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TIGHT ROPE WALKING [1 record]

Record 1 2002-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
CONT

Tightrope walking, wirewalking or funambulism in Australia has not always been keenly followed, other than as one of the circus acts performed by our barnstorming troupes.

Key term(s)
  • tight-rope walking
  • tight rope walking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
DEF

Acrobatie sur corde raide.

CONT

Qu'on l'appelle danseur de corde, fil-de-fériste ou orichalcien, le funambule est de la famille des équilibristes et le funambulisme la forme la plus prisée de l'acrobatie.

Spanish

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