Job description Drama Teacher - Private Or Studio in the Campbellton–Miramichi Region

Find out what work is like for a drama teacher - private or studio in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Actors and comedians (NOC 53121).

Actors, comedians and circus performers

Description

Actors, comedians and circus performers perform roles and circus skills in circuses, motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, circuses, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Actors, comedians and circus performers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Actors and comedians
  • Study and rehearse lines, gestures and expressions to interpret a role
  • Portray roles in video or motion picture productions, television shows, theatre productions, radio dramas, commercials and other productions or perform the narration
  • Sing or dance as required by specific roles
  • Perform comedy acts in nightclubs alone or as members of comedy troupes
  • Improvise a role.
  • Acting teachers
  • Train students in interpretation of scripts, speech, movement, and dramatic theory
  • Prepare acting students for specific auditions and performances.
  • Circus performers
  • perform a variety of acts intended to amaze, thrill, and engage audiences
  • conceptualize and choreograph original performances
  • study and perform acrobatic and aerial skills required by specific circus shows
  • may participate in the development of a director or ringmaster’s vision.

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 53121), and a list of similar occupations:

  • acrobat
  • acting teacher - private or studio
  • actor/actress
  • circus performer
  • clown
  • comedian
  • drama teacher - private or studio
  • narrator

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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