Baku 2015 European Games announced today that Dimitris Papaioannou has been appointed as the Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony and US production company, Five Currents, has been contracted to produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
Mr Papaioannou – a renowned artist, choreographer, performer and visionary – is highly regarded for his spectacular work as artistic director of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games ceremonies.
The Baku 2015 Opening Ceremony will celebrate Azerbaijani culture and will reflect the host city’s role in modern Europe, as well as honouring the athletes that will be competing.
Since then, he has created several ground-breaking shows that have been performed all over the world to a combined audience of hundreds of thousands.
Mr Papaioannou said: “My appointment to create the Baku 2015 Opening Ceremony is both an honour and a challenge. My aim is to tell a universal human story using elemental Azerbaijani ingredients in a way that is contemporary, inventive and playful, but always respectful of the culture's enormous richness and depth.”
Five Currents produced the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Ceremonies and other credits include the Rio 2007 and Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games’ Ceremonies, etc. -0-
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