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Envision a self-sufficient village that moves from country to country, city to city. Transporting 140 people of 17 nationalities, 74 trailers, hauling 900 tons of equipment across Australia…this is Dralion on tour.
Dralion is the 12th production of Cirque du Soleil. It is a celebration of the 4 elements that maintain the natural order: air, water, fire and earth. The show was launched in Montreal in April 1999; the tour traveled through North America, Europe and Japan.
Since its beginning, Dralion has performed more than 3,500 shows and visited over 50 cities.
Cirque du Soleil's mobile village includes the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top), artistic tent, box office, kitchen, school, offices and more. Completely self-sufficient for electrical power, the site relies only on local water supply and telecommunication facilities to support its infrastructure.
Dralion Quick Facts
Premiered in: April 22nd 1999 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cities visited (to June 2009): 58
Number of spectators since April 1999: Over 8 million
Number of countries represented in cast: 17
- The infrastructure sits on an area of approximately 20 000 square meters
- 74 trailers, 600 road cases, in total 900 metric tons of equipment are required to transport the entire tour. Designed by Stéphane Roy, the Dralion set is the biggest, most elaborate ever transported on tour!
- Total site set-up requires seven days, tear-down takes three days. Forty technical personnel with 100 local support crew, totaling 6,000 work hours are required to accomplish both tasks
- The site is fully autonomous in terms of power with the use of generators.
