In a tour-de-force performance a spider defies gravity and physics in a
succession of seemingly impossible feats of strength and balance as he traverses
a wire that appears to give him no support. At one point he hangs at a 45-degree
angle over the ground, some 15 feet below, and he tops that with an upside-down
unicycle act. And the wire is in almost-constant motion up and down, adding to the
degree of difficulty.
A black spider takes firm control of our world with this phenomenal
number - slackwire. First strung loosely close to the stage's floor,
then raised 20 feet or more above the stage, Li Wei performs an
amazing number of hand-balancing and coordinated techniques on this
tension-less wire. One hand, two hand and no-hand (cane) balancing
techniques are made without a fuss. He even makes riding a uni-cycle
upside down powered only by his hands look easy. It was definitely the
most exciting performance of OVO at this showing; quite a crowd
pleaser!
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