Performance Model
A Rope Bottom whose practice is oriented toward public performance.
Definition
A Performance Model is a Rope Bottom who works, or who is working in a given scene, in the context of public performance. The role requires additional skills: stage presence, awareness of the audience, and coordination with lighting, music and the choreography of the piece.
Discussion
The role is not a hierarchy above other Rope Bottoms; it is a specialisation with its own demands and satisfactions.