Paris 2024 comes to a close, but first... it's time for some magic! The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, baptized "Records", saw the arrival of a guest like no other: the Golden Voyager. Inspired by the legendary golden disc sent into space by NASA in 1977, this flamboyant character thrilled the Stade de France like never before on Sunday August 11!
Paris 2024 Olympics: who is Arthur Cadre, dancer and lead role in the closing ceremony?
After an incredible Opening Ceremony, it's time for the Closing Ceremony of these Paris 2024 Olympic Games! On the program? A show at the Stade de France with music, but also dance, with notably Arthur Cadre in the lead role. So, who is he? We tell you more about this multi-disciplinary artist from Brittany, whose skills include breaking and contortion. [Read more]
Embodied by dancer Arthur Cadre, the Golden Voyager captivated the crowds at the Olympic site, where theathletics and rugby sevens events took place, as well as thousands of television viewers from all over the world! Imagined by Thomas Jolly, artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies, this intergalactic hero is a bold nod to our planet's identity card, the Voyager Golden Record, a golden disc that has been spinning through space for almost 50 years, aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 probes. As part of the show, and following Jolly's vision, the golden character lands on a ruined Earth, where he finds the vestiges of Olympism.
But what exactly does this interstellar object contain? The 30-centimeter-diameter disc is simply a concentrate of humanity: images, sounds of nature & animals, pieces by Mozart, Bach or even Chuck Berry, as well as some 50 languages that sound like a world symphony. Best of all, it's made of uranium 238, ready to defy time and space, as NASA claimed at the time.
The Golden Voyager, symbol of the Earth's memory, thrilled Paris 2024 to the very last note. A golden performance, for a cosmic finale!
The masked man and the horsewoman from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were at it again!
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as grandiose as it was mysterious, electrified the whole world this Friday, July 26. But then, who was this mysterious, hooded, masked torchbearer, roaming the rooftops of the capital? From Austerlitz to the Trocadero, where he passed the torch to Zidane, the secret still hangs over his identity... [Read more]
Goddess Sequana's fantastic ride across the Seine for the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics left a lasting impression. Were you wondering who the goddess Sequana was behind the hood of this incredible crossing? We tell you all about it. [Read more]
Paris 2024 Olympics: who is Arthur Cadre, dancer and lead role in the closing ceremony?
Paris 2024 Olympics: who was the masked man behind the hood at the opening ceremony?
Paris 2024 Olympics: who was the rider on the silver horse at the opening ceremony?
