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Outdoor Opening Ceremony' with alternating performances, athletes, and torches...

Distracted but new attempt A feast of French culture, with performers from all over the world, including Lady Gaga and Celine Dion.

The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics, held for the first time in 100 years in Paris, the 'City of Romance,' captured the eyes of the world with a unique way of breaking stereotypes.

The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony held on the 27th (Korean time) was the first ever Olympic opening ceremony held 'on a river.'

The unique method of the athletes' parade on the 6km section of the Seine River, starting from the Pont d'Austerlitz near the Botanical Garden in Paris, France to the Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower, has been a hot topic since the plan was announced.

Since it is not the usual method of each country's athletes marching with their national flags in front of a crowd of spectators gathered in a single stadium, it created a fresh sight never seen before. 토토사이트 추천

The lack of a single event space where all spectators could focus could have been a limitation, but instead, the entire city became a 'one stage'.

The most notable feature of this opening ceremony was that the athletes' entrances were not in 'one order' but were divided between various performances.

Since it takes a considerable amount of time for the boats carrying the athletes to swim through a designated section and finish their march, the athletes' entrances were not shown all at once, but were shown in sections, with performances placed in between.

In addition to the athletes' entrances and cultural performances, videos and performances expressing the torch's journey were also included in the middle, creating one huge 'Olympic show.'

The torch journey, which began with a video featuring France's iconic soccer star Zinedine Zidane, was connected to the actual scene around the Seine River, and the harmony between the video and the actual situation added to the fun.

It felt a bit messy, and it was a shame that those watching on the broadcast screen could see more diverse scenes than those watching on the spot, but the attempt itself was evaluated as refreshing.

Many famous Parisian landmarks, including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre Museum, and the Musee d'Orsay, appeared as backdrops for the performances, and France's rich cultural and artistic heritage was also expressed in a variety of ways.

The event featured the Lumière brothers' first film, Arrival of a Train, the modern animation, Minions, the musical The Phantom of the Opera based on the novel by French author Gaston Leroux, the French Cancan, famous for the Moulin Rouge performance, and a Eurodance performance.

Pianist Alexandre Kanteroff performed works by various French composers.

The French national anthem was passionately sung by French opera singer Axel Saint-Cyrelle on the roof of the Grand Palais, and world-famous pop star Lady Gaga sang the song "Mine of Feathers" by the late French singer Gigi Jeanmaire, in a cabaret performance.

Fashion, France's representative cultural product, could not be left out, as a fashion show featuring the works of various generations of French designers was held on the Debye viaduct.

The medal cases for this competition were made by luxury brand Louis Vuitton, and many of the opening ceremony costumes, including those worn by Kagawa Saint-Cyrelle, were made by Dior and Louis Vuitton.

The combination of various performance elements also stood out.

In a performance symbolizing the French Revolution, opera singer Marina Viotti, rock band Godzilla, and the Paris Orchestra Choir appeared together following the musical Les Miserables, and famous French singer Aya Nakamura also performed a dance performance with a military band in front of the French Academy.

During the final torch relay, the Eiffel Tower laser show featured the dance of Shahim Sanchez, a deaf dancer who created American sign language dance, while French electronic musician Cerone's "Supernature" played.

Gagana Sanchez is American, and the grand finale of the opening ceremony was performed by Celine Dion, a pop star from Quebec, France.

It was also noteworthy that many of the main performers were not French.

Dion, who had been spotted in Paris ahead of the opening ceremony and the possibility of her performing there was raised, sang "Hymn to Love" by Edith Piaf, considered the greatest French singer of the 20th century, at the Eiffel Tower when the hot air balloon-shaped cauldron rose after the lighting of the torch, bringing the atmosphere to a climax.

Dion, who grew up speaking French and has released several albums in French, is also popular in France.

After revealing in December 2022 that she suffers from a rare disease called "Stiff-Person Syndrome (SPS)," she did not perform on stage until 1 year and 7 months later, but returned through the Olympic opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony, which began under cloudy weather with heavy rain and featured the night view of Paris, lasted for about four hours and was attended by about 300,000 people at various locations around the Seine River.