I’ve never been a rabid fan of Cirque du Soleil shows — seen one muscled guy fly through the air at scary heights, seen ’em all! — but the combination of acts in “Kurios” seems more varied, exotic and inspired than usual. Written and directed by Michel Laprise, the production is infused with a vaguely macabre air, a touch of the eerie freak show, that gives the whole a more cohesive, occasionally entrancing effect. (The characters even include a diminutive woman called Mini Lili, who stands about three feet tall and emerges from inside the distended mechanical belly of another character, Mr. Microcosmos; she is said to represent his “unconscious mind.” Hmm. O.K. Whatever.)

Yes, there are the usual attractions, all executed with the pinpoint precision we have come to expect from the company’s performers, despite the physical and gravitational challenges. A handful of tiny contortionists dressed in reptilian catsuits — literally a handful, since they perform on a giant mechanical hand — pretzel their entwined bodies into beautiful lotus-like shapes. Aerialists swing from dizzying heights. A troupe of acrobats brings the show to a lively climax with the usual pileup of bodies in unbelievable human towers that tumble and reform. A juggler juggles — at one point tossing into the air what appeared to be rubber human hands.