the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary
- Written by Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it.
For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena. Despite a rainy and miserable Paris evening, enormous crowds – most who paid no fee to attend – lined the banks of the Seine to witness this outdoor promenade of history, art and sport as...





