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Circus performers

Description

Actors, comedians and circus performers perform roles and circus skills in circuses, motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, circuses, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.

Example Titles

  • Acrobat
  • Acting teacher - private or studio
  • Actor/actress
  • Aerial acrobat - entertainment
  • Circus artist
  • Circus performer
  • Clown
  • Comedian
  • Comic
  • Contortionist
  • Diction coach
  • Drama actor
  • Drama coach
  • Drama teacher - private or studio
  • Dramatic arts teacher - private or studio
  • Dramatic reader
  • Entertainer
  • Equilibrist
  • Film dubber
  • High-wire walker
  • Humorist - performing arts
  • Hypnotist
  • Illusionist
  • Impersonator
  • Improviser
  • Juggler
  • Mime
  • Mimic
  • Movie actor
  • Narrator
  • Performing arts extra
  • Reader - performing arts
  • Show horse rider
  • Slack-rope performer - entertainment
  • Standardized patient
  • Stand-in
  • Stand-up comedian
  • Story teller
  • Straight man
  • Stunt performer - film and theatre
  • Trapeze artist
  • Voice coach
  • Voice-over actor

Duties

  • perform a variety of acts intended to amaze, thrill, and engage audiences
  • conceptualize and choreograph original performances
  • study and perform acrobatic and aerial skills required by specific circus shows
  • may participate in the development of a director or ringmaster’s vision.

Employment Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability, based on an audition or previous acting or circus roles, is an important hiring criteria.
  • Circus performers and acrobats may require a period of study at a circus school.
  • Acting programs are offered at universities, colleges and private acting schools.
  • Acting teachers usually require experience as actors.
  • Membership in a guild or union may be required.
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