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* BareYourMidriff: The handbalancer.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The German wheel, diabolos, and aerial hoop acts.
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* SpectacularSpinning: The German wheel, diabolos, and aerial hoop acts.
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* NiceHat: The means of travel between worlds.
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* [[Main/ManInWhite People In White]]: The Chiennes Blanches.
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* TheDanza: The emcee's name stems from that of the role's originator, John Gilkey. Unusually for Cirque, the name stuck through his replacements.
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* LongRunners: Closed a few months short of its 20th anniversary in 2016.
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Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ninth show opened in 1996. It was born of the company's decision to do a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, more realistic]] show (as much as a circus can be) than before. Somehow, they made it work, and it ranks up with shows like ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' and ''"O"'' as one of the company's most acclaimed and beloved productions.
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Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ninth show opened in 1996.1996 and toured the world for almost twenty years before it closed permanently in 2016. It was born of the company's decision to do a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, more realistic]] show (as much as a circus can be) than before. Somehow, they made it work, and it ranks up with shows like ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' and ''"O"'' as one of the company's most acclaimed and beloved productions.
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This show was filmed during its Amsterdam engagement in 1999, and at the end of 2010 was adapted into an arena tour that continues to tour the world to this day.
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* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. Also, if any one act in the show cannot be performed, a juggling act is substituted...performed by The Father.
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* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. Also, if any one act in the show cannot could not be performed, a juggling act is was substituted...performed by The Father.
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* LongRunners: Will be 20 years in 2016 (the show is planned to close that year).
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* OriginalCastPrecedent: Broken with the Target. The character was originally played by a man but, perhaps because its gender isn't important, has since been played by both men and women. It was also somewhat broken with Zöe, in which the character was originally played by a girl under 18 years of age, but was changed to always being played by a young-looking woman when the show was converted to arena format due to Cirque's rule of "no children on arena tours".
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* OriginalCastPrecedent: Broken with the Target. The character was originally played by a man but, perhaps because its gender isn't important, has since been later played by both men and women. It was also somewhat broken with Zöe, in which the character was originally played by a girl under 18 years of age, but was changed to always being played by a young-looking woman when the show was converted to arena format due to Cirque's rule of "no children on arena tours".
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* SeriesMascot: The Target, these days.in the show's later years.
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* DramaticThunder: The bowler hat being dropped and left behind in the opening sequence first cues this effect.effect. It is later used during the german wheel and aerial contortion acts, when Quidam returns for Zöe's hat, and when Boum-Boum punches his punching gloves together (though rather for the use of LargeHam).
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* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. If this act cannot be performed, a juggling act is substituted...performed by The Father.
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* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. If this Also, if any one act in the show cannot be performed, a juggling act is substituted...performed by The Father.
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* OriginalCastPrecedent: Broken with the Target. The character was originally played by a man but, perhaps because its gender isn't important, has since been played by both men and women. It was also somewhat broken with Zöe, in which the character was originally played by a girl under 18 years of age, but was changed to always being played by a young-looking woman when the show was converted to arena format due to Cirque's rule of "no children on arena tours".
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* ProductionThrowback: The opening announcement of the theater rules is broadcast over a radio that John adjusts. On his way to the "station" in question, we hear song snippets from the three previous Cirque shows that toured the U.S.: "Eclipse" from ''Nouvelle Experience'', "Kumbalawe" from ''Saltimbanco'', and the title song from ''Alegria''. (The last one provokes a disgusted reaction from John.)
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* ProductionThrowback: The opening announcement of the theater rules is broadcast over a radio that John adjusts. On his way to the "station" in question, we hear song snippets from the three previous Cirque shows that toured the U.S.: "Eclipse" from ''Nouvelle Experience'', "Kumbalawe" "Kumbalawé" from ''Saltimbanco'', and the title song from ''Alegria''.''Alegría''. (The last one provokes a disgusted reaction from John.)
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This show was filmed during its Amsterdam engagement in 1999, and at the end of 2010 was adapted into an arena tour that will finish its North American engagement and move on continues to Europe in 2013.
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Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ninth show opened in 1996. It was born of the company's decision to do a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, more realistic]] show (as much as a circus can be) than before. Somehow, they made it work, and it ranks up with shows like ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' and ''"O"'' as one of the company's most acclaimed and beloved productions.
In Latin, "quidam" (pronounced "key-dahm") is a word meaning "nameless, faceless passerby". This is what adolescent girl Zoe feels like. The story begins in her home as she sadly tries to entertain herself, as her father reads the paper and her mother knits, each off in their own little world. Then a stranger arrives...a tall stranger who appears to have no head, and whom only Zoe appears to notice. The stranger -- ''the'' Quidam -- leaves a little blue bowler hat behind as it departs, while two other strangers (bizarre emcee John and the merry, clownish Target) who entered as well stay behind. The hat seems to be magical, and Zoe puts it on. With that, everyone is transported into a sometimes-melancholy MagicalLand where Zoe will come to understand that every person in the world is a quidam to someone else, and that love and happiness stem from connecting and reconnecting with others...if only for a little while.
This show was filmed during its Amsterdam engagement in 1999, and at the end of 2010 was adapted into an arena tour that will finish its North American engagement and move on to Europe in 2013.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AnimalMotifs: Zoe has a pet "bird" (a tiny balloon) in a cage in the opening scene, as per director Franco Dragone's typical invocation of bird imagery. Later, we meet the Aviator, who wears a pair of bony, featherless wings.
* AudienceParticipation: The current clown acts use audience volunteers.
* BareYourMidriff: The handbalancer.
* BittersweetEnding: As in so many stories that go DownTheRabbitHole, in the end one must go back up...and Zoe is more reluctant than most to do so.
* CityShoutOuts: More of a whisper: the newpaper Father is reading in the opening sequence is that of whatever city the show is performing in.
* CoverVersion: Josh Groban covered the English-language version of "Let Me Fall".
* TheDanza: The emcee's name stems from that of the role's originator, John Gilkey. Unusually for Cirque, the name has stuck through his replacements.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Done ''right''. The ending can even be seen as a melancholy take on that of ''Theatre/LeCirqueReinvente''.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Unusual in that the heroine isn't the only one transported, but it is still very much her journey to take.
* DramaticThunder: The bowler hat being dropped and left behind in the opening sequence cues this effect.
* TheEveryman: Zoe...and Quidam.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The German wheel, diabolos, and aerial hoop acts.
* TheFaceless: Quidam, due to apparently not having a head (or is it just that we're not ''seeing'' it?), and the Chiennes Blanches, white-clad folk who conceal their faces with little cowls.
* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. If this act cannot be performed, a juggling act is substituted...performed by The Father.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: According to the company's 20th anniversary book, a marketing executive who was to handle the show's San Francisco engagement doubted it would do well due to its darker nature. He was wrong.
* LargeHam: Three -- John, the principal clown, and Boum-Boum.
* LongRunners: 15 years and counting as of 2012.
* MonsterClown: Boum-Boum fits this trope appearance-wise.
* MovieMakingMess: The "film shoot" plays out this way thanks to its use of AudienceParticipation.
* NiceHat: The means of travel between worlds.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: How Zoe initially feels.
* OriginalCastPrecedent: Broken with the Target. The character was originally played by a man but, perhaps because its gender isn't important, has since been played by both men and women.
* ParentalObliviousness: Again, only Zoe notices the arrival of Quidam and the others.
* [[Main/ManInWhite People In White]]: The Chiennes Blanches.
* PluckyComicRelief: John.
* ProductionThrowback: The opening announcement of the theater rules is broadcast over a radio that John adjusts. On his way to the "station" in question, we hear song snippets from the three previous Cirque shows that toured the U.S.: "Eclipse" from ''Nouvelle Experience'', "Kumbalawe" from ''Saltimbanco'', and the title song from ''Alegria''. (The last one provokes a disgusted reaction from John.)
* RewrittenPopVersion: The soundtrack album's version of "Let Me Fall" is in English. This version also appeared in the ''Delirium'' concert tour.
* SeriesMascot: The Target, these days.
* SetSwitchSong: "Marelle".
* {{Sidekick}}: John and Target; at least the former is also an OlderSidekick.
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: This is still the most serious of Cirque's tours.
* TitleThemeTune: As in ''Alegria'', it's the closing number.
* TroubledChild: Zoe.
* UrbanFantasy: The fantasy world isn't even all ''that'' different from the real one; the set is inspired by a railroad station, for instance.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Two young girls [[WomanInWhite clad in short white dresses]] that join the dancers in the second half, and are prominently featured in the banquine.
In Latin, "quidam" (pronounced "key-dahm") is a word meaning "nameless, faceless passerby". This is what adolescent girl Zoe feels like. The story begins in her home as she sadly tries to entertain herself, as her father reads the paper and her mother knits, each off in their own little world. Then a stranger arrives...a tall stranger who appears to have no head, and whom only Zoe appears to notice. The stranger -- ''the'' Quidam -- leaves a little blue bowler hat behind as it departs, while two other strangers (bizarre emcee John and the merry, clownish Target) who entered as well stay behind. The hat seems to be magical, and Zoe puts it on. With that, everyone is transported into a sometimes-melancholy MagicalLand where Zoe will come to understand that every person in the world is a quidam to someone else, and that love and happiness stem from connecting and reconnecting with others...if only for a little while.
This show was filmed during its Amsterdam engagement in 1999, and at the end of 2010 was adapted into an arena tour that will finish its North American engagement and move on to Europe in 2013.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AnimalMotifs: Zoe has a pet "bird" (a tiny balloon) in a cage in the opening scene, as per director Franco Dragone's typical invocation of bird imagery. Later, we meet the Aviator, who wears a pair of bony, featherless wings.
* AudienceParticipation: The current clown acts use audience volunteers.
* BareYourMidriff: The handbalancer.
* BittersweetEnding: As in so many stories that go DownTheRabbitHole, in the end one must go back up...and Zoe is more reluctant than most to do so.
* CityShoutOuts: More of a whisper: the newpaper Father is reading in the opening sequence is that of whatever city the show is performing in.
* CoverVersion: Josh Groban covered the English-language version of "Let Me Fall".
* TheDanza: The emcee's name stems from that of the role's originator, John Gilkey. Unusually for Cirque, the name has stuck through his replacements.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Done ''right''. The ending can even be seen as a melancholy take on that of ''Theatre/LeCirqueReinvente''.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Unusual in that the heroine isn't the only one transported, but it is still very much her journey to take.
* DramaticThunder: The bowler hat being dropped and left behind in the opening sequence cues this effect.
* TheEveryman: Zoe...and Quidam.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The German wheel, diabolos, and aerial hoop acts.
* TheFaceless: Quidam, due to apparently not having a head (or is it just that we're not ''seeing'' it?), and the Chiennes Blanches, white-clad folk who conceal their faces with little cowls.
* HiddenDepths: It seems this MagicalLand brings them out where Zoe's boring parents are concerned. The Mother performs the aerial contortion in silk act. If this act cannot be performed, a juggling act is substituted...performed by The Father.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: According to the company's 20th anniversary book, a marketing executive who was to handle the show's San Francisco engagement doubted it would do well due to its darker nature. He was wrong.
* LargeHam: Three -- John, the principal clown, and Boum-Boum.
* LongRunners: 15 years and counting as of 2012.
* MonsterClown: Boum-Boum fits this trope appearance-wise.
* MovieMakingMess: The "film shoot" plays out this way thanks to its use of AudienceParticipation.
* NiceHat: The means of travel between worlds.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: How Zoe initially feels.
* OriginalCastPrecedent: Broken with the Target. The character was originally played by a man but, perhaps because its gender isn't important, has since been played by both men and women.
* ParentalObliviousness: Again, only Zoe notices the arrival of Quidam and the others.
* [[Main/ManInWhite People In White]]: The Chiennes Blanches.
* PluckyComicRelief: John.
* ProductionThrowback: The opening announcement of the theater rules is broadcast over a radio that John adjusts. On his way to the "station" in question, we hear song snippets from the three previous Cirque shows that toured the U.S.: "Eclipse" from ''Nouvelle Experience'', "Kumbalawe" from ''Saltimbanco'', and the title song from ''Alegria''. (The last one provokes a disgusted reaction from John.)
* RewrittenPopVersion: The soundtrack album's version of "Let Me Fall" is in English. This version also appeared in the ''Delirium'' concert tour.
* SeriesMascot: The Target, these days.
* SetSwitchSong: "Marelle".
* {{Sidekick}}: John and Target; at least the former is also an OlderSidekick.
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: This is still the most serious of Cirque's tours.
* TitleThemeTune: As in ''Alegria'', it's the closing number.
* TroubledChild: Zoe.
* UrbanFantasy: The fantasy world isn't even all ''that'' different from the real one; the set is inspired by a railroad station, for instance.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Two young girls [[WomanInWhite clad in short white dresses]] that join the dancers in the second half, and are prominently featured in the banquine.
