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Well, I’ll be Quidam’d


MARCH 11TH, 2011

Well, I’ll be Quidam’d

Leave it to Cirque du Soleil to turn the story of an ordinary girl in an ordinary world into something extraordinary.

Quidam, the latest Cirque show to hit Vancouver, opens with a young, disenchanted girl who quickly pulls the audience into her imaginary world. There, gravity means nothing and physical limitations don’t exist.

Alternating between acrobatics and comedy, every minute in Quidam is more exciting and potentially neck-breaking than the last. We marveled as a contortionist dangled from the ceiling on two thin columns of silk and were awestruck by three artists who suspend themselves by their feet on hula hoops hung from the rafters.

And to think, all it takes to achieve these feats is superhuman strength and a supernatural sense of balance. —KD

Quidam is on until March 13 at Rogers Arena, tickets from $59.50 at www.cirquedusoleil.com

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