many things: performing artist, gourmet chef, husband and father.

Arnie Laferty, teacher

He progressed to the world stage and is probably Canada's most internationally honored performing artist.

Jazz odyssey: the life of Oscar Peterson

The demands of excellence, precision, and endurance can be costly to the body of the performing artist, often leading to seriously debilitating conditions such as carpal tunnel or cubital tunnel syndrome.

Performing artists may face debilitating injury. (Repetitive Stress)

Karma Mayet Johnson is a poet, performing artist and freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York.

To Repel Ghosts

When unique talent merges with the desire to display that singular quality before an adoring and paying public, the resulting mix can be both a blessing and a curse for a performing artist.

Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues

In Canada, healthcare services are universal, accessible and portable across the provinces, except Quebec, allowing the performing artist to seek medical consultations and obtain treatment interventions for their occupational health problems.

Playing healthy staying healthy: creating the resilient performer

com)-- After wowing the judges and audience members in both the preliminary and semi-final rounds of the 2012 RAWards, Laura Ernst has secured her place as a finalist for Performing Artist of the Year.