Out of a tangled sky, the spirit hovers somewhere between life and death... between imagination and reality... The Trapèze Washington is unique because unlike the traditional rope-hung trapeze, it is built on a fixed metal frame and swings in a long pendulum motion. Being attached to a revolving carousel, while descending from the grid at four feet per second, heightens the degree of difficulty in this act. This segment fuses slack wire and tightrope elements with the high technology of the Bellagio Theatre. The head-balancing portion demands incredible balance and precision.

Hanging in the Balance! Our world suddenly turns upside down and we lose all sense of reality. We hold our breath, perched perilously on the fine line between day and night, heaven and earth, life and death. Will we be rescued? Who can turn us right-side up again? The artist here takes great care with her graze and mesmerises us all when she balances on her head and lets go of the apparatus. Swinging in mid-air, she is undaunted and does it again... and again!