Heels worn in circus acts

[lampwort]

Just browsing through Youtube and came upon 3 circus acts where the performer wore heels during the act.

The first one using low heels of about 2 inches on a rola-bola. Normally a difficult balancing act in normal shoes:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhOMHclGKrY

The 2nd one is a tight wire act where the young lady puts on heels of about 3 inches and walks the wire by searching for the wire with her toe and then puts the heel down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYROX7Jycfg

The 3rd is also on the tight wire but this time the heels of about 3 inches are slimmer and she puts the heel on the wire first. It looks quite precarious to me and you can see her concentration is intense. A superb display of poise and balance.

Not quite the same, but a good display of wire-walking in ballet pointe shoes. The action starts at about 2.00 into the video. The time will come when someone will be filmed doing this most difficult act in ballet-boots

I wonder how many other films are on youtube showing heels being used for unusual feats of balance and poise?

[roniheels]

Wow! That is some balance. Walking in high heels takes some effort. But on a high wire. Unbelieveable.

[kaybar]

That would be sheer insanity if she had attempted it from a truly dangerous height. That is some very impressive balance though. Makes you wonder if she could do it with thin stilettos.

[aussieheels1]

awesome... mind you i'd probably still enjoy watching it if she wasn't on the high wire

[mizterheel]

I wanted to see the high-wire one, but it came back: "This video is deleted."