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Didier Pasquette is a noted French tightrope walker.

Pasquette studied with Philippe Petit (famous for his high wire walk between the former Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York in 1974) and in 1989 received his diploma from the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne. He also studied Chinese acrobatics in Nanchang.

For six years, he performed in partnership with Jade Kindar-Martin in theatrical high wire acts for Camion Funambule. Pasquette and Kindar-Martin also became known for their dramatic skywalks.

Notable walks

1997 – Pasquette and Jade Kindar-Martin walked a 430-metre wire 30 metres above the River Thames in London, setting a Guinness World Record.
1999 – At midnight on December 31, 1999, Pasquette walked a high wire running along the Greenwich Meridian in Villers sur Mer as part of the Millennium celebrations in France.
2001 – Pasquette successfully walked a high wire from the Rosenborg Drill Ground in Copenhagen to the highest tower of Rosenborg Castle. The only previous attempt was in 1827 when Dutch tightrope acrobat Christian Roat was killed after the wire collapsed.
2005 – Pasquette walked on a wire stretched high above the Stade de France in Paris.
2007 – Pasquette performed a high wire walk at the Red Road flat complex in Glasgow between three tower blocks 53 metres apart and 100 metres above the ground. Film of the attempt was incorporated into High Wire, a multi-screen film and video installation by Catherine Yass for the 2008 Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts.
2010 – On September 23, 2010, at 6:30 p.m., Pasquette successfully walked a 150-foot wire tied between two replicas of the Statue of Liberty atop the 23-story Liberty Building in Buffalo, New York. The feat took about three minutes. Pasquette twice stopped during his walk to wave to the crowd. Pasquette lifted his right leg and waved his cap the first time. The second time, he went to a knee and waved his cap again from side to side. The weather was approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a slight breeze.

Sources

Biography on the High Wire project site.
Stephen McGinty, Glasgow proves tall order even for daredevil, The Scotsman 23 July 2007
Taking risks for art with Didier Pasquette, Metro, April 14, 2008
Nadine Champenois, Tête en l’air et pieds sur terre, Portrait of Didier Pasquette (in French), Petites Affiches Matot Braine, May 28, 2005, N. 7134.

External links

Official web site of Didier Pasquette
Didier Pasquette in Montreal 2005^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Saatchi Gallery.
Photographs of Didier Pasquette's 2007 high wire walk in Glasgow by Grant Gibson.

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+[[Image:Didier Pasquette High Wire Walk Glasgow 2007.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Didier Pasquette's high wire walk in [[Glasgow]], July 22, 2007.<br> Photographer: Grant Gibson]]
 '''Didier Pasquette''' is a noted [[French people|French]] [[tightrope walker]].
-He studied with [[Philippe Petit]] (famous for his high wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York in 1974) and in 1989 received his diploma from the [[:fr:Centre National des Arts du Cirque|Centre National des Arts du Cirque]] in [[Châlons-en-Champagne]]. He also studied [[Chinese acrobatics]] in [[Nanchang]].
+Pasquette studied with [[Philippe Petit]] (famous for his high wire walk between the former [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] of the World Trade Center in New York in 1974) and in 1989 received his diploma from the [[:fr:Centre National des Arts du Cirque|Centre National des Arts du Cirque]] in [[Châlons-en-Champagne]]. He also studied [[Chinese acrobatics]] in [[Nanchang]].
-For six years, he performed in partnership with [[Jade Kindar-Martin]] in theatrical highwire  acts for ''Camion Funambule''. Pasquette and Kindar-Martin also became known for their dramatic skywalks.
+For six years, he performed in partnership with [[Jade Kindar-Martin]] in theatrical high wire  acts for ''Camion Funambule''. Pasquette and Kindar-Martin also became known for their dramatic [[Tightrope walker#Styles of tightrope acts|skywalks]].
 ==Notable walks==
-*[[1997]] &ndash; Pasquette and Jade Kindar-Martin walked a 430 metre wire 30 metres above the [[River Thames]] in [[London]], setting a [[Guinness World Record]].
+*1997 &ndash; Pasquette and Jade Kindar-Martin walked a 430-metre wire 30 metres above the [[River Thames]] in [[London]], setting a [[Guinness World Record]].
+*1999 &ndash; At midnight on December 31, 1999, Pasquette walked a high wire running along the [[Greenwich Meridian]] in [[Villers sur Mer]] as part of the [[Millennium]] celebrations in France.
+*2001 &ndash; Pasquette successfully walked a high wire from the Rosenborg Drill Ground in [[Copenhagen]] to the highest tower of [[Rosenborg Castle]]. The only previous attempt was in 1827 when [[Dutch people|Dutch]] tightrope acrobat Christian Roat was killed after the wire collapsed.
-*[[1999]] &ndash; At midnight on December 31, 1999, Pasquette walked a high wire running along the [[Greenwich Meridian]] in [[Villers sur Mer]] as part of the [[Millenium]] celebrations in France.
+*2005 &ndash; Pasquette walked on a wire stretched high above the [[Stade de France]] in [[Paris]].
+*2007 &ndash; Pasquette performed a high wire walk at the [[Red Road (flats)|Red Road flat complex]] in [[Glasgow]] between three [[tower block]]s 53 metres apart and 100 metres above the ground. Film of the attempt was incorporated into ''High Wire'', a multi-screen film and video [[Installation art|installation]] by [[Catherine Yass]] for the 2008  Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts.
-*[[2001]] &ndash; Pasquette successfully walked a high wire from the Rosenborg Drill Ground in [[Copenhagen]] to the highest tower of [[Rosenborg Castle]]. The only previous attempt was in 1827 when [[Dutch people|Dutch]] tightrope acrobat Christian Roat was killed after the wire collapsed.
+*2010 &ndash; On September 23, 2010, at 6:30&nbsp;p.m., Pasquette successfully walked a 150-foot wire tied between two replicas of the Statue of Liberty atop the 23-story [[Liberty Building (Buffalo, New York)|Liberty Building]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The feat took about three minutes. Pasquette twice stopped during his walk to wave to the crowd. Pasquette lifted his right leg and waved his cap the first time. The second time, he went to a knee and waved his cap again from side to side. The weather was approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a slight breeze.
-*[[2005]] &ndash; Pasquette walked on a wire stretched high above the [[Stade de France]] in Paris.
-*[[2008]] &ndash; Pasquette performed a high wire walk at the [[Red Road (flats)|Red Road flat complex]] in [[Glasgow]] as part of the ''High Wire'' [[Installation art|installation]] by [[Catherine Yass]] at the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts. He walked between three [[Tower block|tower blocks]] 53 metres apart and 100 metres above the ground.
 ==Sources==
-*[http://www.high-wire.org.uk/didier.php Biography] on the ''High Wire'' project site.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080706121828/http://www.high-wire.org.uk/didier.php Biography] on the ''High Wire'' project site.
 *Stephen McGinty, [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Glasgow-proves-tall-order-even.3309220.jp Glasgow proves tall order even for daredevil], ''[[The Scotsman]]'' 23 July 2007
 *[http://www.metro.co.uk/imetro/blogs/article.html?in_article_id=141407&in_page_id=16 Taking risks for art with Didier Pasquette], ''[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]'', April 14, 2008
+*Nadine Champenois, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081116050352/http://www.troyes.cci.fr/pdf/pamb_pasquette.pdf Tête en l’air et pieds sur terre], Portrait of Didier Pasquette (in French), '' Petites Affiches Matot Braine'', May 28, 2005, N. 7134.
 ==External links==
 *[http://mapage.noos.fr/funambule/siteflash/accueilflash.htm Official web site] of Didier Pasquette
-*[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/07/artangel_presents_hire_wire_by_1.php Didier Pasquette in Montreal 2005], [[Saatchi Gallery]].
+*[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/07/artangel_presents_hire_wire_by_1.php Didier Pasquette in Montreal 2005]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Saatchi Gallery]].
-*[http://www.stockphotox.com/browse/v/news/didier-pasquette-glasgow/ Photographs of Didier Pasquette's 2008 high wire walk in Glasgow] by Grant Gibson.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516233824/http://www.stockphotox.com/browse/v/news/didier-pasquette-glasgow/ Photographs of Didier Pasquette's 2007 high wire walk in Glasgow] by Grant Gibson.
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