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Record 1 2017-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Performing Arts
OBS

The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an AFL-CIO-affiliated [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] labor union founded in 1939 to represent performing artists and stage managers for live performances in the variety field. The variety area of performance includes singers [and] dancers in touring shows and in theatrical revues, ... theme park performers, skaters, circus performers, comedians [and] stand-up comics, cabaret [and] club artists, lecturers/poets/monologists/spokespersons, and variety performers working at private parties [and] special events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Arts du spectacle

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