Leo

Before Lionel Richie started doing it, there was an easy way to dance on the ceiling. Take a small mirror. Hold it underneath your eyes, facing upwards. Now start walking around your home.

Circle of Eleven, who hail from Berlin, apply a similar degree of low-fi gravity defiance to Leo. The simple magic comes from a video camera tilted at 90 degrees. It films a room on one half of the stage. In it, a man—the silent, eponymous hero—lies on the floor, his feet against the wall.

On a screen on the other half of the stage, the video image is projected. The simple tilt renders Leo standing up. Over the next hour he gymnastically explores this new world where gravity has woozily shifted. He moves from simple tricks with hats, testing the limits of this new world, to breakdancing up walls.

Having two things happening on stage at once, both slightly different from each other, can take some getting used to. The trick is to concentrate on the video screen. Let your mind, like Leo's, accept these new laws of physics. An occasional peek into the real world is worth it, however, to appreciate the physical dexterity needed to create the illusion.

It is a simple conceit, and in many ways the wonder is rather one note. Like walking around your home with a mirror on your face, there is only so much you can do. But Circle of Eleven manage to wring an hour of material, not to mention a few ounces of emotion, from what in effect is one man, no script and a wonky camera tripod.