{Another great original data-digest by Tim Boucher!}™
Definition of performer:
A performer, in this case, is being loosely defined* as a person who puts on, appears in or directly assists in a performance, show, display, diversion, exhibition or entertainment for a group of people, either formal or informal, public or private.
Performers often are required to travel to maintain their livelihood, putting on shows wherever an audience can be made to assemble, whether that be: on streetcorners, at fairgrounds and festivals, under a tent, in an opera house, an academy of music, a hall or auditorium, a 'legitimate' theatre venue, and even a stadium or arena.
A group of performers who work and/or travel together under the aegis of a single show or company may be refered to as a troupe.
List of types of performers:
*Note: The definition of 'performer' used in this case is a necessarily broad one. Our emphasis is on creatively uniting diverse strands of human activity under a common survey framework based around lifestyle characteristics, cultural associations and social rituals connected to the notion of the traveling performer as an universal archetypal image.
Last updated on 26 Oct 09.
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