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" I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances. "

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" On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied. "

" I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it's never the same. It's never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy. "

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" I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope. "

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