Fascinating Facts About Alegría

The Crown stage you see at the start of Alegría has 120 spikes and 64 branches, and the vines on the Crown measure 975 meters (3198.8 ft) in total length.
The Crown curtain, on which appears a salamander (a symbol of the French Renaissance), was printed in Germany in a single pass on a giant, seamless piece of fabric that is 33.5 meters (109.9 ft) wide and 6 meters (19.6 ft) high.

To give the appearance of realistic wear and tear on some costumes, more than 1,000 meters of fabric was printed using a technique called sublimation, which fixes images in the fibers of the material.
The mesh used in the costumes of the Bronx is made of the same material used in making hockey nets.

A total of 125 people from 20 countries are part of the touring cast and crew of Alegría.
There are 96 costumes and 533 different costume elements in each performance.
Designers spent nearly 500 hours developing the make-up concepts of Alegría and more than a thousand hours teaching the artists how to apply it to their own faces.
The average lifespan of each costume piece is 6 months.

The original Alegría premiered under the Big Top on April 21, 1994 and went on to tour the world for 19 years.
The revival of Alegría is the 44th original production created by Cirque du Soleil since 1984, and its 19th presented under the Big Top.
The white colored canvas of the Big Top helps to counter the effects of the sun, thereby reducing energy consumption and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. 
The mobile Cirque du Soleil village, including the Big Top, is completely self-sufficient for electrical power. The site relies only on local water supply and telecommunication facilities to support its infrastructure.