High wire teetering is family affair

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High wire teetering is family affair

Date8/19/1988

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Slaughter, Mike (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: High wire teetering is family affair. Antoine Rigot balances 20 metres (about 60 feet) above the ground as a happy birthday stunt for his 1-year-old daughter; Coline. Rigot and his wife Agathe Olivier perform with the popular Cirque du Soleil cirvus now playing at Harbourfront.

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Cirque du Soleil

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004735F

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