Living art. That is what I witnessed tonight during the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Putting any political or humanitarian issues aside, the opening ceremonies for these Olympics will probably go down as one of the greatest. There are usually moments one can remember from an Olympic opening ceremony. But the performance part of this years ceremony prior to the parade of nations were a work of art. The precision, the sets , the costumes, the video images were all of the highest quality. Even the traditional cheesy song was actually well performed(lip synced of course) and beautifully realized.
What was most impressive, was that after the initial drum intro, my thought was, "well they can't top that". But they did. Each segment was as strong as the previous one, and was performed with such beauty and precision that I literally can not think of any other opening ceremony that was as powerful.
Good luck to Great Britain 4 years from now. Start planning soon. Very soon.
Putting any political or humanitarian issues aside, the opening ceremonies for these Olympics will probably go down as one of the greatest. There are usually moments one can remember from an Olympic opening ceremony. But the performance part of this years ceremony prior to the parade of nations were a work of art. The precision, the sets , the costumes, the video images were all of the highest quality. Even the traditional cheesy song was actually well performed(lip synced of course) and beautifully realized.
What was most impressive, was that after the initial drum intro, my thought was, "well they can't top that". But they did. Each segment was as strong as the previous one, and was performed with such beauty and precision that I literally can not think of any other opening ceremony that was as powerful.
Good luck to Great Britain 4 years from now. Start planning soon. Very soon.
p.s. Thanks to National Geographic & Yahoo for the images.
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