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Selina learned how to balance on a tight rope and in 1853 she was known as Pauline Violante and it was claimed that she was the first person to dance on tight rope. In 1858, she was the first person to walk on a high wire across the Crystal Palace. [1] She appeared at E.T. Wild's Alhambra Theatre of Variety in London's Leicester Square.
Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus . Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining .
Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.
Con Colleano (born Cornelius Sullivan; 26 December 1899 – 13 November 1973) was an Australian tightrope walker. He was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time. He was known as "The Wizard of the Wire" or "The Toreador of ...
Mirette on the High Wire is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope.
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A slackwire has a loop and can be used like a swing; a slackline has no loop. The line is stretched tight between two anchor points like a tightrope and can only swing within a very small amplitude. A slackline can be used like a trampoline, allowing for an easy landing on the line after a jump.