What is an Acrobat?

Performers perform various arts like music, dance, stage entertainment, and theater to entertain others. They showcase their talents through recordings or in front of live audiences. They work with various professionals, including directors, choreographers, stage managers, costume designers, producers, and lighting technicians. Also, they engage in public performances, participate in rehearsals, and maintain a quality guest experience. Besides that, they care for props and costumes and ensure their equipment is properly stored after the show. Performers work in hotels, casinos, cruises, bars, theme parks, and studios.

To succeed in this career, you need public performance, interpersonal, public speaking, choreography, communication, and problem-solving skills. You don't need a degree to be a performer. However, having a bachelor's degree in fine arts can be of added advantage. You must have the talent and skills to attract potential employers. Performers make about $66,069 in a year. It ranges between $30,000 and $146,000.

Entertainers work in bars, restaurants, cruise ships, cultural centers, and variety shows. Much of their work is done for live audiences. There are a lot of different types of entertainers, but commons ones include dancers, comedians, musicians, and singers.

Aside from creating and practicing acts, wearing costumes that suit the performance, operating puppets, they also research new materials for the acts and deals with finances. Some entertainers are specialized in only one field, while others have many talents that they incorporate to produce an act, such as a performer who sings and plays an instrument. Some work as solo artists, others as part of a team. They carry out administrative and promotional duties, especially if they are self-employed.

There are no fixed academic qualification standards, and there are a number of routes into the field. Some of the popular routes are taking part in talent competitions, working at holiday events, or performing at local clubs. It is beneficial to have learned singing, acting, or dance from a young age and to have performed in school plays or amateur stage productions.

For most people, life after death is the great unknown, one that can be theorized about but can never be understood fully until the last great journey. For a medium, it is as accessible as a transatlantic phone call.

Okay, being a medium is not as easy as making a phone call. Mediums use a variety of techniques to hear or feel the presence of the deceased, such as heightening their senses of empathy or inviting possession. They function as a vessel to allow living relatives to communicate with deceased loved ones.

Most colleges do not exactly offer degree programs in developing one's psychic abilities, although there are special courses online or in-person on clairvoyance and communication with the dead. Many mediums develop their abilities through self-study or working with an established professional. Mediums also need to be experts in the less glamorous side of running a business talking to the dead, such as advertising and customer service.