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Circus & Fire entertainer
Do you love being at the centre of attention? Do you have a special skill that people find fascinating like hoop dance, poi, or aerial silk? Are you energetic? Do you like to work for yourself? Then you could become an entrepreneur in the performance industry.
Being a professional performer takes self-discipline, good business sense, and a drive to succeed. It takes practice and commitment to perfect your show. It requires you to work on your stage presence so that you can captive the audience. It takes exceptional organizational skills and tons of planning.
Brushing up on your business skills for this type of job is definitely an asset as you will need marketing skills to market yourself and administrative skills to run your business. Lastly, in this profession you must be willing to deal with many uncertainties because you will never know if you will get enough work to sustain your lifestyle.