. ♪ >> to be an arealist, you fly in the air, dance in the air, and the apparatuses used in this showk, long white tissues that hang from the ceiling, and we use hoop, and we do a really big hoop number that could include up to eight different hoop artists as well as whole on a human size carousel. it's really fun to be up there and you really have to trust your body, and just enjoy the moment. the first number i do is called "the roman writing" so i have two horses that i stand up and hop up on while they ride around, and i do that with five other girls. the experience i get when i perform -- i can't describe it. there's no high that can beat that. >> it's not a job for me. it's a life. it's out of this world. it's you and your partner, you and the horse. it's a partnership that's hard to find anywhere else. >> what makes cavalia's production of "oddyse [chris]still smoking up a storm? [tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smok