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:''"Music" redirects here. For in-game music, see [[Soundtrack]].''


'''Performer''' is an [[occupation]]. Performers will perform for idle visitors at your fort's [[tavern]]s and [[temple]]s, through such mediums as stories, dance, poetry, and music. You may assign any number of your fortress' dwarves to serve as performers at the tavern and temple locations, and performers from other civilizations will regularly visit your fort's taverns to entertain tavern goers or petition for long-term residency.

Performers serve little practical purpose as they mostly just duplicate the behavior of other tavern goers. However, a skilled performer can significantly boost the mood of any dwarves who observe their work.

==Music==
There are four instrument skills: [[Keyboardist]], [[Percussionist]], [[Stringed instrumentalist]], and [[Wind instrumentalist]]. There is also one general skill, [[Musician]].

[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_musical_forms.html Early examples of musical forms].

==Poetry==
There is a [[poet]] skill.
Toady commenting on poetic forms:
<blockquote>Poetic, musical and dance forms will be generated by culture. There will be both knowledge and skill-based components to this -- so you can't compose a poem of a variety you aren't familiar with, no matter how good you are, but once you learn the rules, the quality will depend on your skills/atts. It'll start with the poet's general skill, and they'll also develop specific skill with the form...</blockquote>

[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_poetic_forms.html Early examples of poetic forms].

==Dance==
There is a [[dancer]] skill.
Toady commenting on dancing:
<blockquote>Every dance is associated to a musical form, and the dances respect the rhythm, tempo and some other elements of the music. I didn't reproduce the rhythm patterns below, but it tries to make elements like the number of steps in a basic movement align with the rhythm and so forth. All of the forms below were generated for humanoid forms, but I'm working toward some support for varied creature bodies -- so you'll see stuff below like "left leg" even though that text doesn't appear in the dwarf raws, and you also won't see useful words like "hips" -- it's a work in progress, but it won't necessarily need to progress on that score before the release. There also aren't certain fundamentals like costumes, and I don't expect to get them in for this time. There will be some further restrictions based on entity character that aren't in yet.</blockquote>
[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_dance_forms.html Early examples of dance forms].
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-[[File:perform_icon_large.png|right]]'''Performer''' is an [[occupation]]. Performers will perform for idle [[visitor]]s at your fort's [[tavern]]s and [[temple]]s, through such media as stories, dance, poetry, and music. You may assign any number of your fortress's [[dwarves]] to serve as performers at the tavern and temple locations, and performers from other [[civilization]]s will regularly visit your fort's taverns to entertain taverngoers or [[petition]] for long-term residency.
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-Performers serve little practical purpose, as they mostly just duplicate the behavior of other taverngoers, and tavern keeper if assigned to a tavern. However, a skilled performer can significantly boost the mood of any dwarves who observe their work. Performers can take apprentices and pass on their skills to them.{{verify}}
+:''"Music" redirects here. For in-game music, see [[Soundtrack]].''
-The performance skills are:
-{{Skill Box|Performer|5:0|5:0|
-* [[Keyboardist]]
-* [[Musician]]
-* [[Percussionist]]
-* [[Singer]]
-* [[Stringed instrumentalist]]
-* [[Wind instrumentalist]]
-* [[Poet]]
-* [[Dancer]]
-* [[Speaker]]
-}}
-==Types of Performances==
+'''Performer''' is an [[occupation]]. Performers will perform for idle visitors at your fort's [[tavern]]s and [[temple]]s, through such mediums as stories, dance, poetry, and music. You may assign any number of your fortress' dwarves to serve as performers at the tavern and temple locations, and performers from other civilizations will regularly visit your fort's taverns to entertain tavern goers or petition for long-term residency.
-===Music===
-There are four instrument skills: [[Keyboardist]], [[Percussionist]], [[Stringed instrumentalist]], [[Wind instrumentalist]], and also one general skill, [[Musician]].
+Performers serve little practical purpose as they mostly just duplicate the behavior of other tavern goers. However, a skilled performer can significantly boost the mood of any dwarves who observe their work.
+==Music==
+There are four instrument skills: [[Keyboardist]], [[Percussionist]], [[Stringed instrumentalist]], and [[Wind instrumentalist]]. There is also one general skill, [[Musician]].
 [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_musical_forms.html Early examples of musical forms].
-===Poetry===
+==Poetry==
 There is a [[poet]] skill.
 Toady commenting on poetic forms:
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 [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_poetic_forms.html Early examples of poetic forms].
-===Dance===
+==Dance==
-There is a [[dancer]] skill. Dancing is initiated by musicians playing music. While one would assume a larger dance floor would increase the chances of dancing, it does the opposite.{{verify}} This is presumably a bug.
+There is a [[dancer]] skill.
 Toady commenting on dancing:
 <blockquote>Every dance is associated to a musical form, and the dances respect the rhythm, tempo and some other elements of the music. I didn't reproduce the rhythm patterns below, but it tries to make elements like the number of steps in a basic movement align with the rhythm and so forth. All of the forms below were generated for humanoid forms, but I'm working toward some support for varied creature bodies -- so you'll see stuff below like "left leg" even though that text doesn't appear in the dwarf raws, and you also won't see useful words like "hips" -- it's a work in progress, but it won't necessarily need to progress on that score before the release. There also aren't certain fundamentals like costumes, and I don't expect to get them in for this time. There will be some further restrictions based on entity character that aren't in yet.</blockquote>
 [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_dance_forms.html Early examples of dance forms].
-==Performance Troupes==
-Occasionally, your fortress may be visited by a ''performance troupe'', which is a collection of performers all working together. The troupe possesses a randomly generated name and often comes in groups of over five individuals, but are otherwise identical to typical performers in functionality.
-== Agents ==
-Note that some performers may/will be [[agent]]s of some sort. Before accepting a [[petition]] from one to permanently join your fortress population, check their [[skill]]s - if their "performing skills" are absent or sketchy, and especially if they're noticeably lower than certain other [[DF2014:Skill#Professions|miscellaneous social skills]] such as [[schemer]] or [[persuader]], it may not be worth the risk.  More immediate [[unfortunate accident|solutions]] are, of course, up to you.
-==Bugs==
-*Performance troupes are often completely nude.{{Bug|9234}}
-{{skills}}
-{{Category|Occupation}}
-[[ru:Performer]]