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Creations
Quidam
At a Glance
Creative Team
Personages
Expérience
Exécution
Réserve
Of the Past...
Odyssey
Itinéraire
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The Family (Mom, Dad & Zoë)
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Zoë is an average little girl. She is bored, yet curious, and she longs for the
fun and excitement she believes lies just beyond her reach. She is lost admist a world
where she finds no meaning. She is frustrated and disillusioned and is swept up into the
universe of Quidam. Zoë's mother conveys an air of abscence and alientation. Inside her
lie fear, frustration and desire. Zoë's father is completely, though unqittingly, self-absorbed.
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John
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- With his tragically spare hairdo and comically svelte frame, John is a different kind of ringmaster.
Part game-show host and part substitute teacher with his own renegade lesson plan, he is our eerie yet
charming guide through the world of Quidam. A circumnavigator on a mysterious journey.
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Karl/Fritz/Target (Le Cible)
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The Target is a living, human bulls-eye, fired at by everyone. Perhaps it is his gentle nature
and kindness which leave him so vulnerable. Ironically, he remains light-hearted and happy. With an
infinite smile and moving with grace, he chooses to live in empty space, present and absent at the
same time, a companion to the lost girl for a little while.
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Quidam
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The Quidam may have stepped out of a surrealist painting or been conjured up out of Zoë's
imagination. He is anonymous-he is everyone, and, at the same time, he is no one.
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Boum Boum
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Boom Boom is the bald guy with gloves for hands. He brings forth the rumble
of thunder and the flash of lighting with just the clash of his hands. He show us some
of the unpleasant sides of Quidam and is also our protector. His ear piercing roar of
disgust will get your attention.
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Les Egares
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Les Égarés are lost individuals who gather together in the streets and abandoned buildings of Quidam.
They sublimate their suffering, transforming it into something magical and inspiring.
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The Aviator
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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 he has tried and failed.
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Clowns
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Clown Set #1: Kotini and Alosha
For the First North American Tour (1996-1998), two clowns existed in the world of Quidam.
The Red Clown was a crotchety, mean old clown who didn't care whose feelings got hurt.
He tormented Zoë in the beginning of the tale but by the end, befriended her. He walked
with a limp and was downright gloomy. The Yellow Clown, in contrast, is likeable enough but
not too bright. The two are crude and sometimes unwanted, but found a way into the narrative
never-the-less. The clowns are Kotini Jr (Yellow) and Alosha (Red).
Clown Set #2: Les Maclomas
Les Macloma were introduced during the European Tour (1999-2001) and stuck around through
the Second North American Tour (2002) and into the Japanese Tour (2003) before retiring
their act in Quidam. The clowns, Red, White and Yellow, were a sight to see and their antics,
no less... anitc! From floating around the stage in hot-air balloons made from boxes to
playing musical notes on balloons!
Clown Set #3: Les Don Quijotes
Les Macloma were replaced by Les Don Quijotes, a trio who built upon the Les Macloma legacy
by performing their numbers.
Clown Set #4: Toto and Voki
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