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Quidam - Cirque du Soleil DVD / Directed by Benoit Jutras / Utazás a mágia birodalmába! / Az amszterdami előadás felvétele / Amsterdam recording of stage show by Cirque du Soleil

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Quidam - Cirque du Soleil DVD / Directed by Franco Dragone, Benoit Jutras / Utazás a mágia birodalmába! / Az amszterdami előadás felvétele / Amsterdam recording of stage show by Cirque du Soleil

UPC 5999010444285

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN Hungary

AUDIO: French 2.1, French 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, German, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian

Total Runtime: 90 minutes

 

English Summary:

Quidam (/kˈdɑːm/ kee-DAHM) was the ninth stage show produced by Cirque du Soleil. It premiered in April 1996 and has been watched by millions of spectators around the world. Quidam originated as a big-top show in Montreal and was converted into an arena format beginning with its 2010 tour in North America. It then changed back to the Big Top for a 3-month run in Seoul, South Korea before returning to an arena show for its tour to Oceania. The show performed for the final time in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 26, 2016.

The entire show is imagined by a bored girl named Zoé who is alienated and ignored by her parents. She dreams up the whimsical world of Quidam as a means of escaping the monotony of her life. 

 

Hungarian Summary:

A Quidam a Cirque du Soleil kanadai székhelyű cirkusztársulat kortárs cirkusz műfajú előadása volt, melyet 1996 áprilisában mutattak be. A montréali premier után sokáig cirkuszsátorral utazott, de 2010-ben Észak-Amerikában átalakították aréna műsorrá. Ezután három hónapra visszaállt a cirkuszsátorra Szöulban, mielőtt visszatért volna az aréna formátumhoz az óceániai turnéra. A show közél húsz éven át tartó folyamatos turnézás után Christchurchben, Új-Zélandon 2016. február 26-án ért véget.

A történetben az ifjú Zoé unatkozik, fásult és szótlan szülei nem vesznek róla tudomást. Értelmetlennek érzi mindennapjait, keresi, mivel tölthetné ki az életében tátongó űrt, amikor egy képzeletbeli világba csusszan át – a Quidamba, ahol olyan karakterekkel találkozik, akik lelke felszabadítására biztatják.

 

Cast / Szereplők:

The cast of Quidam has a cast of 45 acrobats, musicians, singers, and characters, some of which are detailed below.[1][3][4]

  • Zoé: She is the principal character and singer in Quidam. Although average in nature, she longs for excitement.
  • Father: Completely, though unwittingly, self-absorbed, this character is lost behind his newspaper until he eventually open his eyes to find himself among his family and loved ones. His white shoes are the only indication of a hidden personality.
  • Mother: Conveys an air of absence and alienation whilst inside her lie fear, frustration, and desire. Through the show, she rediscovers the intense feeling of being alive through pain and courage, play and love.
  • Quidam: The show's titular character, who is anonymous, everyone, and no one (the name means "passer by"). He may have stepped out of a surrealist painting or been conjured up out of Zoé's imagination. He is known for his bowler hat and umbrella despite being headless.
  • John/Mark: He is an eerie yet charming guide on our mysterious journey through the world of Quidam. Also is represented as a father figure to Zoé hence him stepping into her father's shoes. The character changed of 'John' was played initially by John Gilkey and then by Mark Ward who performed the role from 1999 onwards. Sometime after this transition, the character's name changed to 'Mark'.
  • Target: A living human bullseye fired at by everyone but is always smiling.
  • Chiennes Blanches: The silent chorus, the nameless and the faceless, the dehumanized, mechanical crowd, simultaneously leading and following. They also accompany the principal characters as they make their entrances and exits.
  • Les Égarés: Lost individuals who gather together in the streets and abandoned buildings of Quidam. Many of them perform in the banquine act.Les Macloma: A trio of Strange clowns who like to make mischief whenever they can. (1996-1997,1999-2004)
    • Boum-Boum: A pale skinned, bald character who wears boxing gloves.[5] Enjoys screaming at the audience and walking away proudly, but will run away if an audience member screams back. He is aggressive and physically fit, yet extremely lifeless. It is as though his body lives on only because his soul refuses to leave it.
    • Aviator: This character runs around on stage with 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.
    • Homme Rayé: Translating into English as the 'Striped man' due to his blue and red costume with white stripes. He is one of Les Égarés who has a scarred face.
    • Pierrot: Another of Les Égarés who is most noticeable when running across the stage in a long white gown and she has bright red hair.
    • Kangaroo: A character representing the youth in society, he wears a blue, sleeveless hood and is one of Les Égarés.
    • Blue Lady: A pale skin lady, always spinning on herself.
    • La Garçonne: One of Les Égarés, she is dressed in red and love skipping all the time.
    • Skipping Girl: One of Les Égarés, she is dressed in blue and love skipping all the time.
    • Ballerina: A strange character, he is dress with a tutu.
    • The Explorer
    • Rescapé
    • Romantic
    • Jujube
    • Oublié
    • La Mouche: An upbeat character that makes up Les Égarés, she is dressed entirely in light blue and green.
    • Funny Bunny/Peau D'ane: A character who chases and gets chased by other characters. A genius in ecology, lovey-dovey, and astrology. She is one of Les Égarés and is noticeable as a red rabbit on stage.
  • Les Frères Velasquez: Les Macloma's understudies during the Second North American Tour. (2002-2003)
  • Les Don Quijoles: Les Macloma's understudies during the First Japanese Tour. (2003-2004)
  • Kotini Jr & Alosha: A duo of clowns that included Kotini Jr., (Portrayed by Konstantin Wübbe), and Alosha, (Portrayed by Alexey Mironov) who are both opposites of each other, one is absent-minded, while the other is downright gloomy. (1997-1998)
  • Toto & Voki: A duo of clowns who like to play with audience members expectations in delightfully bizarre skits previously done by David Shiner. (2004-2016)

 

Acts / Felvonások

Quidam combines a mix of acrobatic skills and traditional circus acts:

  • German Wheel: An acrobat performs tricks within a German wheel.
  • Diabolo: Originally performed by four girls and later as a solo act, the performer manipulates up to 3 diabolos (i.e. Chinese yo-yo) at once. A diabolo is a wooden spool balance juggled by two sticks linked with a string.
  • Clown Car: Toto flirts with a female audience member in an invisible car
  • Aerial contortion in silk: Intensity, power and grace combine when a young woman becomes one with the column of red fabric which supports and cradles her.
  • Skipping ropes: Drawing inspiration from dance, acrobatics, and the art of manipulation, a group of 20 acrobats performs this familiar child's game in a steady stream of solo, duo, and group jumps and figures.
  • Aerial hoops: Three performers use hoops attached to the ceiling to perform tricks.
  • Handbalancing: Using strength and balance, a performer contorts into poses while on balancing canes.
  • Spanish web: Artists fly over the stage, attached to trolleys on the overhead tracks. In turn or as a group, they occasionally perform a sudden drop, stopped only by the ropes looped around their waists or ankles.
  • Statue: Never losing contact, two strong, flexible performers move almost imperceptibly, assuming positions impossible without an impeccable sense of balance.
  • Clown Movie: The clown directs a comedic skit using audience members as actors. A similar version was performed in Nouvelle Experience
  • Banquine: An Italian acrobatic tradition going back to the Middle Ages that combines gymnastics and ballet. Showcasing the agility of the human body, up to 15 artists perform sequences of feats and human pyramids with their perfectly synchronized movements.

Acts in rotation

  • Juggling: Up to five balls fly through the air, with additional manipulation of a briefcase, umbrella, and bowler hat.
  • Dance Trapeze: A solo trapeze artist twirls over the stage on a trapeze strung from the telepherique.

Retired acts

  • Cyr wheel: An acrobat performed tricks within a large metal ring. This act replaced German Wheel between 2012 and 2013.
  • Manipulation: Three performers used warped metal sheets to juggle and manipulate a red ball that they each had; later in the act, they got rid of the metal sheet and juggled the red balls as well as many other red balls and a bowler hat each. This act was removed in 1998.
  • Solo Aerial straps: A male single artist grasped cords that dangled from the overhead rails; sometimes he performed on the ground, sometimes in the air. This act was in rotation, and was performed in 1997 in replacement of the German Wheel act in very rare circumstances.
  • Duo Aerial straps: Two artists grasped cords that dangled from the overhead rails; sometimes they performed on the ground, sometimes in the air. This act was performed during the Asia Pacific tour of 2004 - 2005.
  • Hoops: A performer spun and manipulated up to 20 spinning hoops all over her body. This act was performed in place of Handbalancing in 2002 and 2008.
  • Cloud swing: A unique combination of swinging trapeze and Spanish web techniques. This act was dropped from the show in 2012 due to issues with finance, and a single trapeze act temporarily replaced it. The cloud swing act returned to the show from 2012 to 2013 and during the Seoul, South Korea tour in 2015 because the promoter wanted to make the show as close to the original as possible during its final run under the Grand Chapiteau.
  • Duplex trapeze: A performer did tricks on a two tiered trapeze. This act was a temporary replacement for the cloud swing act in 2012.
  • Macloma: The Macloma's mess with audience members.
  • Montgolfiere: The Macloma's play in hot air balloons.
  • Balloon Song: The Macloma's play a song with balloons and a broken violin.
  • Hose: Alosha entertains the audience with a long rubber hose.
  • Dance: Kotini Jr performs a dance with a chair.

 

 

Company Cirque du Soleil
Genre Contemporary circus
Show type Touring production
Date of premiere April 23, 1996 (Montréal, QC)
Final show February 26, 2016 (Christchurch, NZ)
Creative team
Writer and director Franco Dragone
Director of creation Gilles Ste-Croix
Senior artistic director Richard Dagenais
Artistic director Fabrice Lemire
Composer Benoît Jutras
Costume designer Dominique Lemieux
Set designer Michel Crête
Lighting designer Luc Lafortune
Choreographer Debra Brown
Sound designer François Bergeron
Make-up designer Nathalie Gagné
Artistic guide Guy Laliberté

 

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