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  2. Nik Wallenda - Wikipedia

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    Nik Wallenda waves to the crowd at his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls in 2012. On February 15, 2012, Nik Wallenda received official approval from Ontario's Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls, a dream he had had since he was a child.

  3. Charles Blondin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Pauline Violante - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Wallenda to Walk Across Niagara as Tightrope Bill ... - AOL

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    _gee_, flickr The New York State Assembly voted Wednesday afternoon on an unusual piece of legislation, a bill directing the state's parks office to allow Nik Wallenda, of the "Flying Wallendas ...

  6. Tightrope walking - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. Skywire Live - Wikipedia

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    On June 23, he successfully completed the walk without safety devices in approximately 23 minutes, making him the first person to tightrope walk across a Grand Canyon area gorge. At 1,500 feet (460 m), it was the highest walk of his career. Afterwards, Wallenda said it was more difficult than he had expected.

  8. Descendants Cast Returns for Animated Royal Wedding ... - AOL

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    The original stars of the musical franchise are reuniting for Descendants: The Royal Wedding, an animated special that takes viewers back to Auradon for the long-awaited nuptials of Mal (Dove ...

  9. Con Colleano - Wikipedia

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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 ...