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• rope-walker — ropeˈ walker noun A tight rope performer • • • Main Entry: ↑rope …   Useful english dictionary

• tight·rope — /ˈtaıtˌroʊp/ noun, pl ropes [count] : a tightly stretched rope or wire high above the ground that a performer walks on, does tricks on, etc., especially in a circus a tightrope walker often used figuratively to describe a dangerous or uncertain… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stephen Peer — (1840 1887) was a tightrope walker who, though completed the feat successfully many times, fell to his death while walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls.BiographyPeer had decided to become a tight rope walker when he was 19 years old, inspired… …   Wikipedia

• Dangerous Curves (1929 film) — Dangerous Curves Theatrical release poster Directed by Lothar Mendes Written by Lester C …   Wikipedia

• Still Life (2006 film) — Infobox Film name = Still Life imdb id = 0859765 amg id = 1:360794 writer = Jia Zhangke Sun Jianming Guan Na starring = Zhao Tao Han Sanming director = Jia Zhangke producer = Xu Pengle Wang Tianyun Zhu Jiong distributor = International: Xstream… …   Wikipedia

• Philippe Petit — (born August 13, 1949) is a French high wire artist who gained fame for his illegal walk between the Twin Towers in New York City on August 7 1974. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a… …   Wikipedia

• Portobello, Dublin — In Dublin, Portobello ( ga. Cuan Aoibhinn) is an area stretching westwards from South Richmond Street as far as Upper Clanbrassil Street, bordered on the north by the South Circular Road and on the south by the Grand Canal. HistoryThe name… …   Wikipedia

• Glen Canyon Park — Aerial photograph of Glen Canyon Park; the Bosworth St., Sussex St., and Diamond Heights Shopping Center entrances are labeled. O Shaughnessy Blvd. divides Glen Canyon Park (on the east) from O Shaughnessy Hollow (to the west). Typ …   Wikipedia

• acrobat — n 1. gymnast, tumbler, somersaulter, high vaulter; circus performer or artist; tight rope walker, ropewalker, ropedancer, high wire artist, slack rope artist, funambulist, equilibrist, balancer; trapeze artist, man on the flying trapeze,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• aerialist — n trapeze artist, man on the flying trapeze, aerial gymnast or artist or performer; tight rope walker, ropewalker, ropedancer, high wire artist, slack rope artist, funambulist, equilibrist, balancer; acrobat, gymnast, tumbler, somersaulter, high… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• The Circus (film) — Infobox Film name = The Circus caption = Original US poster imdb id = 0018773 writer = Charles Chaplin starring = Charles Chaplin Al Ernest Garcia Merna Kennedy Henry Bergman director = Charles Chaplin producer = Charles Chaplin distributor =… …   Wikipedia