Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers

Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers entertain by portraying roles in productions, performing and composing dances, and performing a variety of other acts.

What the job involves

• Reading scripts and undertaking research to gain understanding of parts, themes and characterisations

• Learning lines and cues, rehearsing parts, and applying vocal and movement skills to the development of characterisation

• Preparing for performances through rehearsals under the instruction and guidance of production directors

• Acting parts and portraying roles as developed in rehearsals in film, television, radio and stage productions

• Practising dance routines and interpreting the choreographic content of the production

• Performing dances for audience entertainment, coordinating body movements and facial expression, usually with musical accompaniment

• Composing and notating ballet compositions and other dance routines

• Creating and performing individual performance routines

• Rehearsing, auditioning and travelling between entertainment venues