COURSEWORK

How groups of people are formed around Street Performers

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How groups of people are formed around Street Performers

Introduction

Street Performance is an art or physical activity that falls under the category of dance and music. The people, who are involved in street dance and performing with special tricks, are an artist of the streets. There are street artists or mountebanks, who perform in public places to promote their work or deliver entertainment for gathering the attention of nearby people.

It is also defined as street art in almost every kind of fun, like contortions, acrobatics, tricks with animals, tricks with cards, ventriloquism, dances, recitals of poetry, performances of music, living statues, clowns, among others. These artists do not necessarily treat the street art as a profession (Salzberg, 2010, pp. 638-653). The research is based over a qualitative research by conducting interviews and observing the street performance actually being occurred.

Analysis

Working as an artist in the street is a regulated professional activity, which involves meeting a number of municipal regulations and act established schedules. This creative art of street performers really attract the trespassers and groups of people walking nearby because street art is a very unique art of people from around the world (Deshpande, 2010, pp. 57-63). One of the biggest issues is that the government does not allow such street performances in public places where it could create a panic or crowd the place by blocking the street.

People running late for their offices and catching their train, will not waste time in watching such performances, rather they would require a clear walking way to rush for their workplace. More and more artists use city streets as a stage, especially the roundabouts, subways and tunnels walkways (Cohen-Cruz, 2013). Far from being an activity without rules or schedules, to work as a clown, mime, puppeteer, musician or human statue on public roads must follow a number of municipal regulations, spending more than 10 weekly hours daily to these events and provide entertainment quality.

People who engage in art "passing the hat" as they call it, of origins and characteristics are as diverse as the artistic expressions practiced in the street. From professional artists looking at the streets means to express themselves and make themselves known to raise their career, to actors and musicians who share alternative employment or performances in theatres with a few hours of artistic work in the street, through or students looking to experience art in the streets what they learn (Simpson, 2011, pp. 415-430). But there are also "non-professional" street artists, such as retirees who refuse to stay at home without doing anything productive or illegal immigrants trying to earn a few pounds through poor artistic performances in public.

Weekends are usually the most productive days for artists, especially if placed in highly visited parks and plazas. But, in general, exist as a street artist is difficult, because the amount of money collected daily varies greatly, depending on the artistic activity in question, the location and the hours they work (Salzberg, 2010, ...