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Overview
Performance artists create live or mediated works built around time, space, the performer’s body or presence, and the relationship with an audience. Performances may be planned or spontaneous, short or long, participatory or observed.
In job descriptions, look for artistic vision, live performance, site-specific adaptation, rehearsals, time cues, audience interaction, project management, feedback, educational activities and work across different venues or media.
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Performance artists work in theatres, galleries, public spaces, festivals, studios, digital media or temporary sites. The work centres on time, space, body or mediated presence, and the relationship between performer and audience.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include defining an artistic vision, creating a performance, adapting it to a location, rehearsing, following time cues, managing audience feedback and leading artistic projects. Some roles also connect performance with education or workshops.
Salary context
Salary context depends on commission type, venue, rehearsal time, production budget, touring, audience participation, project management duties and whether the artist also teaches or develops educational resources. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward commissioned performance work, interdisciplinary art projects, festival programming, artistic project management, teaching, workshop design, curation support or collaboration with dance, theatre and media artists.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies mention live performance, site-specific work, rehearsals, audience participation, media format, project budget or educational activities. These details clarify the artistic frame and practical workload.
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Actors
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Alternative labels
performer
actor & performance artist
performance poet
mime
multimedia performance artist
impersonator
actor and performance artist
actress and performance artist
actress & performance artist
mimic
drag queen
performance maker
imitator
performance & installation artist
performance and installation artist
live performance artist
Occupation group
Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified (2659)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a655aff1-e5e9-4c64-bc85-b902568a3dfb |
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| ESCO code | 2659.2 |
| ISCO group | 2659 |
| Concept type | Occupation |