The Quidam may have stepped out of a surrealist painting or been conjured up out of Zoe's imagination. He is anonymous-he is everyone, and, at the same time, he is no one.
Crockett County Marching Cavaliers
Directors: Keith Baumgardner & Leah Foust
Our field show this year is Cirque du Soleil's Quidam (pronounced "key-DAHM").
The show is imagined by a young girl, named Zoe, a sad and forlorn girl who is alienated and ignored by her parents. She dreams up the whimsical world of Quidam in an attempt to escape her sadness.
The title refers to the feature character, best described as a giant Headless Horseman, carrying an umbrella and a bowler hat. Quidam is said to be the embodiment of both everyone and no one at the same time; a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past; one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. It could be anyone, anybody, someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society.
According to Cirque's literature: Quidam highlights our frailties and our anguish in the face of the new millennium that lies before us. It also underlines differences, conveying positive feelings and resentment and confronting our dreams with our nightmares.
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