jonathon conant first tried flying trapeze at the age of a0 and has since dedicated his life to it.chool of flying trapeze in the world, where he worked with sarah jessica parker, hugh jackman and pink, he took another leap into the unknown, selling his company and moving it to the jungle of costa rica. now he spends his days swinging and somersaulting above the trees, and teaching others how to take the plunge. hannah gelbart has been to meet him. when you are in the air, you are not only feeling the elevation, you are not only feeling the lift, you also feeling the gravity of it or. -- of it all. you could die, you could achieve the impossible. all that is true at the same moment. jonathon co na nt true at the same moment. jonathon conant had never touched a trapeze into the age of a0. a few years later, he was running the world's largest flying trapeze school. he is now nearly 60 and he still swings from the trapeze nearly every day. in his career, he has trained amateurs, professionals and celebrities, including sarah jessica parkerfor an episode celebrities, including sarah jes