Look at her way up high, she’s flying.

She’s Juliet Soricelli, a junior at Valhalla High School, and in this case she’s a “he” – Peter Pan in this weekend’s production of the musical of the same name.

Since Valhalla’s budget does not include real-live fairy dust to levitate the boy who’ll never grow up, director Bill Mentz relies on Amir Tawfik, of Flying By Foy.

Foy is the company that has flown Mary Martin and scores of other Pans through the years.

When they got the call, Tawfik was dispatched with a big, black box of lines and pulleys and bars and harnesses, ready to spend three days at Valhalla, teaching Soricelli and the Darling children – Wendy (Jessy Vigiletti), John (Danny Borgia) and Michael (Aidan McCarthy) – how to leave the stage behind.

Tawfik has been with Foy less than a year, but he’s already taught the flying biz to many Pans – “too many to count.”

The trick, Soricelli learned, is to “arch your back, keep your arms wide and think wide,” she says – which, come to think of it, is rather like Peter’s flying instruction to the Darling kids to “think of a wonderful thought.”

Peter flies from one side of the stage to another, through a window and at one point has only his toes on the mantle with his body face down, horizontal to the stage.

Soricelli gives all the credit and most of the glory to her wing men, Dan Waylonis (who flies her from side to side) and Jake Lombardi (the up-and-down controller). They stand in the wings and pull on ropes that are connected to Soricelli through a series of pulleys and the all-important harness.

“I was a little bit nervous at first and the harness is a bit tight, but it was really so much fun to be flying,” says Soricelli on her second day of flight school.

“The first day is difficult for everybody who handles the ropes,” Tawfik says. “They just have to get that muscle memory of what lifting feels like and what bringing them down feels like. And the same with the harnesses. They’re tight at first, but the kids get used to it.”

Foy also flies kids in “Beauty and the Beast,” (at Brewster this weekend), “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Wizard of Oz,” among others.

Here and now, it’s the head of the Lost Boys who needs attention.

Once she’s airborne, Soricelli extends her arms and raises one knee – a perfect Pan pose – and effortless glides from side to side. (The effort is being exerted offstage.)

Tawfik knows every line of the show, raising his voice when he recites the littlest Darling’s lines. Clearly he’s done this before, intoning at one point: “She blows fairy dust, yadda, yadda, yadda…”

When she gets turned around, he shouts, “Use your arms to make yourself straight again!” or “Kick that leg out!”

Once Soricelli has the hang of it, he circles her, challenging her to twist her body and follow him.

“Use your whole body! Face this way! Whole body! Whole body! Whole body!” he shouts.

But Tawfik also knows that this isn’t only about flying, reminding Soricelli: “Remember, there’s three kids here that you’re talking to, so connect with them.”

There’s one more flier who needed no help from Foy & Co.: Tinkerbell, the beam of light who flits about without a care in the world, no strings attached.

All she requires is a really strong round of applause.

Photo by Dave Kennedy/The Journal News: Juliet Soricelli, 16, who is playing Peter Pan, learns to fly with the help of Amir Tawfik of Flying By Foy during a rehearsal of this weekend’s production of “Peter Pan” at Valhalla High School.
“PETER PAN”
Where: Valhalla High School, 300 Columbus Ave., Valhalla.
When: 8 p.m., April 4; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., April 5.
Tickets: $12; $10 for students and seniors.
Call: 914-831-5302.
With: Sara Adelsberg, Nicole Adlman, Anthony Amiano, Geoff Andreu, Mikyas Asamenew, Nick Athanasatos, Jane Bang, Ray Beckley, Jonathan Bedard, Dan Borgia, James Borgia, Conrad Bove, Nick Bundarin, Roberta Capobianco, Emily Carsten, Rhea Catubig, Laura Childs, Kathryn Ciancio, Stefan Ciancio, Jordan Cuevas, Matthew DelGreco, Connor Dillon, Jeannie Einhorn, Krista Everett, Danielle Gerbosi, Michael Grant, Jessica Guercio, Erika Hart, Geoff Hart, Billy Herbert, Rob Ierace, Rita Ingrassia, Ali Janicki, Arianna Jimenez, Caitlin King, Alexandra Kinnally, Cassandra Klaus, Katrina Klaus, Jake Lombardi, Andrea Longo, Carly Macken, Matthew Mariani, Gianmarco Marrese, Katie McAteer, Aidan McCarthy, Julia McCarthy, Tori McGuinn, Gerard Michno, Juliana Moccio, Lindsay New, Alexis Nieves, Simone Norris, Giovanna Olson, Brian Orlay, Elissa Paul, Deborah Paul, Erica Ranallo, Adrianna Restiano, Rachel Sachs, Tom Sacco, Emma Sausner, Rebecca Sciliano, Alex Shapiro, Christie Snow, Justin Snow, Juliet Soricelli, Dominick Tedesco, Reweina Tessema, Ariana Tringali, Jessy Vigiletti, Dan Waylonis, Jake Williams, Jacquelyn Williams, Jenna Williams, Abby Wylan, Ben Yeung