Hmm.

"By the time we got to making Quidam, we were ready to take a
risk to move away from the fantastical characters we'd been
dealing with until then. We became interested in the faceless mass.
You may know 100 people well, but the rest of the 6 billion people
on the planet are quidams: they're anonymous to you.

And yet, my experience with Cirque made me realize you can
recognize individuals in that mass. Because Cirque du Soleil is so
international, Sydney and Russia have become more than places to
me: they have become places where people I know are from.
The world has become more human."

-Franco Dragone, Director


Hmm. What a mighty intriguing name indeed.
And a very interesting variation of a certain imagination,
once upon a time.



ZOÉ
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.



THE FATHER
Zoé's father is completely, though unwittingly, self-absorbed.
His white shoes are the only indication of a hidden personality.


JOHN
Part game-show host and part substitute teacher with his own
renegade lesson plan, John is a ringmaster of sorts.
He is our eerie but charming guide through the world of Quidam.


QUIDAM
The Quidam may have stepped out of a surrealist painting
or been conjured up out of Zoé's imagination.
He is anonymous-he is everyone,
and, at the same time, he is no one.


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.


LES CHIENNES BLANCHES
Les Chiennes Blanches are the silent chorus,
the nameless and the faceless.
They are the dehumanized, mechanical crowd,
simultaneously leading and following.