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 }
