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In the Mining Basin of Pas-De-Calais, a Funambule Connects the Highest Earths in Europe

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The 42-year-old artist - who had already crossed the popular neighborhoods of Saint-Denis and the Stade de France, as a prelude to the Paris Olympics, or connected two iconic towers of Montpellier - travelled this 400-metre journey on a wire of barely 16 millimetres in diameter. Silver suit brilliant in the sun, she advances gently, without a safety attachment, only equipped with a balancer. And takes the time, as she progresses, to sit on the w…

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The 42-year-old artist - who had already crossed the popular neighborhoods of Saint-Denis and the Stade de France, as a prelude to the Paris Olympics, or connected two iconic towers of Montpellier - travelled this 400-metre journey on a wire of barely 16 millimetres in diameter. Silver suit brilliant in the sun, she advances gently, without a safety attachment, only equipped with a balancer. And takes the time, as she progresses, to sit on the w…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Connecting the two largest potholes in Europe by walking on a wire, all without fastening or netting, is the crazy challenge that the Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga funambul has just taken up. A performance of just over 30 minutes, made in Loos-en-Gohelle this Sunday for the Heritage Days.

On Sunday 20 September, the Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga funambule will try to travel the 400 metres between Loos-en-Gohelle (Pas-de-Calais) twin burrows. An unprecedented performance organised by Culture Commune on the occasion of the European Heritage Days. Under its feet, almost 200 meters of vacuum. This Sunday, around 4pm, Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga, 42, will start on a wire suspended between 80 and 186 meters high between the two twin burrows of Loo…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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www.cnews.fr broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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