Her name is Miyoko Shida, of the Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque. She performed this incredible feat of balance, concentration, and control for the Spanish TV program “Tú Sí Que Vales” (“You Can Do It”).
Shida is from Hiroshima, Japan, but lives in Paris, France.
She calls what she does Sanddornbalance, created by performance artist Mädir Eugster in 1996 as part of a play called Balance … forever turning.
Here’s Shida’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/miyoko.shida
H/t my sis-in-law Shireen!
~Eowyn
