The big top

The Cirque Plume big top

The big top

Description : 6 poles - Opaque
Ground surface : 3 800m² (covering a rectangular area 52m x 74m)
Height : (top of big top) : exterior : 15,06m / interior : 13,50m
Height of poles : 18m
Tiered seating capacity : 1000 places

The reception tent

Description : 2 poles - Opaque
Area : 297m²
Height : between 7,3m and 9m
Height of poles : 11,10m

Makers

Voilerie du Sud Ouest (V.S.O.)

Plan of the big top and entrance tent

Video : "la plume et le marteau piqueur" (documentary by Antone Page)

Documentary film the Cirque Plume’s big top setting realized by Antoine Page in Rezé (France) from 27 to 31 March 2014 Video, 39min 11s © Cirque Plume 2014

Video : Timelapse of the big top setting (in Auch, France)

From 7th to 9th of October 2015 Video, 4min 33s

Photos

The big top in Besançon at Place d'Arènes Emmanuel Dumont © Cirque Plume 2005
Place d'Arènes in Besançon Emmanuel Dumont © Cirque Plume 2005
S'Hertogenbosch (NL) Joep Lennaerts © Cirque Plume 1993
Longitudinal view of the big top
Side view of the big top
Sectional view of tiered seating
Plan of the tiered seating arrangement
Plan of the reception tent
Photo of the big top Yves PERTON
Photo of the big top Dominique SECHER
Photo of the big top Dominique SECHER
Photo of the big top Dominique SECHER
Photo of the big top Cirque Plume
Le chapiteau à Salins les Bains Yves Perton