Performing Arts

Employees in the Performing Arts entertain audiences either in live appearances or in recorded or broadcast presentations. The Performing Arts include music, drama, dance, standup comedy, and motion pictures. Workers who support performances behind the scenes—such as screenwriters, composers, choreographers, directors, stagehands, makeup artists, and others—are included in the Performing Arts field.
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Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame
Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Carlisle Floyd is one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the United States. Born in Latta, South Carolina in 1926, Floyd earned degrees in piano and composition at Syracuse...
Theater Director | Hot Jobs
Theater Director | Hot Jobs

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A theatrical director describes his job. Jim Thigpen, Artistic Director of Trustus Theater, died August 29, 2017.
Actor | Hot Jobs
Actor | Hot Jobs

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An actor discusses her profession.
Dance as a Career | Artopia
Dance as a Career | Artopia

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Miriam Barbosa describes the passion and love it takes to make dance work as a career.
Music in Catharsis | Artopia
Music in Catharsis | Artopia

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Astor Piazzolla, an Argentinian composer, created the music used in Catharsis. The music provided some unique challenges to the choreographer and dancers.
Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia
Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia

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Marcelo Novo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated as a Profesor de Bellas Artes from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Prilidiano Pueyrredon” and studied painting under Surrealist artist...