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Feats of balance and agility

Impersonation of a character in an artistic performance

Amateur theatre

Theatre performed by amateur actors and singers

American burlesque

Genre of variety show

Animal training

Teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli

Group encountering art

Sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performer seeking a role

Form of performance dance

Person who practices the art of ballet

Ballet technique

Principles of body movement and form in ballet

Paris-based ballet company in the early 20th C.

A set of partner dances

Type of Middle Eastern dance

Bhangra (dance)

Several types of dance originating from the Punjab region

Major form of Indian classical dance

Blackface Naija

Nigerian dancehall, ragga, reggae singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-writer of “African Queen” with 2Baba

Genre of Hispanic music, Cuban origins

Ballet company in Moscow, Russia

Style of street dance

Broadway theatre

Type of theatre in New York City

Traditional Japanese puppet theatre

Literary, dramatic or musical work or genre

Post-WWII Japanese dance form

Venue for a mixed variety show of music & theatrical revue

Music-hall dance

Cantonese opera

Chinese opera tradition originating in Guangdong province

Card manipulation

Branch of magical illusion that deals with sleight of hand involving playing cards

Cha-cha-cha (dance)

Dance of Cuban origin cha- cha

Popular form of drama and musical theatre in China

Art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies

Style of dance done in a circle with rhythm instruments and singing

Circus (company)

Japanese visual novel studio

A comic performer often for children's entertainment

Use of coins for entertainment

Person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh

Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous

Commedia dell'arte

Early form of professional theatre originating in Italy

American form of music hall

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Mexican professional wrestling promotion

Contemporary ballet

Dance genre combining classical ballet and modern dance

Contemporary dance

Form of dance that developed in the mid twentieth century

Performance art using skills of extreme physical flexibility

Social folk dance with mixed European origins

Corps de ballet

Group of dancers who are not soloists

Type of performance art

Wardrobe and dress in general

Creation of clothing and accessories to signal aspects of character in film, television, or theatre

Magic illusion trick

Performing art consisting of movement of the body

Humorous dances enjoying bursts of popularity

Dance improvisation

Spontaneous creation of movement

Transcription systems for documenting dance

Conversation between two or more person

Mostly female performance artists who dress and behave in masculine way for performance

Person who dresses and acts with exaggerated femininity for performance purposes

Drag king or drag queen performance show

Artwork intended for performance, formal type of literature

Art of dramatic composition

East Coast Swing

Dance meant to provide erotic entertainment or elicit erotic or sexual thoughts

Practice of escaping from restraints

Expressionist dance

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Defunct American professional wrestling company

Fire performance

Performance art using fire skills

Genre of Spanish music and dance

Dances developed by the people of a certain region

Exhibition of physically unusual humans

20th-century dance form

Puppet controlled by hands

Hardcore wrestling

Professional wrestling genre

Street dance styles performed to hip-hop music

Form of circle dance originating in the Balkans

Topics referred to by the same term

Polynesian dance

Impressionist (entertainment)

Entertainer who skillfully mimics the voices, speech patterns, singing styles, and mannerisms of others in their performances

Improvisational theatre

Theatrical genre featuring unscripted performance

Indian classical dance

Performance arts rooted in Hindu musical theatre

Modern and ancient dance in Iran

Performance dance technique

Historical entertainer

Folk dance and tune

Dance style associated with swing dance

Display of humor using words

Circus skill manipulating objects

Classical Japanese dance-drama

One of the classical dances of India

In American professional wrestling, the portrayal of staged events as if they were true

Wide range of dances originating in Latin America, Cuba and Puerto Rico

Laurence Olivier Awards

Text used in an extended musical work such as an opera or musical

Choreographed dance

Mexican-style professional wrestling

Magic (illusion)

Latin dance of Cuba

Puppet controlled from above using wires or strings

Courtly entertainment with music and dance

Medieval theatre

Plays and playmaking in the Middle Ages

Dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters to appeal to the emotions

Performing art in which practitioners appear to demonstrate exceptional mental abilities

Someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or performance art

19th-century American style of entertainment involving racist caricatures of black people

Misdirection (magic)

Form of theatrical deception

Genre of western concert or theatrical dance

Theatrical and musical genre

Speech presented by a single character

Type of British theatrical entertainment popular between 1850 and 1960

Musical theatre

Stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance

Medieval European play

National Wrestling Alliance

American professional wrestling promotion and governing body

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Nineteenth-century theatre

19th-century European and US theatre culture

Classical Japanese dance-drama theatre

Form of theatre and a genre of light opera

Genre of musical comedy stage production

Imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work

Music genre and dance

Chinese opera style

Public presentation of a performing arts work, a play, concert, or other form of entertainment

Performance art

Artwork created through actions of an artist or other participants

Performance poetry

Poetry composed for live performance

Performing arts

Art forms in which the body is used to convey artistic expression

Form of performing art

Style of music and dance of Bohemian origin

Professional wrestling

Form of athletic theater

Traditional British puppet show

Inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer

Form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets

Japanese professional wrestling

Practice performance

Dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s

Ringmaster (circus)

Circus performer

Musical theatre work with rock music

Characteristics of Russian ballet

Use of dance in religious ceremonies and rituals

Samba (Brazilian dance)

Dance of Afro-Brazilian origin

Creation of theatrical or film scenery

Theatre design including lighting, sound, set, and costume design

Sleight of hand

Fine motor skills used to entertain or manipulate

Smoke and mirrors

Practice of appearing to hypnotise a snake

Participatory dance focused on human interaction

Speech to oneself

Type of performance art

Square Dance (ballet)

Ballet by George Balanchine

Stage (theatre)

Designated space for the performance of productions

Type of hypnosis

Craft of lighting at performances

Stage management

Theatre or event coordination and organization

Technical aspect of theatrical, film, video production

Staging (theatre, film, television)

Process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space for a play, opera or film

Stand-up comedy

Comedy style where the performer addresses the audience directly

Term for dance styles in which footwork is the most important

Topics referred to by the same term

Street performance

Performing in public places for gratuities

Unusual and difficult physical feat

Group of dances tied to jazz

Sword swallowing

Performance skill

Argentinian partner dance

Type of dance involving percussive shoes

The Hero Initiative

Collaborative form of performing art

Music composed or adapted for performance in theatres

Theatre of ancient Greece

Theatre of ancient Rome

Theatrical genre

Theatre of Japan

Tightrope walking

Skill involving walking on a thin wire or rope

Former Australian theatrical circuit

Annual awards for Broadway theatre

Form of drama based

Aerial circus or gymnastics apparatus

Russian concert folk dance

Turkish folk dance

Folk dances of Turkey and Turks elsewhere

Twentieth-century theatre

Aspect of history

Dance inspired by rock and roll music; music genre associated with the dance

Entertainment genre

Ability to throw one's voice

Victorian burlesque

Theatrical genre

Genre of ballroom dance

The act of performing voice-overs to represent a character or provide information

Ballroom and folk dance

Dance involving mock combat

Indonesian puppet theatre

West End theatre

Professional theatre staged in London, England

Wild West shows

1870–1920 traveling vaudeville performance

Windows SideShow

Technology developed by Microsoft

World Championship Wrestling

Defunct American professional wrestling company

American professional wrestling and entertainment company

Chinese yue opera originated in Zhejiang, China