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Overview
Variety artists combine several performance disciplines, such as comedy, dance, singing, circus arts, object manipulation or illusion, in solo acts or ensemble entertainment.
In job descriptions, look for live acts, rehearsals, audience engagement, cabaret, musical shows, circus skills, illusion, stage timing, costumes and light cues.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Variety artists combine comedy, dance, singing, circus arts, object handling or illusion in solo acts and ensemble entertainment. The work often includes shaping a number, rehearsing cues, adapting to the venue and holding audience attention throughout the performance.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes live acts, rehearsals, audience engagement, cabaret, musical shows, circus skills, illusion, stage timing, costumes, light cues. These details help separate the role from nearby jobs with a different setting, material flow or technical responsibility.
Salary context
Salary context depends on booking model, touring load, act length, venue size, special equipment and whether the artist creates or promotes original material.
Career paths
Paths can move toward headline variety acts, cabaret production, circus or musical theatre work, creative direction, teaching or booking coordination.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name live acts, rehearsals, audience engagement, cabaret, musical shows, circus skills, illusion, stage timing, costumes, light cues.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Activities of performing arts
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include stand-up comedian, puppeteer and street performer.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
Musicians and Singers
27-2042.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETDancers
27-2031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETActors
27-2011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
90.2Activities of performing arts
Alternative labels
Occupation group
performance artist (2659.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/76deb33d-f9bc-4ca2-a5cc-49c8f5a17f38 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2659.2.6 |
| ISCO group | 2659 |
| Concept type | Occupation |