Philippe Petit

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Petit has lived in New York since being artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which has also been a site for other aerial performances. As well as teaching workshops on the art, he has performed wire walking as part of official celebrations in New York, France, and other countries. Man on Wire, a documentary directed by James Marsh about Petit's walk between the towers in 2008, received numerous accolades. In 2005, he was also the subject of a children's book and an animated version thereof. In September 2015, the Walk, a film based on Petit's walk, was released, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit and directed by Robert Zemeckis.

He also excelled at equestrianism, juggling, fencing, carpentry, rock-climbing, and bullfighting. He created his street persona on Paris's pavements, spurring circuses and their formulaic performances. He juggled and worked on a slackline in Washington Square Park in the early 1970s.

Early life

Petit was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, and his father Edmond Petit was an author and an Army Pilot. Petit discovered magic and juggling at an early age. He loved to climb, and it was his first steps on a tightrope wire at 16 years old.

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Petit insinay cabled the two towers of Notre Dame de Paris in June 1971. He "juggled balls" and "pranced back and forth" as he crossed the wire on foot to the crowd below on the morning of June 26, 1971.

Later life

Petit has appeared in dozens of public high-wire performances throughout his career. For example, in 1986, he reenacted Blondin's crossing of the Niagara River for an IMAX film. Mayor Jacques Chirac of France invited him to walk an inclined wire strunge from the ground to the Eiffel Tower's second level in 1989, commemorating the French Revolution's 200th anniversary.

Petit appeared briefly with the Ringling Brothers Circus but preferred staging his own shows. He suffered his only fall, from 45 feet (14 m), breaking several ribs during his time with the circus and a practice walk. He says he has never fallen during a show. "If I had, I wouldn't be here blogging about it."

Petit regularly gives lectures and workshops around the world on a variety of topics and topics. He built a barn in the Catskill Mountains alone, using the techniques and equipment of 18th-century timber framers. A Square Peg, his eighth book, was released in 2011. Cheating the Impossible: Ideas and Recipes from a Rebellious High-Wire Artist. Petit divides his time between New York City, where he is an artist in residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and a hideaway in the Catskill Mountains.

Among those who have worked on one of his projects are musicians including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Werner Herzog, Annie Leibovitz, Milo Forman, Twyla Tharp, Twyla Tharp, Peter Beard, Twyla Tharp, Peter Beard, Twyla Tharp, Paul Auster, Debra Winger, Robin Williams, and Sting.

In 2002, James Signorelli assisted with the creation of Petit's book To Reach the Clouds (2002), about the Twin Towers walk. Petit not only wrote about his achievement and the events leading up to his success, but he also expressed his feelings after the September 11 attacks, during which the Twin Towers were shattered. On that morning, he wrote, "My towers became our towers." They were hurling and killing thousands of people. Disbelief predated the obliteration of the buildings, creating perplexity before rising to the tragic loss of life. Petit paid tribute to those who were injured and pushed for the towers, announcing that "I will walk again to be the face of the builders' collective voice." We'll all be delighted in a sweeping song of triumph." On the other hand, a new complex of buildings has been constructed on the site, but it does not provide the same facility.

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