That's not a fish!

I remember the first time I practiced this lift in the states - our artistic director explained it and I said "oh - you want us to do a poisson" to which one of the girls in the class responded "it's not called a 'poisson' - it's called a fish!" (see below if that doesn't make sense to you)

Out of curiosity, is it apparent how the girl is being supported in this picture? I ask because the first time I saw it done, I thought there were either ropes or a cleverly hidden hovercraft involved.


('poisson (f)' is the French word for 'fish')