Opening ceremony of Olympic 2012
The opening ceremony of Olympic games in London 2012 is the first big meeting of the organizing country of the XXX Olympiad with athletes representing over 205 nations and viewers around the glob.
This inaugural celebration will not only present delegations from arguing the medals on the sports field, but also signs the end of the torch that will light the cauldron for the duration of the competition.
The kings of the athletics track will have the difficult task of forgetting the exploits, at the last Games in Beijing, Usain Bolt for the sprint or Michael Phelps in swimming, as well as the performance of Isinbayeva's pole , symbolizing the quest for excellence in sports and Olympic values so dear to Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
Danny Boyle in Olympic games in London 2012
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The London Olympic Stadium will be Friday from 22h the center of the world, when it will be given the official start of the Games at a ceremony opening fast-paced, whose inspirations draw on the roots of identity UK.
Under the aegis of the Queen, taking place before 120 heads of state and government as well as personalities like Michelle Obama, Brad Pitt, or Prince William and his wife Kate, Danny Boyle's blockbuster will not suffer any rough .
According to Stephen Daldry, creative director of the ceremony, the event will pay tribute to the "rich heritage, diversity, energy, inventiveness, spirit and creativity that really sets the British Isles. It is a journey which will celebrate what we are, what we were and what we want to be. "
Pressure on the show will indeed be global with more than one billion people expected them to screen for the fruits of imagination Oscar-winning director of multi-film "Slumdog Millionaire".
It will of course be difficult to compete with the follies of Beijing's four years ago, virtually unlimited budget. With 27 million pounds (34.5 million) in his pocket, Boyle, 55, was composed of paintings inspired by the play by William Shakespeare "The Tempest".
Given the scale rehearsals, Monday and Wednesday, his "islands of Wonders" (Isles of Wonder) will create a dreamlike world where references to British culture will be ubiquitous. And the public will be actively involved, a pulsing beat off a set that gives pride to the dressing musical.
The organizers have had to constantly ask insiders to keep carefully secret the exact place of the three-hour ceremony, attended by some 10,000 extras, against 15 000 in Beijing, and will conclude with the parade of athletes .
But some details carefully distilled filter for a few months. A first start for 80 000 spectators on the stage of Stratford, in east-London, will be given at 8:12 p.m. local-as 2012 - before the television do the antenna at 21:00 (15h in Quebec) for the official start of festivities.
The legend of English football, David Beckham, should make an appearance, and a famous secret agent believed. Nurses from the National Health Service-the-public health service will also be invited on stage, with, according to press reports, tens of Mary Poppins descending from heaven.
Meanwhile the achievements of the athletes, the stadium will be first transformed into bucolic landscape, with rivers and fields, cows, sheep, poultry and farmers tilling the soil. But the tranquility of this setting will be well misleading ...
The mystery however is still on the total identity of the final torchbearer and the location of the latter, which will burn until August 12 before returning to Athens, before traveling to Brazil for Rio Games de Janeiro 2016
