Also known for his work with Cirque du Soleil, acrobat Laszlo Simet Jr. became the first person to cross the Danube on a tightrope. His performance “Walk” initiated the project of the Hungarian National Center for Circus Art ÁTMENTEM. Reported by Euronews.
Simet Jr. walked from one side of the river to the other along a 300 meter long and 22 millimeter thick rope. In this case, the acrobat acted without a safety cable.
The artist admitted that he had been preparing for the event for several weeks and was most worried about the weather: “I was afraid of how much the wind would push the pole. The mast itself is light but turned out to be quite heavy with the cameras attached to them.
In the performance of Simet Jr., the works of famous Hungarian composers were performed by the Danubia Orchestra.
Earlier, it was reported that in Novosibirsk, during the performance of one of the elements, the artist fell from the horizontal bar. audience soon statedHe said the circus performance “continued without a break” after the incident.