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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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 Music in Catharsis | Artopia

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Music in Catharsis | Artopia
Astor Piazzolla, an Argentinian composer, created the music used in Catharsis. The music provided some unique challenges to the choreographer and dancers.
 Dance as a Career | Artopia

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Dance as a Career | Artopia
Miriam Barbosa describes the passion and love it takes to make dance work as a career.
Collaboration | Artopia Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia

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Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia
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...
 Abbey Elmore, Singer-Songwriter | Original SC

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Abbey Elmore, Singer-Songwriter | Original SC
Abbey Elmore is a singer-songwriter living in Gaffney, South Carolina. She attends Gaffney Middle School and she's proving to everyone that even at the young age of 14 she can do it all! Abbey started...
Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC Tabu Hazel, Spoken Word Artist | Original SC

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Tabu Hazel, Spoken Word Artist | Original SC
For Peggy Logan, a.k.a. Tabu Hazel, there is power in poetry. As a spoken word artist she is an advocate who promotes awareness of cancer, domestic violence, homelessness and sexual assault. Her...
 Choreography as Problem Solving | Artopia

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Choreography as Problem Solving | Artopia
Martha Brim is a professor of dance at Columbia College and artistic director of The Power Company. She describes choreogaphy as being a form of problem-solving.
 Exploring Dance | Artopia

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Exploring Dance | Artopia
Martha Brim is a professor of dance at Columbia College and artistic director of The Power Company. She provides advice for students who are interested in exploring dance.
 Collaboration | Artopia

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Collaboration | Artopia
Marcelo Novo and Miriam Barbosa collaborated to create the multimedia dance performance, Catharsis.
 V-Man | Artopia

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V-Man | Artopia
Marcelo Novo and Miriam Barbosa collaborated to create the multimedia dance performance, Catharsis. Novo and Barbosa describe the character, V-Man.
 Lyon Hill, Puppet Maker | Original SC

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Lyon Hill, Puppet Maker | Original SC
"I can't make something to be popular...the best thing I can do is make it interesting to me and then I hope that...that I am like other people and it will find an audience...so being fiercely true to...
Stephen Brown, Swing Bridge Operator | Original SC Robert Mason, Caring Clown | Original SC

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Robert Mason, Caring Clown | Original SC
"The most precious gift one person can give to another is attention." That's what Robert Mason, a.k.a. DOCTOR GEEZER, says about his work through the volunteer organization Bumper T Caring Clowns. The...
Teamwork | Artopia Video Process | Artopia

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Video Process | Artopia
Cameras are an important part of Weis’s work. Here, she explains the technology and process behind her work.
 Dance Studio | Artopia

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Dance Studio | Artopia
The work of Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award winner Cathy Weis centers on a choreographic process that fully integrates dance with sound, design and technology. Weis offers a tour of her studio in...