It’s one thing to love your job. It’s another to stay on the road with your job for nearly a decade.

“My parents had brought me to see (Cirque du Soleil) shows when I was young and It stuck in my head,” said Janie Mallet. “I’m not an acrobat. I never thought that there’d be something else there for me. When I went to visit them, something clicked and I was like, I think I was mesmerized.”

For the past eight years, Mallet, a native of Canada, has been on the road with different Cirque du Soleil shows, working behind the scenes as a senior publicist.

She is part of the group bringing the newest iteration of the show “OVO” to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia starting July 11.Tickets are available at www.cirquedusoleil.com/OVO.

“There are a hundred people on this show that travel full-time with ‘OVO,’ ” said Mallet, who worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. as a cultural reporter for 14 years prior to joining Cirque du Soleil. “I think I was really drawn to the international aspect of the team. We have 25 different nationalities. That includes the 53 artists on stage. The rest is staff, technicians and others backstage. There’s a whole world happening behind the scenes.”

“OVO” is a large show that immerses the audience in a colorful insect world.

The story centers around a mysterious egg (ovo, meaning “egg” in Portuguese) and the interactions of various insects, including a love story between a ladybug and a newcomer.

The show premiered in 2009 under the famous Cirque du Soleil big top and has been traveling ever since. A few years ago, the show transitioned into arenas.

“We just went through an actual restaging,” Mallet said. “After 15 years (traveling) around the world, the set needed a bit of TLC. It took over a year, but we changed the set itself. With that, we actually took that opportunity to add some new props and a new set design. We’ve added some large flowers and large plants. That’s really the goal. When you enter the arena, you kind of feel like, ‘Okay, I’m getting into this ecosystem and getting into this bug world.’ With that we also added three new acts, which also means new music, new characters and new costumes.

“We premiered it at the end of December 2024,” said Mallet. “It’s almost like a brand new show. I would say the essence of it remains. It’s still a show about insects. It’s still a show about friendship, inclusion, diversity and all of that. However, if you (saw) it 10 years ago, you definitely would want to not miss it because there’s a lot of new elements.”

Like most Cirque du Soleil shows, the clowns drive the story, but the performers are awe-inspiring.

From mighty crickets bouncing off trampolines to a hypnotic spider contorting inside her web, “OVO” exudes extraordinary showmanship. “OVO” brings to the stage high-level acrobatic acts redefining the limits of the human body.

“So, the show, basically, you follow a blue fly who comes in with an egg on his back and he’s traveling, he’s backpacking and encounters this new colony of insects.” Mallet said. “The whole show is their interactions. It’s a show about friendship and there’s a love story with the ladybug.

“They’re speaking an inventive language. Every bug has their sound and their characteristics or their personalities and their movement. So it makes it accessible for people that don’t speak English as a first language or kids. So it really is a show that’s really good for the entire family. It’s something there for anybody.”

“OVO” will perform in Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center from July 11 to 13.