Summary of Variety acts
Sub-categories within Variety acts.
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Variety acts
A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and comedy skits, and normally introduced by a compère or host. In europe, a variety show takes place in cabarets with several speciality acts. |
 Magicians
According to Wikipedia, a magician is a person who plays with or practices magic. He is also a performer of tricks or an escapologist. Whereas an illusionist is one who works with illusion or sleight of hand. He can also be viewed as one who decieves by magical or mystical means. |
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Hula-hoop
The hula hoop is a toy hoop, usually made of plastic, that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck. Although the exact origins of hula hoops are unknown, children around the world have played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them throughout history. Traditional materials for hoops include grapevines and stiff grasses. Today, they are often made of plastic. The hula hoop emerged in the world of circus in the 1960s. Russian and Chinese artists took the hula hoop to extremes. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org |
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Ventriloquists
Ventriloquism is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere. The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org |
