high wire artist
Balance beam daredevil
A high wire artist is a performer who walks, dances, or does acrobatics on a tightly stretched wire or rope suspended high above the ground, typically without a safety net.
The term emphasizes the danger and skill involved: The high wire artist crossed between the two towers as crowds watched from below.
Also called a tightrope walker or funambulist.
- tightropeTaut cord for walking
- balancing actManaging multiple competing priorities
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
center ring · trapeze · daredevil · nerves of steel · performer · safety net · net · sequins · spotlight · gasp · wobble · pole · death-defying · death wish · fearless · plummet · held breath · applause
- balance athletesgymnast, tightrope walker, slackliner, unicyclist, figure skater
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- aerial artistsaerialist, aerial silk, flying trapeze, flyer, catcher