This is the only animation from the 8 known black/blue monochrome series in which a figure appears to move through a three dimensional space (all the others feature simple linear motion through a two-dimensional plane). Plateau had done something similar with his pirouetting "petit danseur", but the figure in this animation seems much less stiff and performs a more complicated movement. The hairdo (or hat?) and clothes look rather exotic; the figure probably represents a acrobat in costume. The animation may have been based on an actual circus act, which is probably more impressive at a faster speed (the speed in this video is optimized for smooth animation). The same figure (or a very similar one) is also seen balancing on a rolling ball on the blue side of disc No. 8 of this series.