It primarily hosts musical ensembles and dance troupes. He began performing with various improv troupes. It shows plays by professional troupes and repertory groups, as well as comedy acts. Two troupes of musicians and singers have arrived. Other minstrel troupes tried to satisfy outlying tastes. He parlayed his appearance into performances with a number of dance troupes and choreography gigs. Gainesville also hosts several sketch comedy troupes and stand-up comedians. Snuff Puppets is one of Australia's modern puppet theatre troupes. Some local kabuki troupes today use female actors in onnagata roles. The city has several operatic troupes and indigenous entertainments which include "huadeng", a lantern dance. Ms. Hardy, a dancer from England, traveled the world instructing dance troupes. As a teenager, she performed in small touring theater troupes. Resident and touring theater troupes operate from the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton. He spent the 1980s performing in several theater troupes while working odd jobs. A circus train is a modern method of conveyance for circus troupes.