Usually, the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games have the feel of a last dance before the end of the holidays, with what’s left of the budget for three packets of crisps and two bottles of Champomy. I promise, according to Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, you’d better book your evening on Sunday, August 11: “We will celebrate the athletes, the sports and the Games in an absolutely magnificent show!” It’s enough to follow on franceinfo.fr from 9 p.m. for nearly three hours of ceremony.
A ceremony focused on athletes. A little in the background during the profusion of tableaux of the opening ceremony, the champions will this time have the leading role during the first part of the evening. The Stade France is expecting 8,200 athletes and accompanying persons from 205 delegations.
And then the show will begin. Two hundred and seventy artists will tread the stage. And there will be something for everyone: fans of Mission impossible will have their share of stunts with Tom Cruise, music lovers will be spoiled for choice between Snoop Dogg, Air and Phoenix… According to the American press, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will also be there.
A very “dance” show. Thomas Jolly announced a dreamlike show, Recordsthe story of a traveler from the future who revives Olympism on a planet that has forgotten it.and French dancer Arthur Cadre “will tell this story through his body movements”as he explains in an interview with franceinfo. The 32-year-old Breton artist promised a performance inspired by break dancing, theater, circus and magic.”We worked a lot on the visual and sound to create a moment of spectacle like I would do in the theater or at the opera,” Thomas Jolly adds.
A two-headed ceremonyAs tradition dictates, this show also marks the passing of the baton between Paris and Los Angeles, host of the 2028 Games. In addition to the transmission of the Olympic flag between the two mayors, a Hollywood show lasting around fifteen minutes is planned.