Standing in the VIP lounge, one of the publicists for the organisers of Cirque du Soleil's Bazzar, says, "Often when we see the artistes stretching in the tent, we say 'The most we stretch is in our own beds on Sunday morning'." The ones in the lounge with the corporate jobs — where sitting hunched over backlit computers can only be offset by ergonomically designed chairs, screens that are placed at eye level and a constant effort to ensure that the mouse doesn't lead to carpal tunnel — laugh. But, Cirque, the Canadian touring production, has, since it arrived in Mumbai in November, introduced us to "the possibilities of the human body".

Been there yet? If you have, you'll remember the roller-skating act in which Mathieu Cloutier, 32, and Myriam Lessard, 30, spin on the stage. At one point, Lessard is hanging by a band that's supporting her neck even as she spins in the air with Cloutier turning on the wheels of the skates. Cloutier responds to a barely concealed admiration for the feat with a matter-of-fact "just like you went and studied for your job at a school, we trained for ours."