Cirque du Soleil's ‘Ovo' by the numbers

Many metro Atlantans are feeling bugged this morning, and it has nothing to do with Tuesday's election.

These are folks are planning to see "Ovo," the Cirque du Soleil show set in the world of insects that opens under the blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) at Atlantic Station on Thursday.

Here's a "by the numbers" look at how the fun of Cirque's 25th production in 25 years adds up.

54 -- performing artists from 16 countries

40 -- feet in the air that six trapeze artists fly in a 66-foot-high tent

1,000 tons -- equipment hauled in 51 trailers

20 -- crickets, largest insect group onstage

1 -- ladybug, smallest insect group onstage

24 -- height of wall that 20 artists leap to the top of (without support), run and walk across, in final act

11 -- Cirque shows, including "Ovo," performed in Atlanta since 1991

Preview

"Ovo"