high-wire play directed and produced by Petit for the opening of " Summerfare," the State University of New York Arts Festival [19]

a b c Lichtenstein, Grace (8 August 1974). "Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 April 2008. Combining the cunning of a second-story man with the nerve of an Evel Knievel, a French high-wire artist sneaked past guards at the World Trade center, ran a cable between the tops of its twin towers and tightrope-walked across it yesterday morning.Petit was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France; his father Edmond Petit was an author and an Army Pilot. At an early age, Petit discovered magic and juggling. He loved to climb, and at 16, he took his first steps on a tightrope wire. He told a reporter, David Chelsea, 9-11: Artists Respond feature entitled "He Walks on Air 110 Stories High" ( DC Comics, 2002) ISBN 978-1-56389-881-5 theatrical, allegorical New Year's Eve performance on three different wires set in the nave of the cathedral as the farewell tribute to The Very Reverend James Parks Morton, Dean of the Cathedral, and his wife Pamela

What was called the "artistic crime of the century" took Petit six years' planning. During this period, he learned everything he could about the buildings and their construction. In the same period, he began to perform high-wire walking at other famous places. Rigging his wire secretly, he performed as a combination of circus act and public display. In 1971, he performed his first such walk between the towers of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, [1] while priests were being ordained inside the building. In 1973, he walked a wire rigged between the two north pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. [6] Carolinianweb (June 29, 2017). "Imagine Dragon's "Evolve" – Album Review". The Carolinian . Retrieved June 30, 2017. The song, "Sleepwalking," by Danish composer Ste van Holm is a tribute to Petit's World Trade Center walk. [24] sleepwalking_lyrics". Ste van Holm. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012 . Retrieved 27 June 2012. Angus K. Gillespie, Twin Towers: the Life of New York City's World Trade Center ( Rutgers University Press, 1999) ISBN 978-0-8135-2742-0Best Cover Contest 2007 Winners & Finalists – ASME". Archived from the original on 20 December 2017 . Retrieved 28 October 2016. spectacular walk– for an audience of 250,000– on an inclined 700-metre (2,300-foot) cable linking the Palais de Chaillot with the second story of the Eiffel Tower, commemorating the French Bicentennial and anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, under Parisian Mayor Jacques Chirac

historic high-wire walk on an inclined cable to celebrate the city's 1,200th anniversary, viewed by 500,000 spectators and the subject of a live, nationally broadcast television special She appears to have had a post-mortem performed on her, reminiscent of those seen on TV cop shows – but this time, there was no slab, morgue or camera in sight. The reason why Irene Cramer’s murder merits an FBI investigation becomes rapidly clear when key questions surface about the woman’s mysterious past. As a teacher at a school managed by a local male-run sect, the Anabaptists, little is known about who she really was or where she came from. The song "Man On A Wire" by The Script on their fourth album, No Sound Without Silence, is influenced by Petit's high-wire legacy.Aerialist a Hit in Central Park". The New York Times. 30 August 1974. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 October 2023. There was extensive news coverage and public appreciation of Petit's high-wire walk. The district attorney dropped all formal charges of trespassing and other items relating to his walk [9] on condition that Petit give a free aerial show for children in Central Park. On Thursday, 29 August, he performed on a high-wire walk in the park above Belvedere Lake (now known as Turtle Pond). [10]

Sneaky Juggler Has Ball Up In Sky At Notre Dame". The Ogden-Standard Examiner (AP story). 27 June 1971. p.1.

medieval performance to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a New York City youth program [ clarification needed] The Center of the World of New York City: A Documentary Film, Episode 8: People & Events: Philippe Petit (1948–)