It's a moment years in the making for the organizers, who worked hard to see their ambitious plan for the celebration come to life. In a departure fromOpening Ceremoniesof years past, the event took place outside of a stadium, giving bystanders the opportunity to take part in the activitie...
The watery spectacle of Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Games delivered 28.6 million viewers for NBCUniversal platforms, making it the most-watched kick off for a summer Olympics since London in 2012. “Last night’s Opening Ceremony, one of the most ambitious and complex in ...
Who is the director of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony? French theater actor and director Thomas Jolly will oversee the Opening Ceremony as artistic director. He also directed the Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
IMAX will present NBC’s live coverage of this summer’s Opening Ceremony to more than 150 IMAX locations throughout the United States, providing fans with a unique and immersive theatre experience to enjoy what promises to be one of the most spectacular Opening Ceremonies in Olympic histor...
Celine Dion performs at the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris. / NBC In the history of the Olympics, a handful of images from opening ceremonies have stood the test of time. For Americans, think boxing icon Muhammad Ali lighting the cauldron in Atlanta in 1996—or the Miracle on...
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The veteran director and choreographer Kenny Ortega, who masterminded opening and closing ceremonies of the Atlanta Summer Games of 1996, as well as the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, is one of the few people who understands the undertaking. “You have many ...
Photos from 2024 Paris Olympics: See the U.S. Team’s Uniforms for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies
The Paris Games aim to be the first with equal numbers of men and women competing. The sprawling event gave organizersbigger crowds to transport, organize and safeguardthan previous Olympic ceremonies in stadiums. Thousands of athletes on 85 boats started the 6-kilometer (nearly 4-...
Opening Ceremonies on NBC mean one thing: Ohhhhhhh, Canada!TOM SHALES