Showmanship
noun
The ability to entertain others, especially with style and flair.
The musician's showmanship was evident in his animated performance on stage.
Often appears as...
- dazzling showmanship
- display of showmanship
noun
The ability to entertain others, especially with style and flair.
The musician's showmanship was evident in his animated performance on stage.
Often appears as...
- dazzling showmanship
- display of showmanship
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Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Focus
Showmanship relates to how well someone can entertain and captivate an audience, often beyond just talent.
Despite his nervousness, the magician's showmanship had the crowd cheering.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just For Shows
While showmanship is key in performances, it's also applicable where engaging presentation is important.
The chef's showmanship made the cooking class much more enjoyable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Skills
Showmanship involves a flair that makes something ordinary look extraordinary; it's about the 'wow' factor.
Her showmanship turned the simple science project into a spectacular demo.
Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Focus
Showmanship relates to how well someone can entertain and captivate an audience, often beyond just talent.
Despite his nervousness, the magician's showmanship had the crowd cheering.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just For Shows
While showmanship is key in performances, it's also applicable where engaging presentation is important.
The chef's showmanship made the cooking class much more enjoyable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Skills
Showmanship involves a flair that makes something ordinary look extraordinary; it's about the 'wow' factor.
Her showmanship turned the simple science project into a spectacular demo.
Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Focus
Showmanship relates to how well someone can entertain and captivate an audience, often beyond just talent.
Despite his nervousness, the magician's showmanship had the crowd cheering.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just For Shows
While showmanship is key in performances, it's also applicable where engaging presentation is important.
The chef's showmanship made the cooking class much more enjoyable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Skills
Showmanship involves a flair that makes something ordinary look extraordinary; it's about the 'wow' factor.
Her showmanship turned the simple science project into a spectacular demo.
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A pro wrestler's guide...
is yes. I grew up watching professional wrestling with my dad. And like him, I loved everything about the showmanship, the athletic skill, the drama. I'd be this little boy, bouncing all over our living room,
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Ancient Rome’s most...
He returned home a gifted surgeon with a passion for anatomy and a penchant for showmanship. He gleefully entered public anatomy contests, eager to show up his fellow physicians. In one demonstration,
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Animal Winter Games:...
competitors a few cows and calves scramble out the ice and into the water but showmanship won't win the fight someone has to make the first push it's a scrum as every Tusker shoves his way
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A pro wrestler's guide...
is yes. I grew up watching professional wrestling with my dad. And like him, I loved everything about the showmanship, the athletic skill, the drama. I'd be this little boy, bouncing all over our living room,
Video examples
Ancient Rome’s most...
He returned home a gifted surgeon with a passion for anatomy and a penchant for showmanship. He gleefully entered public anatomy contests, eager to show up his fellow physicians. In one demonstration,
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Animal Winter Games:...
competitors a few cows and calves scramble out the ice and into the water but showmanship won't win the fight someone has to make the first push it's a scrum as every Tusker shoves his way
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, but I dislike closing a book with the sense that I've been had.
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Lukas Foss
German Composer
Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.
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Martie Maguire
American Musician
I grew up going to bluegrass festivals, and there were performers who got on stage and didn't say much. They would stand there, stone-faced, picking. I could appreciate that, but it taught me that a little showmanship and some personality adds so much to a performance.
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Neil Postman
American Author
Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.
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Vince Neil
American Musician
Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
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Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle.
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.
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Roy Nelson
American Athlete
I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, but I dislike closing a book with the sense that I've been had.
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Lukas Foss
German Composer
Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.
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Martie Maguire
American Musician
I grew up going to bluegrass festivals, and there were performers who got on stage and didn't say much. They would stand there, stone-faced, picking. I could appreciate that, but it taught me that a little showmanship and some personality adds so much to a performance.
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Neil Postman
American Author
Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.
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Vince Neil
American Musician
Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
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Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle.
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.
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Roy Nelson
American Athlete
I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.
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