In each case, the object, the color, even the percussive sounds of the electronic score were designed to become part of the theatrical being of the performer.

Depending upon the performer's mood and personal experience, interactions with other musicians, or even members of the audience, a jazz musician / performer may alter melodies, harmonies or time signature at will.

: This may include the gentleman juggler — using everyday objects such as hats, canes, plates, wine bottles and cigars ; comedy juggling — the juggling skill is secondary to the comic character and jokes of the performer ; sport themed — the performers dress in sporting attire and juggle sports equipment such as tennis racquets, footballs, or even snooker balls ; traditional circus style — presenting pure skill with precision, skill and panache.

Had he not suffered an incapacitating stroke on the way to Notre Dame mass in 1990, it is likely that he would have continued to use his popularity as a performer of his own works to experiment in relative safety with even more audacious musical techniques, while possibly responding to the surging popularity of non-Western musics by finding ways to incorporate new styles into his own.

Bischoff claimed that Waltman was a competent performer " when sober ," but that these periods were " few and far between ", and that " in many ways, Sean was lucky to even have a job.

By the age of six, Ali had begun her acting career, as a regular child performer on Sesame Street starting in 1985, even appearing with Herbie Hancock in a musical number.

A 2007 article in the American magazine Vanity Fair called Gábor " a game performer with a wholesome, even cheerful sensuality that can undercut the Continental sophistication that was supposedly her calling card — she can come across like Sally Field doing a party impression of Marlene Dietrich.

However, she has commented that she could not ejaculate on cue even though producers expect her to like a male performer.

Nelson knew and loved music, and was a skilled performer even before he became a teen idol, largely because of his parents ' musical background.

One school of fight choreographer thought says that an unusual aspect of live stage combat, such as in a play, is that audiences will react negatively to even simulated violence if they fear the actors are being harmed: for example, if an actor is really slapped in the face, the audience will stop thinking about the character and, instead, worry about the performer.

* John Osborne's play The Entertainer ( 1957 ) portrays the life and work of a failing third-rate music hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as his personal life falls apart.

According to the New York Times reviewer, " Nowadays Ms. LuPone generates more raw excitement than any other performer on the Broadway and cabaret axis, with the possible exception of Liza Minnelli .... And her brilliant show, conceived and directed by her longtime collaborator, Scott Wittman, deserves many lives, perhaps even a Broadway run in an expanded edition.

The basilica is home to a large and very fine pipe organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll for a private home in Biarritz, composed of 109 ranks and 78 speaking stops spread across four 61-note manuals and the 32-note pedalboard ( unusual before the turn of the century ; the standard of the day was 56 and 30 ), spread across three expressive divisions ( also unusual for the time, even in large organs ); the organ was ahead of its time, containing multiple expressive divisions and giving the performer considerable advantages over other even larger instruments of the day.

One Australian performer, Kevin Bloody Wilson, has even made it his middle name.

Blondel is portrayed as a frustrated artist, seeking fame as a composer and performer, even as he searches for his imprisoned monarch.

For the quality of his voice, its purity and its subtle evocation of emotion, and the exceptionally high calibre of his guitar technique – which is certainly worth attention by young musicians – Portabales must be rated as a performer of the highest calibre even given the unusually high standards of Cuban popular music.

In music, a solo ( from the, meaning alone, even though assolo is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo ) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer.

Many busy stars would not even record their own dialogue, but would be dubbed by a lesser-known performer.

As a composer, and even a performer, Bob Cole influenced the development of black musical theater.

Though he stayed with radio as a comedy performer on BBC Radio Five Live's The Treatment, Rob also does occasional stints as a stand-in presenter on BBC Radio 2, where he has even stood in for Ken Bruce, one of the people whom he impersonates.

"... the primary form of mathematical communication is not description but injunction ... Music is a similar art form, the composer does not even attempt to describe the set of sounds he has in mind, much less the set of feelings occasioned through them, but writes down a set of commands which, if they are obeyed by the performer, can result in a reproduction, to the listener, of the composer's original experience.

This is one of the reasons why Talkov was never popular with the Soviet government ; even as a performer renowned and loved throughout the whole Soviet Union, he lived in a small two-room apartment with his wife and son, even composing his masterful lyrics and music " on top of the washing machine in the bathroom ", according to the rumours.

His speaking roles got even smaller after his performer Jim Henson's death ; an exception was the 1991 Muppets stage show " Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses ", the voice being performed by John Kennedy.

* 1885 – Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer ( d. 1965 )

* 1941 – Reg Bundy, English drag queen performer, dancer, and actor ( d. 2003 )

In the book Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia, James Delmont wrote: " Marlon Brando was arguably the finest screen actor of the twentieth century, winning worldwide acceptance as both a movie star of the first rank and as a performer of uncommon skill.

* 1982 – Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor

* Paul Nicholas or Oscar, British actor and performer

* August 3 – Bee Ho Gray, Native American Wild West star, silent film actor and vaudeville performer ( b. 1885 )

** Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer ( d. 1965 )

* April 4 – Bee Ho Gray, Wild West star, silent film actor and vaudeville performer ( d. 1951 )

** Pinto Colvig, American vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer ( original voice of Goofy ) ( b. 1892 )

* December 20 – Charley Grapewin, American vaudeville performer and stage and film actor ( d. 1956 )

* September 11 – Pinto Colvig, American vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer ( original voice of Goofy ) ( d. 1967 )

Failure to become a serious dramatic actor disappointed him, but his potential as a comic performer gave him his break when he was spotted playing the Dauphin in George Bernard Shaw's St Joan in 1954 by radio producer Dennis Main Wilson.

When used by an actor, musician, radio disc jockey, model or other performer a pseudonym is called a stage name, or, occasionally, a professional name, or screen name.

* Standby ( theater ), an actor or performer who will appear in a particular role if the regular performer is not present

Murdoch, a professional actor and entertainer for 12 years before the war, recognised Horne's talent as a performer, and used his contacts to secure him more broadcasting work.

William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton ( 18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996 ) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.

Specifically, for film and television actors, an actor not in the union who becomes a " principal performer " ( says a line ) is immediately eligible to join the Screen Actors Guild and is covered under the SAG contract with the production company for 30 days, at which point he or she must either join SAG or cease working on any union productions ; this same provision applies to so-called " background actors " ( extras ) who work on a SAG covered production for 3 or more days.

Before appearing in television, Rayburn was a very successful actor and radio performer.

Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972 ) was a French actor, singer, entertainer and a noted Sprechgesang performer.

Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. ( June 29, 1919December 8, 1983 ), known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles.