At the event in Bucharest, artists dress up as characters in vivid outfits and hold very still. The festival, which is the largest European festival of its kind, aims to change perceptions of the art-form as an occupation associated with amateurs or begging.

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An artist from the Levend theatre in the Netherlands performs as her Angel character

All photos are taken by Vadim Ghirda / AP

An Artel Myth artist passes Romanian police officers before performing as her Concordia character

Andrei Costin, from Romania’s Masca theatre, performs as his Rat Poison Vendor character

Artists from the Artel Myth theatre in Ukraine perform A Day in the Life of Ukrainians

Tania Met, from the Gardener’s theatre in Spain, rehearses moves for her Rosita character

Tania Met gets into character and holds very still

A child offers ice-cream to one of the artists from the Artel Myth theatre in Ukraine

Artists from the Masca theatre wear outfits inspired by Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s Endless Column

An artist from Ukraine’s Artel Myth theatre perform as Yaroslavna