Description
Variety artists are multi-disciplinary artists who master in at least two of the following disciplines: comedy, dance, singing, circus arts, object manipulation and illusionism. They perform solo or collectively, may appear in music variety shows, cabaret, musicals and other entertainment events. Their artistic performance is characterised by the blending of arts, styles and disciplines.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
attend rehearsalsinteract with an audiencekeep up with trendsperform livework independently as an artistcope with stage frightmanage feedbackinteract with fellow actorscreate an artistic performanceanalyse own performanceselect music for performancestudy roles from scriptswork with an artistic teamdevelop magic show conceptsuse declaiming techniquesplay musical instrumentsmanipulate object to create illusionsperform stuntsperform music solofollow time cuesfollow directions of the artistic directormanage performance light qualityidentify artistic nichemeet deadlinestrain livestock and captive animalsact for an audienceengage the audience emotionallyperform for young audienceswork with respect for own safetysingdevelop educational resourcesmatch venues with performersperform dances