Cow Palace, HP Pavilion Welcome Cirque's QUIDAM, 3/24-4/17

Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that the arena touring show Quidam will perform in the Bay Area in March and April 2011. Seven performances will be held from March 24-27, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. From April 6-17, only 16 performances will be presented in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.

Tickets are available now for all performances at www.cirquedusoleil.com/quidam or by calling 1-866-448-7849 for San Francisco tickets and 1-800-745-3000 for San Jose tickets.

Quidam had its world premiere in Montreal under the Big Top in 1996. Since that time, the show has toured on five continents and been experienced by more than 10 million people. In December 2010, Quidam embarked on a new journey, performing the same captivating production, but now in arenas throughout North America. The international cast features 52 world-class acrobats, musicians, singers and characters.

Young Zoé is bored; her parents, distant and apathetic, ignore her. Her life has lost all meaning. Seeking to fill the void of her existence, she slides into an imaginary world-the world of Quidam-where she meets characters who encourage her to free her soul.

Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past and swallowed by the crowd. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming or going at the heart of our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" whom this show allows to speak. This is the place that beckons-a place for dreaming and genuine relations where all quidams, by proclaiming their individuality, can finally emerge from anonymity.

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