performing artist(n = noun.person) performer - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience;
is a kind of entertainer
has particulars: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian, artiste, baton twirler, twirler, comedian, comic, cowboy, rodeo rider, dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean, executant, fire-eater, fire-swallower, fire walker, geek, headliner, star, juggler, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator, minstrel, monologist, instrumentalist, musician, player, puppeteer, savoyard, sightreader, snake charmer, second banana, straight man, ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, strongman, vaudevillian, ventriloquist
Derived form noun performing arts₁

abstract artist, artist, ballyhoo artist, bunco artist, clip artist, commercial artist, con artist, graphic artist, lampoon artist, pavement artist, performing, performing arts, scenic artist, striptease artist