• Creators
• Characters
• The show
• Scenes & Acts
• Costumes
• Set design

Guy Laliberté FOUNDER AND CREATIVE GUIDE	Franco Dragone DIRECTOR	Gilles Ste‐Croix ARTISTIC GUIDE
Michel Crete SET DESIGNER	Dominique Lemieux COSTUME DESIGNER	Benoit Jutras COMPOSER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Luc Lafortune LIGHTING DESIGNER	Francois Barbeau COSTUME DESIGNER	Francois Bergeron SOUND DESIGNER
Debra Brown CHOREOGRAPHER

ZOÉ (CHILD)

Zoé is an average little girl. She is bored yet curious, and she longs for the fun and excitement she believes lie just beyond her reach.

PARENTS

The Father: Lost behind his newspaper, ensconced in his den, Father will eventually open his eyes to find himself among his family and loved ones once again.
The Mother: Feeling alienated, Mother will soon rediscover the intense feeling of being alive through pain and courage, play and love.

JOHN

With his tragically spare hairdo, John is a different kind of ringmaster. He is eerie yet charming: part television personality and part substitute teacher with his own renegade lesson plan, a circumnavigator on a mysterious journey.

THE TARGET

Grace in motion, the Target chooses to live in empty space, present and absent at the same time, a companion to the lost girl for a little while.

BOUM‐BOUM

Boum-Boum is aggressive and physically fit. And yet, he is lifeless, as though his body lives on only because his soul refuses to leave it.

THE AVIATOR

The Aviator has skeletal wings, but doesn't look quite ready to take off. Perhaps he doesn't know he has wings. Perhaps he knows, but can't fly. Perhaps, like Icarus, he has tried and failed. Or perhaps he simply wants to escape this world and its problems.

Quidam

Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past and swallowed by the crowd. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming or going at the heart of our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" whom this show allows to speak. This is the place that beckons - a place for dreaming and genuine relations where all quidams, by proclaiming their individuality, can finally emerge from anonymity

AERIAL CONTORTION IN SILK

ntensity, power and grace combine a young woman becomes one with the column of red fabric which supports and cradles her. Set to haunting music, contortionist and cloth intertwine, separate and embrace again. The translucent fabric occasionally hugs the body of the performer, creating a stunning effect.

BANQUINE

The banquine act showcases the amazing agility of the human body. Fifteen artists perform spectacular sequences of acrobatics and human pyramids, astounding audiences with their perfectly synchronized movements. Banquine is an Italian acrobatic tradition, with origins that date back to the Middle Ages. This breathtaking act won a Golden Clown at the International Monte Carlo Circus Festival in 1999.

DIABOLO

The diabolo, or Chinese yo-yo, is a child's game that the Chinese have evolved into an art form. The performer holds two sticks linked by a string on which a plastic spool is juggled, tossed and balanced. Hypnotizing the audience he tries to outdo each trick in this stunning game of dexterity and ingenuity.

GERMAN WHEEL

A gymnastic exercise hailing from Germany, the German wheel is taken to a whole new level in Quidam. The artist becomes a human spoke as he spins, turns, twists and maneuvers the wheel, performing gravity-defying somersaults and acrobatics.

HAND BALANCING

Alighting onto the stage, the artist's gracious silhouette immediately captivates the imagination. Perched on balancing canes, she moves elegantly through a series of precarious positions of ever-increasing intricacy.

SKIPPING ROPES

Do you remember the joy you felt as a child skipping rope with your friends? Drawing its inspiration from dance, acrobatics and the art of manipulation, Cirque du Soleil has transformed this familiar child's game into a choreographic feat. As the ropes beat time, a group of 20 acrobats, endowed with exceptional co-ordination and rhythm, perform a steady stream of solo, duo and group jumps and figures.

SPANISH WEBS

Breaking with tradition, Quidam presents the Spanish web as a group act. Artists fly over the stage, attached to a specially designed conveyer called a telepheric. Suddenly, time stands still as the acrobats, in turn or as a group, drop into the void, stopped only by the ropes looped around their waists or ankles.

AERIAL HOOPS

In hoops suspended above the stage, the performers pivot and twirl through the air, at times solo and at times in unison, performing stunning feats of grace and dexterity.

JUGGLING

The manipulation juggling act utilizes several objects that are symbolic to the storyline of Quidam. Using a bowler hat, umbrella, briefcase and red spheres the juggler strings together impressive feats of balance and dexterity all the while maintaining his character role as Papa.

STATUE

Never losing contact, two strong, flexible performers move almost imperceptibly, assuming positions impossible without an impeccable sense of balance. The artists call on their sensitivity and powers of concentration in their quest for perfect harmony. Their act is testimony to the natural beauty of the human body.

CLOWN CINEMA

The clown brings a contemporary vision of clowning, a brash, and crazy reminder that the circus is forever a universal spectacle. With this subversive, colorful audience participation number, he creates a show within the show, a special performance for Zoé.

COSTUMES

Quidam is the first show to use everyday clothing—though adapted—in its acrobatic acts. The broken colours used for the costumes—from blue to pink tones—create a dramatic effect and add to the show’s gloomy overall atmosphere. The basic material used for nearly all the costumes is stretch linen—a new innovation that gives them a worn look. Other materials used include leather, jute, linen crepe, wool, velvet and 42 types of cotton.

SET DESIGN

Evoking a monolithic structure like a train station or airport where people constantly come and go, the minimalist set is dominated by a giant arch. The floor, built from perforated metal tiles, is illuminated from above and below and appears at times metallic, at times incandescent. Changes in the lighting - contrasts in hues, angles and light beams - can instantly transform the mood of a scene from comedy to tragedy. The revolving stage reflects an ever-changing, unpredictable world.

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