circus performer

collocation in English

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circus
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəs/us
/ˈsɝː.kəs/
a group of travelling performers including acrobats (= people skilled in difficult physical movements) or those who work with trained animals, or a performance by such people usually in a ...
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performer
noun[C]
uk
/pəˈfɔː.mər/us
/pɚˈfɔːr.mɚ/
a person who entertains people by acting, singing, dancing, or ...
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(Definition ofcircusandperformerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Her productions feature a diversity of co-performers including musicians, dancers, circus performers, magicians and horses.
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It tells the tale of an oddball individualist ant who hires what he thinks are warrior bugs (actually circus performers) to fight off greedy grasshoppers.
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One of the goals was to nurture and develop talent into potential circus performers.
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Its recipients include many of the most highly-acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, musicians, film and theatre directors, actors, circus performers, etc.
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It supports the professional development of circus performers and circus companies and runs youth and adult evening classes every week.
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I consider the averagecircusperformeris more humane, more honest, more careful of animal life than the gentleman or lady who rides to hounds.
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He quoted the example of a circus, or the perpetuation of the art (or perhaps it is the skill) of thecircusperformerbeing perpetuated by educational means.
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Once acircusperformer, an aerialist who refused the net.
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He began as acircusperformerbefore moving on to the theater where he would find success as both an actor and writer.
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Like his name suggests, he is a clown from a traveling circus who fights with his quick agility as acircusperformer.
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She is single and works as acircusperformer.
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He was also professional track athlete,circusperformerand track coach.
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He later became acircusperformerand juggler.
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Chandran is acircusperformer.
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He is a formercircusperformer.
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She desires to visit the circus against her father's wishes as a bad experience happened years earlier when the captain's wife ran off with acircusperformer.
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Many circus performers and circus proprietors follow a family tradition that reaches back many generations.
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They are seen as placemen, a couple of circus performers ready to jump backwards through hoops on demand in exchange for the sugar lumps of political office.
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The extras included 50 stuntmen, gymnasts, and circus performers.
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Some of his best known pictures are of holiday crowds, circus performers and hunting scenes.
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