street performer

Description

Street performers create street arts performances for outdoor spaces, using space and audience as a creative resource. They create their performance through playful exploration and experimentation with the purpose of entertaining and possibly also of sharing critical opinions concerning societal issues. They stimulate audience participation as a component of their performance whilst respecting the audience's safety and integrity.

EssentialOptional

Theoretical Knowledge

street art history art history

Practical Skills

use public space as a creative resource enable audience participation attend rehearsals interact with an audience keep up with trends perform in a public space perform live work independently as an artist follow time cues gather reference materials for artwork ensure health and safety of visitors manage feedback interact with fellow actors act for an audience analyse own performance show professional responsibility maintain an artistic portfolio work with respect for own safety study roles from scripts work with an artistic team self-promote handle petty cash use declaiming techniques play musical instruments manipulate object to create illusions tell a story participate in artistic mediation activities follow directions of the artistic director practice humour keep personal administration engage the audience emotionally perform for young audiences select music for performance develop artistic educational activities sing develop educational resources perform dances