Circus artist
Code 2659.2.1
Circus artists develop original performance pieces showcasing great artistic and performing skills, emotive depth and artistic proposals for the general public. Alone, or collectively, they may perform one or more traditional or original circus disciplines, which are usually based on physical capabilities such as strength, balance, agility, flexibility, ability and coordination of body parts, and combined with performance disciplines such as dance, theatre, mime etc. The physical nature of the exercises performed often includes a certain level of risk for the performer.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Apreciación artística
- circus dramaturgy
- circus aesthetics
- técnicas de dirección y actuación
- circus vocabulary
Skills and competences
- Utilizar el lenguaje corporal
- adapt artistic plan to location
- analyse own performance
- apply company policies
- attend rehearsals
- balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns
- coordinate artistic production
- define the visual universe of your creation
- define artistic vision
- study roles from scripts
- manage artistic career
- manage artistic project
- interact with fellow actors
- make up performing artists
- practice circus disciplines
- renew artistic practice
- follow time cues
- check circus rigging before performance
- follow directions of the artistic director
- select artistic materials to create artworks
- work with respect for own safety
Transversal competences
- perform live
- work with an artistic team
- work with circus group
- check the production schedule
- manage feedback
- interact with an audience
- carry out physical training
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences