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Median salary
$55,000
Median annual salary based on certification and degree program completion.
Why should you pursue a career in Performing Arts?
Whether you love the spotlight or prefer to work behind the scenes, you might consider a career in Performing Arts. People with these jobs produce and perform in plays, dances and musical acts.
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Explore careers such as a producer, a choreographer or a music director. Whatever your career goals, a California community college can help put you on the path to success.
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Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.
Represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes in dealings with current or prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for on-air broadcasting, or for video recording.
Interpret script, conduct rehearsals, and direct activities of cast and technical crew for stage, motion pictures, television, or radio programs.
Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
Write and transcribe musical scores.
Direct and conduct instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras or choirs.
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