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A conversation with high-wire artist Philippe Petit
with Philippe Petit on May 6, 1999
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with Philippe Petit on May 6, 1999
Philippe Petit is a French high wire artist who gained fame for his illegal walk between the former Twin Towers. The stunt took six years of planning, during which he learned everything he could about the buildings. His stunt made headlines around the world. The court “sentenced” Petit to perform a high-wire act for children in New York’s Central Park. Petit was also presented with a lifetime pass to the Twin Towers’ Observation Deck by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
In 2002, Petit published a memoir describing the stunt, “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers”. Tight-rope walker, unicyclist, magician and pantomime artist, he was also the earliest modern day street juggler in Paris in 1968. He was formerly Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Other famous structures Petit has used for tightrope walks include that Cathedral, the Louisiana Superdome, and between the Palais de Chaillot and the Eiffel Tower.
Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit
