UEFA EURO 2012 Opening Ceremony

8th June 2012, Warsaw

The opening ceremony of UEFA EURO 2012 has been held at the National Stadium in Warsaw today. The performance started 20 minutes before kick-off of the tournament's opening match between Poland and Greece and offered an unforgettable curtain-raiser to three weeks of a celebration of national team football in Poland and Ukraine.The opening ceremony show has been developed by Marco Balich - Creative Director and Executive Producer, Lida Castelli - Artistic Director and Bryn Walters, Show Director.The 12-minute show combined heritage and innovation, to bring sport and culture together and mark the start of a historical event, the first UEFA European Football Championship to be staged in central and east Europe. It also promoted the participating nations together with key UEFA EURO values: unity, rivalry and passion.
The opening ceremony included incredible mass choreographies involving more than 800 volunteer performers.

The costumes are by Catherine Buyse;
Wardrobe supervisor Beatrice Giannini;
Props Matteo Oioli.

Ceremony numbers:
1.000 PERFORMERS - 300 STAGEHANDS - 100 PRODUCTION VOLUNTEERS - 14-40 AGE SPAN OF VOLUNTEERS - 1.200 COSTUMES - 250 HOURS OF REHEARSALS - 2.400 LITERS OF WATER - 22.000 SNACKS.

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