KOOZA's 1,600-pound Wheel of Death rotates at heart-stopping speeds, powered only by the two artists who leap and counter-rotate in a death-defying display of fearless acrobatics and astonishing teamwork. Like the Highwire, the Wheel of Death is positioned diagonally stage left to stage right in order to break with the usual symmetry and bring the action as close as possible to the audience.

Continuing the theme, Carlos Enrique Marin Loaiza and Jimmy Ibarra Zapata (from Columbia) appear defiantly on stage, now doused in reds, with devilish horns. They take to the 1600 pound Wheel of Death that had up until that time hung insolently at the top of the Grand Chapiteau, and rotate the contraption at heart-stopping speeds. While we just had a thirty minute intermission to catch our breaths, it was quickly taken from us as the guys walked, ran, skipped and played inside - and OUTSIDE - the metallic rings.