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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Art intervention, Chelsea Theatre, Club 57, Extreme ironing, Extreme performance art, F.I.S.Co., Happening, Human rainbow, Lightgraff (lightgraff art), List of musicians known for destroying instruments, List of performance artists, Live art (art form), Live Art Archive, Live painting, Meltdown (festival), National Poetry Slam, National Review of Live Art, Open mic, Pageant of the Masters, Performance art in China, Performance poetry, Performance studies, Psychogeography, Rock balancing, Sand animation, Street performance, Street Performance World Championship, Street theatre, Surf Reality, The Invisible Generation, The Theatre of Mistakes, Varayarangu, Vision Forum (art organisation), Waffle Shop: A Reality Show. Excerpt: 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. An organ grinder with a Capuchin monkey, photographed in 1892.There have been performances in public places for gratuities in every major culture in the world, dating back to antiquity. This art form was the most common means of employment for entertainers before the advent of recording and personal electronics. Prior to that, a person had to produce any music or entertainment, save for a few mechanical devices such as the barrel organ, the music box, and the piano roll. Organ grinders were commonly found busking in the old days. The term "busking" was first noted in the English language around the middle 1860s in Great Britain. Up until the 20th century buskers were commonly called minstrels in the United States, Europe, and other English-speaking lands. The word "busk" comes from the Spanish root word "buscar," meaning "to seek" - buskers are literally seeking fame and fortune. The Spanish word "buscar" in turn evolved from the Indo-European word *"bhudh-sk " (to win, conquer) via the Celtic word "boudi-" (victory). Busking is common among some Gypsies, also known as the Romani people. Romantic mention of Gypsy music, dancers and fortune tellers are found in all forms o
