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Philippe Petit: De reis van een koorddanser

Filmed Mar 2012 • Posted May 2012TED2012
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Zelfs een goochelaar die de dood tart, moet ergens starten. Koorddanser Philippe Petit neemt je mee op een intieme tocht van zijn eerste kaartentruc op zijn zesde naar zijn passage over een koord tussen de Twin Towers.

High-wire artist Philippe Petit surprised the world when he walked illegally between the Twin Towers in 1974. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Axel Saffran
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