artiste(n = noun.person) - a public performer (a dancer or singer);
is a kind of performer, performing artist

   One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook. [1913 Webster]
" This term should not be confounded with the English word artist." [1913 Webster]

artiste, n. a professional performer, esp. a singer or dancer.

Etymology:
F: see ARTIST

N  musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.