tightrope walking
Balancing on cable
Tightrope walking is the act of walking along a taut rope or wire suspended above the ground, requiring exceptional balance and concentration.
It is performed as entertainment in circuses and street performances, and at extreme heights by daredevils.
The phrase extends figuratively to any situation requiring careful navigation between opposing risks or demands: Managing the merger required some tightrope walking between the two corporate cultures.
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
- funambulistOne who walks ropes
- highwireElevated taut cable
- high wire actElevated cable performance
death-defying · daring feat · death drop · safety net · show · juggling · circus performers · balance · act · wirewalker · Philippe Petit · Niagara Falls · physical theater · precarious · clowning · balancing acts · big top · center ring
- circus actsacrobat, acrobats, trapeze artist, juggling, jugglers
- live actsmagic show, comedy act, circus act, variety act, solo act
- Mimemime, pantomime, invisible wall, whiteface, striped shirt
- performance skillsmagic, illusions, sleight of hand, juggling, mime
- physical performancemime, pantomime, acrobatics, contortion, juggling
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it