Street performance
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| '''Street performance''' or '''busking''' is the practice of [[performance|performing]] in [[public places]], for gratuities, which are generally in the form of [[money]] and edibles. People engaging in this practice are called '''street performers''', '''buskers''', '''street musicians''', '''[[minstrels]]''', or '''[[troubadours]]'''. | '''Street performance''' or '''busking''' is the practice of [[performance|performing]] in [[public places]], for gratuities, which are generally in the form of [[money]] and edibles. People engaging in this practice are called '''street performers''', '''buskers''', '''street musicians''', '''[[minstrels]]''', or '''[[troubadours]]'''. | ||
| Street performance dates back to [[ancient history|antiquity]], and occurs all over the world. | Street performance dates back to [[ancient history|antiquity]], and occurs all over the world. | ||
| - | Performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining. Performers may do [[acrobatics]], animal tricks, [[balloon modelling|balloon twisting]], [[card tricks]], [[caricature]]s, [[clown]]ing, [[comedy]], [[contortionist|contortions]] and [[escapologist|escapes]], [[dance]], [[singing]], [[Fire eater|fire eating]], [[fire breathing]], [[fortune-telling]], [[juggling]], [[magic (illusion)|magic]], [[mime artist|mime]] and a mime variation where the artist performs as a [[living statue]], [[music|musical performance]], [[puppeteer]]ing, [[snake charming]], [[storytelling]] or recite [[poetry]] or [[prose]] as a [[bard]], [[street art]] ([[sketch (drawing)|sketching]] and [[painting]], etc.), [[street theatre]], [[sword swallowing]], and even putting on a [[flea circus]]. | + | Performances can be just about anything that people find [[entertainment|entertaining]]. Performers may do [[acrobatics]], animal tricks, [[balloon modelling|balloon twisting]], [[card tricks]], [[caricature]]s, [[clown]]ing, [[comedy]], [[contortionist|contortions]], [[Escapology|escapology]], [[dance]], [[singing]], fire skills, [[flea circus]], [[fortune-telling]], [[juggling]], [[magic (illusion)|magic]], [[mime artist|mime]], [[living_statue]], [[music|musical performance]], [[puppeteer]]ing, [[snake charming]], [[storytelling]] or reciting [[poetry]] or [[prose]], [[street art]] such as [[sketch (drawing)|sketching]] and [[painting]], [[street theatre]], [[sword swallowing]]. |
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Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles. People engaging in this practice are called street performers, buskers, street musicians, minstrels, or troubadours.
Street performance dates back to antiquity, and occurs all over the world.
Performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining. Performers may do acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living_statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing.
See also
- Music Under New York
- Busking Day
- Circus skills
- Skomorokh
- Street artist
- Street painting
- Street theatre
