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A tightrope performer who plunged from the high wire during a circus performance is "doing well," according to Gravity Circus.

A female tightrope artist with the High Wire Troupe fell during an act featuring two other male performers on the high wire. The distance she fell is unknown.

The moment she fell was captured on camera by one anonymous member of the crowd present at Gravity Circus' performance in Hastings, East Sussex, England.

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Audience member Hayley Welsh shared with BBC Radio Sussex that "it looked like her leg gave way. She lost balance and went flying down wrapped around the wire."

"She smashed down onto the metal floor," Welsh added.

Tightrope performers at Gravity Circus

An audience member at Gravity Circus' performance captured a terrifying fall from a female tight rope walker. According to the circus, she is now "doing well." (Anonymous via Storyful)

In a Facebook comment, Gravity Circus said, "She is doing well and is in safe hands."

According to reporting from the BBC, a more detailed statement from the circus said the performer "had suffered facial and other injuries consistent with a fall."

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"She was treated at the scene and taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with serious injuries, although her condition was not thought to be life-threatening", the statement said.

Tightrope performers at Gravity Circus

Injuries sustained by the tightrope performer appear to be non-life threatening, according to Gravity Circus. (Anonymous via Storyful)

While her name remains unreported, Gravity Circus confirmed she is a member of an act called the High Wire Troupe from Colombia.

A spokesperson for Gravity Circus told the BBC that the show will go on: subsequent performances will continue as-scheduled.

Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com

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