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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 ...
Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara gorge on a tightrope. Maria Spelterini (sometimes spelled Spelterina and occasionally referred to as Marie, July 7, 1853 – October 19, 1912) was an Italian tightrope walker who was the only woman to cross the Niagara gorge on a tightrope, which she did on July 8, 1876, as part of a celebration of the U.S. Centennial.
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 .
Adili Wuxor (Uyghur: ئادىل ھوشۇر, romanized: Adil Hoshur; Chinese: 阿迪力·吾休尔; pinyin: Ādílì·Wúxiū'ěr; born July 1, 1971) is a Chinese tightrope walker who was reported to have set a new world record on July 1, 2010, after he spent 60 days walking on a tightrope in the Bird's Nest Stadium.
On June 22, 1887, Peer completed a tight rope walk over the Niagara from the present Whirlpool Bridge and Penn Central Bridge, and back again. Three days later on June 25, 1887, Peer was reportedly with some friends, and had been drinking, and he fell off a tightrope to his death.
As last weekend's tightrope walk shows, the site remains penetrable. Mark Tarczynski, a broker who is with the team trying to sell the property as part of bankruptcy proceedings, said the owners ...
To die Neutral Usually refers to the humane killing of an animal Die in a hole To die Slang Usually used when annoyed at someone Die with one's boots on To die while able, or during activity, as opposed to in infirmity or while asleep. Euphemistic: Old West usage: To die in a gunfight, as with the film They Died with Their Boots On. Also ...
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.