“Mom, do you think the egg is real?” asked the little girl sitting behind me right before opening night of Cirque Du Soleil OVO in Loveland, Colorado. “I don’t think so, Sweetie,” replied the mama.

“Oh, but I do think so,” replied the little girl as she gazed toward the giant egg appearing to take up the entire stage.

It was a sweet kick off to a press junket the OVO crew had zipped me off to in mid-January. If I hadn’t made the time to go—and had handled the international traveling event via the usual press release express—I would have missed the magic, and been none the wiser. Within the life bubble of 48 hours, I fell in love with the cast and crew of 100 talented humans, representing 21 countries and speaking 12 languages. Of the 50 artists who perform on stage, 17 countries are represented. By the time the show lands in Spokane, it will have been performed in 35 different cities and travelled more than 10,000 miles.

Much of the show is whimsical, and a great deal of it is purely bewildering. The balance. The contortions. The strength. The grace and beauty in movement and expression. From the layer of “red ants” laying on their backs, balancing another layer of red ants on their feet, while the second layer spins objects on their feet, and then in a snap, everyone is flipped and tossed to someone else without dropping a thing (or a human), to the “white spider” moving slowly and precisely as she spins her web and looks for prey, bending herself in half—backwards—while holding on to a bar with her teeth (and. no. hands) to the grasshoppers springing up a 22-foot wall and back down again, with stunts delightfully dizzying your mind: there are times when you can’t keep watching, but your eyes won’t look away.

The lighting, the colors, the hand-crafted costumes, the props, the storyline filled with intrigue, wonder, and humor—the lady bug!—and the live music and sound effects will take you away to a wondrous land of intrigue. The show description nails it: “The OVO insects work, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy in motion. Their home is filled with biodiversity, beauty, action and moments of quiet emotion. The awestruck insects are intensely curious when a mysterious egg appears, representing the enigma and cycles of their lives.”

Recommended for all ages. Further details—and a short trailer—along with ticket information can be found at cirquedusoleil.com or ticketswest.com.