Enthralling Equilibrist
An equilibrist is a performer who entertains people with balancing acts such a tightrope walking. An equilibrist dares to complete a walk from one high location to another (usually a high-raised building) on nothing, but a high tension rope or wire. The performer usually without any safety arrangements, equipped only with a balancing pole walks bravely on the tightrope. The motive of tightrope walkers is usually to set or break location specific records. A documentary on Philippe Petit from France, “Man on Wire” went on to win a Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary. Walking on the edge seems to be a part and parcel of life for such performers.