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* ManInWhite: Zed is this, along with MysticalWhiteHair. It's symbolic of his role as the one who can finally unite the sky and earth.
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* ManInWhite: LightIsGood: Zed is this, along with wears white and has MysticalWhiteHair. It's symbolic of his role as the one who can finally unite the sky and earth.
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* ProtagonistTitle: Both for the show itself and for the book featured therein.
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* CatchingSomeZs: A wagon-like mobile bed the clowns have comes with these built in.
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''ZED'' primarily draws its symbolism from [[TarotMotifs the Tarot]], with Zed himself as the Fool, Abraka as the Magician, Nouit as the Star, and a Shaman guiding Zed through his story as the Hierophant. It was the company's first collaboration with director François Girard
(followed later by ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}''). The show, itself, was seen as a welcome return to form after some mild disappointments among the troupe's fanbase.
(followed later by ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}''). The show, itself, was seen as a welcome return to form after some mild disappointments among the troupe's fanbase.
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''ZED'' primarily draws its symbolism from [[TarotMotifs the Tarot]], with Zed himself as the Fool, Abraka as the Magician, Nouit as the Star, and a Shaman guiding Zed through his story as the Hierophant. It was the company's first collaboration with director François Girard
Girard (followed later by ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}''). The show, itself, was seen as a welcome return to form after some mild disappointments among the troupe's fanbase.
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The second Creator/CirqueDuSoleil resident show to open in Asia, following ''ZAIA'', in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland]] in October 2008.
It opens with two clowns, Oulai and Nalai, who have a book emblazoned on its cover with [[TitleDrop the letter Z]]. Upon opening it, Nalai literally jumps into the book and pulls Oulai in with him. The pair are transported to the story of Zed, a boy clad all in white, who is witness to the separation of two worlds: that of the sky, tended to by the goddess Nouit, and that of the earth, ruled by Abraka. The two worlds long to come together as one, shown with the various acrobatics acts which involve one side struggling to meet the other, and Zed himself just could be the key to making it happen.
''ZED'' primarily draws its symbolism from [[TarotMotifs the Tarot]], with Zed himself as the Fool, Abraka as the Magician, Nouit as the Star, and a Shaman guiding Zed through his story as the Hierophant. It was the company's first collaboration with director François Girard
(followed later by ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}''). The show, itself, was seen as a welcome return to form after some mild disappointments among the troupe's fanbase.
Unfortunately, the show's 2011 season was interrupted by the earthquake and tsunami that affected Japan, and with ticket sales for tourism across the board at an all-time low, it was forced to close at the very end of the year. It was filmed for home media during those final performances.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AudienceParticipation: But of course. In the prologue, Oulai asks for the audience's help in finding Nalai, as well as for assistance in getting back onto the stage. Those individuals who gave the greatest help often got a small shower of glitter as their reward.
* CasanovaWannabe: Zed finds himself smitten with a sky nymph (the tissue routine), but is too dumbstruck to approach her. When two more nymphs (the straps routine) approach him later, he is more successful. This begins the process of uniting the worlds.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Compared to the sky people's iridescent color schemes, the people of earth wear... well, much more earthen tones, as well as ones which bring fire to mind. The Shaman and his Djinn accomplice are also clad in very dark colors, but they're anything but evil. [[spoiler:Kernoun and his minions play it straight.]]
* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The Shaman is literally this for the entire story. Both Nouit and Abraka are invoked into being by him, and he is the one who sets Zed on his journey to bring them together.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Nouit's costume has a tremendous amounts of sparkles built into it, and she rules over the vast starry sky.
* TheFool: Zed, as befitting his personification as this Tarot card. He's something of an imbecile at the beginning of the story, but he grows into the champion both worlds need by the end.
* LargeAndInCharge: Abraka is a fairly large fellow
* ManInWhite: Zed is this, along with MysticalWhiteHair. It's symbolic of his role as the one who can finally unite the sky and earth.
* MesACrowd: Zed has several doppelgängers when the story first begins, but they are condensed into one being by the time Abraka makes his entrance.
* NonIronicClown: Oulai the ControlFreak, and Nalai the LazyBum.
* PortalBook: The ''Z'' book itself, which Oulai and Nalai travel into. [[spoiler:At the end, all the characters follow them out into the real world.]]
* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Kernoun. Appropriately, he's based on the Tarot card the Devil.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Incredibly idealistic. The sky and earth worlds coming together is seen as a ''very'' good thing.
* TarotMotifs: A central facet of the main characters.
* WingedHumanoid: Nouit is almost angelic in appearance, sporting ''fourteen'' wings, but in lieu of legs, her lower body tapers down to a single point.
It opens with two clowns, Oulai and Nalai, who have a book emblazoned on its cover with [[TitleDrop the letter Z]]. Upon opening it, Nalai literally jumps into the book and pulls Oulai in with him. The pair are transported to the story of Zed, a boy clad all in white, who is witness to the separation of two worlds: that of the sky, tended to by the goddess Nouit, and that of the earth, ruled by Abraka. The two worlds long to come together as one, shown with the various acrobatics acts which involve one side struggling to meet the other, and Zed himself just could be the key to making it happen.
''ZED'' primarily draws its symbolism from [[TarotMotifs the Tarot]], with Zed himself as the Fool, Abraka as the Magician, Nouit as the Star, and a Shaman guiding Zed through his story as the Hierophant. It was the company's first collaboration with director François Girard
(followed later by ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}''). The show, itself, was seen as a welcome return to form after some mild disappointments among the troupe's fanbase.
Unfortunately, the show's 2011 season was interrupted by the earthquake and tsunami that affected Japan, and with ticket sales for tourism across the board at an all-time low, it was forced to close at the very end of the year. It was filmed for home media during those final performances.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AudienceParticipation: But of course. In the prologue, Oulai asks for the audience's help in finding Nalai, as well as for assistance in getting back onto the stage. Those individuals who gave the greatest help often got a small shower of glitter as their reward.
* CasanovaWannabe: Zed finds himself smitten with a sky nymph (the tissue routine), but is too dumbstruck to approach her. When two more nymphs (the straps routine) approach him later, he is more successful. This begins the process of uniting the worlds.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Compared to the sky people's iridescent color schemes, the people of earth wear... well, much more earthen tones, as well as ones which bring fire to mind. The Shaman and his Djinn accomplice are also clad in very dark colors, but they're anything but evil. [[spoiler:Kernoun and his minions play it straight.]]
* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The Shaman is literally this for the entire story. Both Nouit and Abraka are invoked into being by him, and he is the one who sets Zed on his journey to bring them together.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Nouit's costume has a tremendous amounts of sparkles built into it, and she rules over the vast starry sky.
* TheFool: Zed, as befitting his personification as this Tarot card. He's something of an imbecile at the beginning of the story, but he grows into the champion both worlds need by the end.
* LargeAndInCharge: Abraka is a fairly large fellow
* ManInWhite: Zed is this, along with MysticalWhiteHair. It's symbolic of his role as the one who can finally unite the sky and earth.
* MesACrowd: Zed has several doppelgängers when the story first begins, but they are condensed into one being by the time Abraka makes his entrance.
* NonIronicClown: Oulai the ControlFreak, and Nalai the LazyBum.
* PortalBook: The ''Z'' book itself, which Oulai and Nalai travel into. [[spoiler:At the end, all the characters follow them out into the real world.]]
* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Kernoun. Appropriately, he's based on the Tarot card the Devil.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Incredibly idealistic. The sky and earth worlds coming together is seen as a ''very'' good thing.
* TarotMotifs: A central facet of the main characters.
* WingedHumanoid: Nouit is almost angelic in appearance, sporting ''fourteen'' wings, but in lieu of legs, her lower body tapers down to a single point.
