types:
artiste
a public performer (a dancer or singer)
comedian,
comic
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
cowboy,
rodeo rider
a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
executant
a performer (usually of musical works)
fire walker
someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
geek
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
juggler
a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
puppeteer
one who operates puppets or marionettes
Savoyard
a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
sightreader
a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
snake charmer
a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
strongman
a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
ventriloquist
a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
ballet dancer
a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
ballet master
a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
ballet mistress
a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
bandsman
a player in a band (especially a military band)
bassist
a musician who plays the lowest-pitched string instrument such as a bass guitar or double bass
corner man,
end man
a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
gambist
a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
heavy
an actor who plays villainous roles
hornist
a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)
ingenue
an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
kachina
a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
oboist
a musician who plays the oboe
plant
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
reenactor
a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier
scene-stealer
an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene
soloist
a musician who performs a solo
tap dancer,
tapper
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
taxi dancer
a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
top banana
the leading comedian in a burlesque show
tragedian
an actor who specializes in tragic roles
upstager
a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
violist
a musician who plays the viola
walk-on
plays a small part in a dramatic production