the rope is taught and secured to some kind of anchored band around the right leg. That leg is bent with almost no possibility of straightening it. Almost all the force of the yank upward is going to the harness on the hips.
Louise Lenoble was rehearsing for a show called EXIT with Cirque Inextremiste in Chamonix, France, on August 14 as she started talking to a camera.
Incredible footage shows the performer suddenly being dragged by her right foot.
She gave that balloon a 'crack' and dangled around on its lips for a bit. Don't see why that couldn't be added to a routine, some really good moves can start as accidents that someone survived...