CirqueTech – Quidam: Under the Bigtop (Part 1)

Jackie Demaline of the Cincinnati Enquirer rounded up a few numbers for her audience in an article published on Friday, August 25, 2006 about Quidam. Enjoy:

  • 52 – total performers
  • 56 – feet to the uppermost point of the big top
  • 9 – different specialties of cast members: dancers, acro-gymnasts, contortionists, aerialists, clowns, actors, musicians, vocalists and circus artists
  • 15 – countries they represent (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Russia, United Kindgom and United States)
  • 15 – age of the youngest cast member, American singer Tori Letzler
  • 21 – metric tons is how much the stage weighs
  • 6 – number of months a typical costume lasts
  • 110 – pounds, weight of the German Wheel
  • 120 – feet, the length of the “télephérique,” which brings aerial artists onto the stage
  • 300 – hand-painted shoes
  • 300 – daily servings of crew’s favorite “pâté chinois” a French-Canadian version of shepherd’s pie
  • 65 – length in feet of polyester of the material used in “Aerial Contortion of Silk”
  • 4,085 – buttons and knobs on the sound board
  • 750 – tons of equipment (which are hauled around North America on 43 48-foot trucks)

{ Source – The Cincinnati Enquirer: Aug.25.2006 }