“Isles of Wonder” will be the theme for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Film Director Danny Boyle is producing the event, which will be broadcast to four billion viewers around the world. In a press conference with the BBC today, he described his vision of the opening ceremony as a program designed around the people taking part. There will be over 10,000 athletes representing their countries as well as 15,000 performers who will transform the Olympic Stadium into a venue of performance art.
The opening theme of “Isles of Wonder” will focus on the host country of the British Isles. Its goal is to portray Britain as a land of revolutionary innovation with a vision for the 21st Century to erase the scars of past industrialization and enhance the natural beauty of Britain and the talent of its people. Compared to the extravaganza which marked the opening of the 2008 Summer games in Beijing, the plan is to engage viewers, rather than to impress them.
This announcement regarding the London 2012 Opening Ceremony followed last Sunday’s very traditional closing ceremony for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. International Olympic Committee Chair Jacques Rogge passed the Olympic Flag to Espen Granberg Johnsen, mayor of Lillehammer, the host city of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. A small troupe of local performers attired in costumes of the Austrian Empire during the era of Empress Maria Theresa added pomp and circumstance. A dazzling fireworks finale lit up the surrounding snow covered mountaintops. London 2012’s plans to top this will open a new chapter in the history of Olympic games Opening Ceremonies.
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