“…They use "improvised costumes" with "some type of accessory referring to the circus culture", such as vests, striped socks, suspenders, because "most of them identify with an alternative style" (Adriana, 2020), which is seen by some as an "identity" (Ágata, 2020). When participants were questioned about their permanence in the activity and about the meaning of the street and circus art, they associated the street, the traffic light and juggling with freedom: It is a mix of freedom over the circus (Bolognesi, 2003;Carrieri et al, 2020) with a new concept of street. Artists are part of a group that is different from all other groups that experience the streets and the traffic lights, such as graffiti artists, artisans, vendors (for example, fruit, water, cocada [traditional Brazilian coconut confectionery] and candies), pamphleteers, windshield wipers, flanelinhas [people who have as main activity guarding or keeping an eye on cars parked in several streets in certain places], beggars, drunks, people living on the streets, among many other characters in these places.…”