Cirque du Soleil’s “Dralion” is at the United Center through July 29 (call 800-678-5440 or 312-455-4500 for tickets). Below, we break down the latest Cirque show by the numbers.
Age of youngest performance: 11
Number of rings used in Diving Hoops routine: 18
Length of the cloth in Pas de Un routine: The blue cloth is 60 feet long and is made with all sort of secret ingredients, including lycra
Length of jump ropes: From 2 feet to 8 feet
Number of acrobats used in the teeterboard pyramid: 5 women about 23 feet tall
Number of consecutive flips in Skipping Ropes: Xiong Ying does 8 or 9 consecutively
Height at which trapeze artists perform: 20 feet
Number of meal served per week in the kitchen: 2,700 since the beginning of the tour in April 1999:
Number of performance presented up to now: 825
Height of the big top: 63 feet
Number of cities visited: 14
Number of clowns: 4
Number of animals: 0
