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.
Abbey Elmore, Singer-Songwriter | Original SC

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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...
Tabu Hazel, Spoken Word Artist | Original SC

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

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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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"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...
Robert Mason, Caring Clown | Original SC

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"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...