Athens 2004 (2004)

Athena 2004, directed by Papaioanou Dimitris

2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. 72,000 spectators attended the event, with approximately 15,000 athletes from 202 countries participating in the ceremony as well. It marked the first-ever international broadcast of high-definition television, undertaken by the U.S. broadcaster NBC and the Japanese broadcaster NHK.

Creative team

Inspiration-Director: Dimitris Papaioannou

Co-Creation-Conception of a Music Script: George Koumentakis

Set Designer: Lili Pesanou

Lighting Creator-director : Eleutheria Deko

Co-Creation and Lighting Director: Robert Dickinson

Lighting Director: Ted Wells

Choreographer: Angeliki Stellatou

Co-Choreographer and Cartographer: Wanda Rokicki

Athletes Parade Choreographer: Doug Jack

Costume Design: Sofia Kokosalaki

Director-Video Producer: Athena Tsangari

Texts: Lina Nikolakopoulou

Fireworks: Christophe Bertonneau

Artistic conception and direction: Angelos Mentis

Curator of Costumes and Stage: Eleni Manolopoulou

Curator-Design of Stage and Costume Painting: Maria Elias