def radviz(frame, class_column, ax=None, color=None, colormap=None, **kwds):
    """
    Plot a multidimensional dataset in 2D.

    Each Series in the DataFrame is represented as a evenly distributed
    slice on a circle. Each data point is rendered in the circle according to
    the value on each Series. Highly correlated `Series` in the `DataFrame`
    are placed closer on the unit circle.

    RadViz allow to project a N-dimensional data set into a 2D space where the
    influence of each dimension can be interpreted as a balance between the
    influence of all dimensions.

    More info available at the `original article
    <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.135.889>`_
    describing RadViz.

    Parameters
    ----------
    frame : `DataFrame`
        Pandas object holding the data.
    class_column : str
        Column name containing the name of the data point category.
    ax : :class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`, optional
        A plot instance to which to add the information.
    color : list[str] or tuple[str], optional
        Assign a color to each category. Example: ['blue', 'green'].
    colormap : str or :class:`matplotlib.colors.Colormap`, default None
        Colormap to select colors from. If string, load colormap with that
        name from matplotlib.
    kwds : optional
        Options to pass to matplotlib scatter plotting method.

    Returns
    -------
    class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`

    See Also
    --------
    plotting.andrews_curves : Plot clustering visualization.

    Examples
    --------
    .. plot::
        :context: close-figs

        >>> df = pd.DataFrame({
        ...         'SepalLength': [6.5, 7.7, 5.1, 5.8, 7.6, 5.0, 5.4, 4.6,
        ...                         6.7, 4.6],
        ...         'SepalWidth': [3.0, 3.8, 3.8, 2.7, 3.0, 2.3, 3.0, 3.2,
        ...                        3.3, 3.6],
        ...         'PetalLength': [5.5, 6.7, 1.9, 5.1, 6.6, 3.3, 4.5, 1.4,
        ...                         5.7, 1.0],
        ...         'PetalWidth': [1.8, 2.2, 0.4, 1.9, 2.1, 1.0, 1.5, 0.2,
        ...                        2.1, 0.2],
        ...         'Category': ['virginica', 'virginica', 'setosa',
        ...                      'virginica', 'virginica', 'versicolor',
        ...                      'versicolor', 'setosa', 'virginica',
        ...                      'setosa']
        ...     })
        >>> rad_viz = pd.plotting.radviz(df, 'Category')  # doctest: +SKIP
    """
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.patches as patches

    def normalize(series):
        a = min(series)
        b = max(series)
        return (series - a) / (b - a)

    n = len(frame)
    classes = frame[class_column].drop_duplicates()
    class_col = frame[class_column]
    df = frame.drop(class_column, axis=1).apply(normalize)

    if ax is None:
        ax = plt.gca(xlim=[-1, 1], ylim=[-1, 1])

    to_plot = {}
    colors = _get_standard_colors(num_colors=len(classes), colormap=colormap,
                                  color_type='random', color=color)

    for kls in classes:
        to_plot[kls] = [[], []]

    m = len(frame.columns) - 1
    s = np.array([(np.cos(t), np.sin(t))
                  for t in [2.0 * np.pi * (i / float(m))
                            for i in range(m)]])

    for i in range(n):
        row = df.iloc[i].values
        row_ = np.repeat(np.expand_dims(row, axis=1), 2, axis=1)
        y = (s * row_).sum(axis=0) / row.sum()
        kls = class_col.iat[i]
        to_plot[kls][0].append(y[0])
        to_plot[kls][1].append(y[1])

    for i, kls in enumerate(classes):
        ax.scatter(to_plot[kls][0], to_plot[kls][1], color=colors[i],
                   label=pprint_thing(kls), **kwds)
    ax.legend()

    ax.add_patch(patches.Circle((0.0, 0.0), radius=1.0, facecolor='none'))

    for xy, name in zip(s, df.columns):

        ax.add_patch(patches.Circle(xy, radius=0.025, facecolor='gray'))

        if xy[0] < 0.0 and xy[1] < 0.0:
            ax.text(xy[0] - 0.025, xy[1] - 0.025, name,
                    ha='right', va='top', size='small')
        elif xy[0] < 0.0 and xy[1] >= 0.0:
            ax.text(xy[0] - 0.025, xy[1] + 0.025, name,
                    ha='right', va='bottom', size='small')
        elif xy[0] >= 0.0 and xy[1] < 0.0:
            ax.text(xy[0] + 0.025, xy[1] - 0.025, name,
                    ha='left', va='top', size='small')
        elif xy[0] >= 0.0 and xy[1] >= 0.0:
            ax.text(xy[0] + 0.025, xy[1] + 0.025, name,
                    ha='left', va='bottom', size='small')

    ax.axis('equal')
    return ax