2024-07-30 14:54:43
Dan Carter in rugby sevens, Marinette Pichon and Basile Boli in women’s and men’s football, Billie Jean King in tennis … The history of ancient sports also belongs to Paris 2024. Not for their actions on the field, but for the ritual in which these former glories all participate in the opening of a session.
“We asked ourselves how to get the athletes on the stage, and we answered honestly: like in the theater, by ringing three bells,” said Leslie Dufaux, manager of sports events in Sports Council of Paris Games (Cojop). The ritual was born in the 17th century with classical theater, so that the actors and technicians could signal that the king had arrived, and the work could now begin. “In the tradition of French theatre, the stage manager strikes 12 fast and then three slow on stage,” Cojop explained.
“The idea is really to show the curtain raiser,” says Leslie Dufaux, who recognizes many similarities between animation and theater. “Athletes come to light to show a performance. It is carrythey have no room for error,” added the event manager for Paris 2024.
The people responsible for the three blows used the same traditional red velvet sticks used in the theater, and were called “brigadiers”. The three shots come with sound in the competition stadiums, which leaves room for some funny scenes, like when Nodjialem Myaro, president of the Women’s Football League, threw the last two shots without a sound, before the first game of the Bleues against Hungary. , Thursday July 25, causing hilarity from the spectators at the Arena 6 Paris Sud.
Legends and help
The baton bearers are former glories of their sport, responsible for passing the baton to younger generations, but the Paris 2024 volunteers have a specific link with the discipline involved. “It’s a way for us to show them and thank them,” said Leslie Dufaux, who came up with this initiative with Aurélie Merle, executive director of the Paris 2024 Games.
This new initiative is part of Paris 2024’s desire to create a link between sport and culture. “Many foreign viewers asked us the question of what these three shots represent. The idea is also to leave foreign viewers with a trace of a French cultural moment,” stressed Leslie Dufaux. The three shots will be held for 761 times of the Olympic Games and 267 times of the Paralympic Games.
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