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...a [[performance art]], often performed by a street artist or as part of a sideshow. The performer places flaming objects into their mouth and extinguishes the ...late 1880s and is often seen as one of the entry-level skills for sideshow performers.

| occupation = Sideshow performer, billed as the living [[Venus de Milo]], film actress ...ls with physical deformities, predominantly played by real life freak show performers. In the film, she demonstrates how she used her feet to perform everyday ac

[[File:Zoro PC3.jpg|thumb|right|1935 postcard shows the performers posing in their "colony"]] ...nia Exposition]]. Billed as a [[nudist colony]], it was populated by hired performers rather than actual practicing nudists. The women wore only G-strings; the m

...hers, and sideshow workers; the third section had 19 sleeping cars for the performers.

...professional who performs [[stunt|daring acts]], often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a '''daredevil''', ...by editing. In live performances, the audience can see more clearly if the performers are genuinely doing what they claim or appear to be doing. To reduce the ri

...and exploitative manner.<ref name=JFR/> The shows introduced many western performers and personalities, and romanticized the [[American frontier]], to a wide au ...performance for Queen Victoria. The Queen enjoyed the show and meeting the performers, setting the stage for another command performance on June 20, 1887, for he