Ten Thousand Hours

It is said that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to achieve expertise in any skill. As the performance starts, a huge, red timer begins counting up the seconds and then minutes, as eight skilled acrobats from Australian troupe, Gravity and Other Myths, perform increasingly complex lift and acrobalance movements with effortless precision, to noises of astonishment and then disbelief from the audience.

The trial and error involved in learning a new skill is touched upon in segments such as where perfectly executed moves are ticked off with a green counter, while 'fails' are counted in red. Impressive choreographed sequences of lifts, human jumpropes, and somersaults are interspersed with multiple humorous moments including a growing tower of meowing (human) cats, some audience participation, and a look at the effects of well-meaning but often contradictory - or just downright unhelpful - feedback and corrections from onlookers.

The performers are astonishingly skilful, each with exceptional control and strength, and displaying vast trust in each other.

Woohoo moment: there are many, but the sequence near the end with some very innovatively created human towers stands out.