Juggler, rope walker and friend of mine Chris Patfield recently wrote this article for the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/19/beauty-of-highwire-walking
This bit reminded me of an older post I shared here…
It saddens me to see that this great discipline is increasingly rare in contemporary circus, which no longer invests as much in high-risk performances such as the highwire or trapeze.
