Congratulations to the design team for the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games on a stunning event! The spectacle took place in the 80,000 seat Stade de France in Paris, France on August 11.
Artistic Director Thomas Jolly created the stunning Closing Ceremonies for the games with a team including:
- Antoine Travert, Lighting Designer
- Kevin Germanier, Designer
- Kevin Vivès, Choreographer
- Clément Mirguet, Composer
- Emmanuelle Favre, Set Designer
- Samy Zerrouki Assistant Director with Maud Le Pladec (Dance Director), Victor le Masne (Musical Director) and Daphné Bürki (Styling and Costume Director).
Kudos to Antoine Travert for a lighting design flexible enough to incorporate circus, a classical orchestra, and pop bands, and including the stadium audience in the action with a lighting sequence using PixMob wristbands depicting Ancient Greek sports.
The host stadium was one of many pre-existing venues used for this Olympics. Paris chose to host 95% of the events in existing or temporary structures rather than building permanent venues.
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Paris Olympics By The Numbers
- 6 million visitors to celebration sites
- 11,804 athletes
- 4,400 Paralympic athletes
- 206 Olympic delegations
- 182 Paralympic delegations
- 4,000 pastries, 600 baguettes and 3,000 muffins served every day
- 200,000 reservations to visit the Olympic Cauldron in the Tuileries Gardens
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Firsts:
- 1st Paralympic Games in France
- 1st Games to reach gender parity
- 1st Champions Park at the Trocadéro
- 1st Opening Ceremony outside of a stadium