Flexibility and Positioning are the Keys to LEO

It would seem that it's the year of multi sensory shows at Spoleto. At least it's the year of multi media. When I first heard about LEO and how they started with just a couple shows and then kept adding and adding and selling out and selling out, of course I was intrigued.  On a blustery evening I was joined by a fellow theater lover and off we dashed to the Emmett Robinson Theater.

When the show started in total blackness there was an interesting music sound track that played. From there, once the lights hit the stage there was almost as if an imaginary line that divided the stage.  One side was live and real while the other was projection. I will freely admit that the show has a very slow start. however, once it got going it totally grabbed you.

I looked at the premise of the show and all I could think of was the song from Wicked, "Defying Gravity." What our actor/acrobat Tobias Wegner did was just that. Living in a world that seemed upside down and backwards to some may in fact mean that it right side up for others.

The multi media was such an interesting component of the piece. 150% necessary for the success of the show. However, I must admit at times I found it distracting earlier in the 70 minute show. Once you got used to it, you picked kind of one or the other to glance at. I then thought  how is he doing this? The camera is shooting from one angle while he is 45 degrees different. It's a complete showcase of his strength and agility.

Check out his You Tube promo piece here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqKG9hFZexs


Wegner's endurance is surely tested throughout this non stop piece. His recreation of swimming in an ocean full of creatures was sheer brilliance.

Not the norm for this theater and entertainment reviewer, however, isn't that what Spoleto is all about? Creating new experiences wrapped up in cultural festivities.

More to come from my review on the Alvin Ailey soon as well as our take on some really fab jazz! Thanks for following and please pass and share with your friends and followers.

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