About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 75. Chapters: Dance, Executive producer, Critic, Game programmer, Geisha, Television crew, Pornographic actor, Ceroc, Talent agent, Film director, Butlins Redcoats, Benshi, Showrunner, Flair bartending, Rhapsode, Talent manager, Supernumerary, Bouffon, Promoter, Poker dealer, Impressionist, Technical director, Pyrotechnician, Flatulist, Production assistant, Video game producer, Location manager, Lighting technician, Critique, Promotional model, Film producer, Skomorokh, Kobzar, Minstrel, Shamakhi dancers, NBC page, Entertainment rigging, Claque, Ringmaster, Usher, Showman, Script coordinator, Theatre practitioner, Technical crew, List of theatre managers and producers, Board operator, Lirnyk, Paddock girls, List of television producers, Line producer, Ring girl, Barker, Mor Ungerleider, Flag throwing, Production Manager, Stunt actor, VFX Creative Director, Carthew Neal, Capsule review, Music editor, Development executive, Archimime, Stunt coordinator, Creative executive, Itinerant poet. Excerpt: Geisha ), Geiko () or Geigi () are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance. Geisha (pronounced, Japanese: ), like all Japanese nouns, has no distinct singular or plural variants. The word consists of two kanji, (gei) meaning "art" and (sha) meaning "person" or "doer." The most literal translation of geisha into English would be "artist" or "performing artist." Another name for geisha used in Japan is geiko (), which is usually used to refer to geisha from Western Japan, including Kyoto. Apprentice geisha are called maiko ( or ), literally "dance child") or hangyoku ( ), "half-jewel" (meaning that they are paid half the wage of a full geisha), or by the more generic term o-shaku (), literally "one who pours (alcohol)." The white make-up and elabora...
