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English translation: a person performing as a statue

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English term or phrase: live statue performers
Selected answer:a person performing as a statue
Entered by: elsayed fayed

17:04 Oct 2, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: live statue performers
Las Ramblas, with its lively street commerce and live statue performers is 5 minutes walk away from the establishment.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 13:03
a person performing as a statue
Explanation:
e. g. here http://www.livestatue.com/?file=kop1.php
Selected response from:

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 12:03
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9a person performing as a statue
Gert Sass (M.A.)
4 +1Living statue performers
eski
4 -1a pantomime statue performers
Alexandra Taggart
Summary of reference entries provided
a variation on "mimes"
Travelin Ann
Live statues on Las Ramblas
Frensp

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
a person performing as a statue


Explanation:
e. g. here http://www.livestatue.com/?file=kop1.php

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): Their patience is incredible.
2 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
8 mins
agree  Thayenga
41 mins
agree  Maja Basara
42 mins
agree  Bernhard Sulzer
1 hr
agree  Michal Berski
2 hrs
agree  Phong Le
7 hrs
agree  Rolf Keiser
14 hrs
agree  Anna Herbst
4 days
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
a pantomime statue performers


Explanation:
They call themselves artists, they stand absolutely still in the middle of some busy street and people put some change into a hat or a box at their feet( paying for their patience).
http://www.google.com/search?q=pantomime statue performance&...

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bernhard Sulzer: "pantomime statue performer" sounds like someone who performs as a "pantomime statue" - it wouldn't mean "living statue", it could possibly mean performing as/plays a "statue of a pantomime" and the "a" isn't correct. / Are you commenting on me?
1 hr
  -> It's only sounds. /Yes, "a" is redundant
disagree  B D Finch: Nothing to do with pantomime, in which performers, traditionally, rarely stand still.
4 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Living statue performers


Explanation:
I believe this is the correct term:
Living statue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLiving statue performers can fool passersby and a number of hidden camera shows on television have used living statues to startle people. ...

History - Living statue events - Other uses - Gallery
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_statue - Cached - Similar
Living Statue and Robot PerformersWhen the second discipline becomes the major part of the act you have a mannequin or living statue performer. This is the area that interests me most. ...
thenet.ndo.co.uk/robot.htm - Cached - Similar
MissingLinkProductions - The Production Company for Human Statue ...Missing Link Productions The Agency for Circus Performers. MissingLinkProductions ... Rob Horsman's Elliptical Circus - Jack Frost Statue ...
www.circusperformers.com › Skills - Cached - Similar
Street Entertainers - Living Statues, Human Statues, Mime Artists ...Living human statues, mime artists and bodypainting from the streetentertainers agency.
www.streetentertainers.co.uk/lists/statues.htm - Cached - Similar
Mime artists and Living Statues - EntsWeb DirectoryMime artists traditional white face and living statue performers.
www.entsweb.co.uk/entertainers/mime/ - Cached - Similar

Saludos,
eski

eski
Mexico
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bernhard Sulzer: but it sounds like the opposite of "dead statue performers" / :) Greetings, Eski!
44 mins
  -> Ha! Thanks for your comment, Bernard: Saludos; eski
agree  B D Finch: Not too clear whether the Asker wanted an explanation or a paraphrase, but this is well referenced and clear that "living" modifies statue rather than performers.
3 hrs
  -> Hi BD: This is the term; I know it sounds funny, but then -so do a lot of things in English. Saludos, eski
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Reference comments


4 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: a variation on "mimes"

Reference information:
images in the ref below


    Reference: http://www.calmerkarma.org.uk/statues-living.htm
Travelin Ann
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Lisa Miles
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Lisamiles
agree  Alexandra Taggart: The old Bill moves them sometimes./ Yes, there're not so many street artists in Leicester sq nowdays, when Council introduced licences and "still men" were out completely.10-15 years ago all Soho was different, much noisier with all sorts of street perfor
27 mins
  -> some cities require performance licenses
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34 mins
Reference: Live statues on Las Ramblas

Reference information:
This is an example: http://0.tqn.com/d/gospain/1/0/X/2/-/-/P1010100.JPG

Frensp
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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