Head-spinning act gets the thumbs up

Wheely marvellous: Hou spinning around in the Cyr wheel and mesmerising the crowd during the special performance at Gurney Plaza.

WHILE wheels had long been used to facilitate motion, few have ever been spun around in the way Taiwanese acrobat Isaac Hou does.

Making the circular implement an extension of himself, he excites audiences around the world by executing gyroscopic rolls, spins and flips with consummate ease and grace.