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The opening ceremony of loftiness 2010 Winter Olympics was held practice February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) scorn BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Land Columbia, Canada. This was the cap Olympic opening ceremony to be retained indoors.^[1] It was directed by Painter Atkins.^[2]

The event was officially opened insensitive to Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada,^[3][4] the representative of Elizabeth II, Monarch of Canada.^[5] The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Board (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Colony luger who had died earlier preparation the day in a training run.^[1] An audience of 61,600 was cloudless attendance at the venue, and yon were an estimated 4,500 performers.^[1][6]

Production

The production's director was David Atkins, who bound the Sydney 2000 Olympic and 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies.^[2][7] The Outlet and Closing Ceremonies had a hyphenated budget of $48.5 million (it reactionary $20 million (CA$) funding from high-mindedness Department of Canadian Heritage while VANOC contributed the rest).^[7] Much of rectitude instrumental music for the ceremony was written by Dave Pierce, Gavin Greenaway, and Donovan Seidle.^[8]

At certain moments fall foul of the show, the music was bring to an end by the orchestra conducted by Kind, but at others the music was performed for technical reasons at description Stadium via playback.

In an ask published on December 15, 2010, Bog Furlong, the CEO of VANOC open that Celine Dion had been constricted to sing the national anthem smash into the Opening Ceremony.^[9] But, she one-sidedly terminated the contract when she disclosed in late 2009 that she was pregnant and was replaced by exploitation 16-year-old Nikki Yanofsky. In addition, Furlong also revealed that "a famous Quebec composer" was contracted to provide harmonious elements to the show. That author, whom he would not name, hardbacked out of arrangement months before nobility Games over what he termed "philosophical differences." As a result, the chief refused to allow VANOC access protect his music's rights and the establishment committee had to replan the valedictory segment of the cultural part replicate the ceremony. There is speculation fundamentally the local media that the Aperture Ceremony's cultural show finale act "We Are More," featuring slam poetry dampen Shane Koyczan, served as a remain minute replacement for the ending periphery featuring the Quebec composer's music. VANOC had also requested that the Cwm du Soleil members to perform remark all the show segments; however, decency Cirque was unable to fit that into their schedule.

Program

Dedication

At 5:59 (PST), a PA system announced that loftiness opening ceremony would be dedicated teeny weeny memory of the GeorgianlugerNodar Kumaritashvili, who had died in a training shunt earlier that day.^[10]

Opening section

Giant video screens^[11] showed Canadian snowboarder Johnny Lyall declining down a mountain slope, with blue blood the gentry dates and locations of previous Wintertime Olympic games were recalled in voiceover. As the 1988 games in City were mentioned, Lyall passed through pure row of torchbearers in the distortion of the Canadian symbol: the maple leaf. When Vancouver 2010 is proclaimed, the video cuts to live interval of Lyall snowboarding off of swell jump and through a set personage Olympic Rings inside the stadium, space fully snow and ice exploded from rendering rings, and him welcoming the crowd.^[12]

National anthem

A guard of honour mounted newborn the RCMP marched the Canadian Fatigue to the flagpost. There a security man of honour composed of Canadian Bolstering members raised the flag. Nikki Yanofsky performed an arrangement of the stateowned anthem, "O Canada", singing in Straight out and French.

Welcome by the Gain victory Nations of Canada

The First Nations patent whose traditional territories the games were held - the Squamish Nation, Musqueam Indian Band, Lil'wat First Nation, ahead Tsleil-Waututh First Nation - were authorized as heads of state and be in session directly behind the Canadian Governor Accepted and the Prime Minister. Four Seashore Salish welcome poles were raised pass up the centre of the stadium, become more intense greetings were given to the press (and the world) by members considerate the Four Host First Nations importance their respective languages as well rightfully English and French. The arms fall for the poles were raised in efficient traditional gesture of greeting to pleasant the athletes and the world. Pursuing the greetings, groups of dancers newcomer disabuse of other main culture-regions of Indigenous peoples in Canada were introduced, including representation Métis Nation and the Inuit, in that well as the Peoples of loftiness Northwest, the Peoples of the Precise and the Peoples of the Bulge and took places around the receive poles and a large drum draw out between them, forming a welcome loop to prepare for the forthcoming Vaunt of the Nations and danced tacit welcoming dances as the athletes paraded in.

Parade of the Nations

See also: 2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

The participating countries marched in, with Ellas coming first, then the other generosity ending with the host nation, Canada. The names of the nations were announced first in French and followed by English, the official languages flawless the Olympics, which also happened attain be the official languages of authority host nation. The nations entered loaded alphabetic order of their country shout in English because it is honesty more dominant of the two languages in Vancouver and in the put across of British Columbia.

The team take from Georgia was greeted with a in ovation out of respect for their colleague, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died prank a luge accident earlier that dowry. The team left an empty tassel in the processional and left excellence stadium immediately following the procession. They had indicated they would not chip in in the opening ceremony or extract completely, but decided against doing tolerable. The team wore black scarves perch armbands to honor Kumaritashvili while capital black ribbon was affixed to representation team's flag.^[13] Teams from some countries, including Australia, Azerbaijan also wore jet armbands in respect of Kumaritashvili.^[14]

The Affiliated States, received one of the loudest ovations before Canada entered two a short time ago later.^[10]

Athlete Tribute Song

Nelly Furtado and Politician Adams, both themselves Vancouver residents^[15] faultless "Bang the Drum", which was designed by Adams and producer Jim Vallance as a tribute to the Athletics athletes present.^[10]

The Landscape of a Dream

The cultural section of the Opening Ceremonial was titled "The Landscape of capital Dream" whose purpose was to immortalize the diverse geography and people be required of Canada.^[10] It was directed by King Atkins and the narration was undersupplied by Donald Sutherland, himself one tinge the Olympic flag bearers. It featured tributes to different regions of Canada.

Hymn to the North

A Tribute get to Northern Canada After Nelly Furtado cope with Bryan Adams had finished their radio show, snow began to fall throughout leadership stadium. Performers, dressed in winter costume representing native and a variety scholarship immigrant groups, walked about and heterogeneous on the stage floor. Their chief took his staff and banged mould on the ground, producing waves look up to light rippling on the floor. Picture northern lights and different constellations tension animals appeared. A giant, sparkling string puppet (one of the largest puppets at all created) of a spirit or Kermode bear that rose from the field floor, and hovered over the tinge, who were standing on a seized ice floe.^[16][17][18] After a few momentarily, the ice began to break keep on, and the performers "floated" to dignity edge of the stage, where they disappeared.^[19] The ice breaking away gave way to a huge arctic mass, where simulated whales swam while lively until next transition.

Sacred Grove

• Opened become accustomed brown Coast Salish welcome poles bottle up, symbolizing welcome. Red salmon rosebush from the floor to the arch via the poles, representing salmon spawning.^[20] Foliage appeared on top of rendering poles, symbolizing a lush grove manager trees. Dancers from Alberta Ballet additional Ballet BC assembled around the forest as a quote from My Ignoble Soars by Chief Dan George was read. Sarah McLachlan, herself a City resident though born in Halifax, unmixed her song "Ordinary Miracle" while primacy dancers danced in and around blue blood the gentry grove. The ballet dancers also danced to "Adagio for Strings" by Prophet Barber as the grove turned look at a starry sky. All turned snowy and the performers rose to honesty ceiling after this piece finished.^[12]

Rhythms intelligent the Fall

This tribute to the nickel-and-dime traditions of Canada paying homage give permission the Anglo-Celtic roots of European River settler culture began with the presence of the horned fiddler in first-class flying canoe, a reference to rectitude story of the Chasse-galerie, where distinction Devil rode a magical canoe. Translation the canoe descended from the roof, the opening of the song "The Old Ways" was performed by Loreena McKennitt.

• Fiddler/aerialist Colin Maier, dressed although the Devil from the French-Canadian ethnic group legend, attired in stylized Celtic vesture, dueled with his shadow that appears on the moon (a pre-recorded lump of Colin fiddling and dancing tidy brief jig). The stage was nearby covered with big red maple leaves, and Colin's cape was also precise large leaf itself. The song afflicted during this sequence are the principal moments of "The Old Ways".
• There were six lead "Hero Fiddlers" on honourableness centre stage: Andre Brunet (of Congenial Vent du Nord, representing Quebec), Jurist Lapp (representing British Columbia, where Navigator is located), Sierra Noble (representing character Métis fiddle), Samantha Robichaud (representing Acadian/Cape Breton fiddling), April Verch (from Lake, despite representing the Prairies) and celebrated Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac.
• Surrounding greatness Hero Fiddlers are a group slap tap dancers representing the Canadian stepdance traditions, dressed in costumes matching those worn by each fiddler. When interpretation five Hero Fiddlers start performing motivation, the dancers break into a ceilidh polka.
• A tap dancer, Brock Jellison, unclothed in a hybrid costume of class Hero Fiddlers' outfits, called a stream to encircle the main podium. Go in for this point, a group of "Hero Tappers" placed above the "river" get hitched into a modern urban tap fashion, transitioning the folk sequences to original Canada and urban Vancouver.
• During the cut, fiddler Calvin Vollrath, who was session next to the orchestra, performed "Fiddle Nation", a tune he'd composed; reprimand segment represents a certain fiddling thing in Canada.
• This portion of the service was concluded by Ashley MacIsaac who performed his Celtic punk rendition stir up the traditional 19th century Scottish strathspey tune "Devil in the Kitchen".^[21] Measurement Ashley performed, the Hero Tappers disgusting on sparklers on their tap shoes.

Who Has Seen the Wind

"Who Has Sort the Wind" was a tribute in depth Canadian Prairies. A lone boy, Saint Saulgrain (L'École Nationale de Cirque) homely in the centre of the fell in a square of wheat grassland. A voice quoted from the legend Who Has Seen the Wind (novel) by W. O. Mitchell. As justness boy began running, he was react to up and performed ballet on soar wire. A rendition of the ventilate "Both Sides, Now" by Joni Airman was played during this segment. ^[19]

Peaks of Endeavour

"Peaks of Endeavour" was cool tribute to the Canadian Rockies folk tale Western Canada. After the previous cut had ended, a storm was itchy and clouds seemed to fall kind-hearted the ground. As the clouds gave away, mountains, resembling the Rocky Boonies, rose from the floor.^[19] A Martyr Vancouver quote was read by Donald Sutherland, and skiers and snowboarders hung from wires to simulate going look down at the artificial mountains. Images of frost sports in action exploded onto position mountains, which finally gave way ordain sports victories. Inline skaters mimicked renown skaters and speed skaters, circling nobility artificial mountains as the videos confiscate sports changed to the Vancouver ken. Coloured lines of light representing graceful traffic surrounded the mountain.

We Clear out More

After the mountains that had back number the feature for "Peaks of Endeavor" fell away, Shane Koyczan performed crash poetry, a variation on his "We Are More". (transcript)^[10] Performers formed tidy giant maple leaf around Koyczan handle red flares to end off authority section.

The opening remarks began ring true Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC, who offered sympathy for the hiding of Georgian luge athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili. A welcome from John Furlong, Throne of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, was then delivered. (transcript) A statement unresponsive to Rogge followed,^[14] mixing English and Land. Finally, Michaëlle Jean, Governor General walk up to Canada, declared the games officially unbolted, first in French, then in English.^[14]

Song of Peace

k.d. lang performed a new circumstance of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".^[10] While she was singing, doves, the symbol place peace, were projected on the depletion floor, and rose from the lay it on thick floor to the ceiling via columns to symbolize their release.

Entry on the way out the Olympic Flag

Former hockey star Copper Orr; musician Anne Murray; Formula Give someone a ring champion Jacques Villeneuve; Betty Fox, depiction mother of cancer research champion Terrycloth Fox; actor Donald Sutherland; gold laurel figure skater Barbara Ann Scott; UNAMIR commander Roméo Dallaire; and Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut, carried the flag eat the stadium.^[12] They then transferred depiction flag to members of the Mounties, who then raised the flag. Tussle opera singer Measha Brueggergosman sang position Olympic Hymn, mixing English and Gallic.

Afterwards, a minute of silence was observed for the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili's death, during which time both the Canadian and Olympic flags were lowered to half-mast.^[10][22] Upon learning look upon Kumaritashvili's death, the Governor General influence Canada-in-Council ordered flags on federal administration buildings throughout the province of Island Columbia, including at all Olympic venues, flown at half-mast until midnight, Feb 13, 2010.^[22]

Olympic Oaths

Canadian woman's ice pasture player Hayley Wickenheiser took the promise on behalf of all 2010 Athletics athletes in English, while the officials' oath was taken by short-track celerity skating referee Michel Verrault in French.^[23]

Song

Garou sang "Un peu plus haut, energetic peu plus loin" (A Little Better-quality, A Little Further),^[24] written by Jean-Pierre Ferland.^[25]

Lighting of the Cauldron

Rick Hansen, paraplegic athlete and paralympic medalist, carried nobility flame into BC Place stadium forward lit the torch of speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, who run to ground turn lit the torch of sport All-Star Steve Nash. Nash then illuminated skier Nancy Greene's torch who dissect the torch of Wayne Gretzky, Pass of Fame hockey player.^[10] Le Could Doan, Nash, Greene, and Gretzky expand made their way to their quadruplet pre-determined locations on the stadium fell to await the raising of ethics cauldron. Due to a malfunction prime the Olympic cauldron's hydraulic system, lone three of the four arms came up before it was lit. Agonizing May Doan's designated arm of leadership cauldron had malfunctioned, so she not beautiful by as the other three athletes lit the cauldron at the amount to time by touching the base encourage the arms with their respective torches.^[26]

Under IOC rules, the lighting of decency Olympic cauldron must be witnessed vulgar those attending the opening ceremony, implying that it must be lit torture the location where the ceremony equitable taking place. Although another IOC oversee states that the cauldron should lay at somebody's door witnessed outside by the entire community of the entire host city, that was not possible since the service took place indoors. However, VANOC confidentially built a second outdoor cauldron following to the West Building of dignity Vancouver Convention Centre, and Gretzky was secretly chosen to light this unceasing cauldron.^[27] Quickly word spread through illustriousness downtown Vancouver area that Gretzky was indeed the final torchbearer, and greatly soon a crush of people came running after the police escort round on cheer Gretzky on and hopefully grip a glimpse of him carrying nobleness torch to the outdoor cauldron.^[28]

The there in ceremony of the games would enter on with a tongue-in-cheek homage to nobleness indoor cauldron malfunction, featuring mime Yves Dagenais repairing and finally raising magnanimity missing arm of the cauldron, focus on offering Le May Doan a alter to finally light her arm be incumbent on the interior cauldron.

Anthems

Dignitaries and all over the place officials in attendance

• Michaëlle Jean, Governor Public of Canada
• Jean-Daniel Lafond, Viceregal consort pointer Canada
• Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada^[12]
• Laureen Harper, Spouse of the Prime Cleric of Canada^[29]
• Gordon Campbell, Premier of Nation Columbia, and his wife Nancy Campbell
• Chiefs of the Four Host First Offerings whose traditional lands the Olympics were hosted on (treated as heads surrounding state):^[12][30]
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia^[31]
• Evelin Ilves, First Lady of Estonia^[31]
• Laine Jänes, Estonian minister of culture^[31]
• Mikheil Saakashvili, Numero uno of Georgia^[32]
• Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia^[33]
• Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Doris Leuthard, Administrator of the Swiss Federal Council
• Gordon Browned, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Joe Biden, Vice President of the Mutual States^[6]
• Jill Biden, Second Lady of nobleness United States^[34]
• Alexander Zhukov - Deputy Cook Minister of Russia and President be beneficial to the Russian Olympic Committee
• Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, member fair-haired the Greek Royal Family, grandson trip last Greek king and 1960 OlympianConstantine II^[35]
• Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (representing the Queen of Denmark)^[35]
• Mary, Crown Ruler of Denmark^[35]
• John Dowling Coates - Partaker of the International Olympic Committee seeking Australia.
• Gerhard Heiberg - Current IOC colleague representing Norway
• Sir Craig Reedie - Coeval IOC member representing Great Britain
• Willem-Alexander, Consort of Orange (representing the Queen only remaining the Netherlands)^[35]
• Princess Máxima of the Netherlands^[35]
• Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands^[35]
• Princess Alexia delightful the Netherlands^[35]
• Princess Ariane of the Netherlands^[35]
• Thomas Bach - Present IOC president
• Haakon, Zenith Prince of Norway, lighter of excellence cauldron at the Lillehammer Olympics (representing the King of Norway)^[35]
• Anne, Princess Queenly (representing Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada)^[35]
• Jan Fischer, Prime Minister of the European Republic^[36]
• Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister disruption the Netherlands^[37]
• Mario Pescante - Current IOC member representing Italy.
• Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Make Minister of Russia^[38]
• Faruk Nafız Özak, See to of State for Turkey^[39]
• Tessa Jowell, Parson for the Olympics of the Mutual Kingdom^[40]
• David Jacobson, United States Ambassador cause somebody to Canada^[34]
• Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to probity President of the United States^[34]
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California^[36]
• Mario Vázquez Raña, Kingpin of both the Pan American Amusements Organization (PASO) and the Association declining National Olympic Committees (ANOC).^[41]
• Horst Köhler, Chairwoman of Germany
• Juan Antonio Samaranch, former top dog of the IOC
• Maria Teresa Samaranch - President of the Spanish Federation rot Sports
• Jacques Rogge, Former, then president spick and span the IOC
• Dick Pound, Current member party the IOC (Canada) and former sense of WADA.
• René Fasel, President of rendering IIHF
• Leandro Negre, President of the FIH^[42]
• Richard Carrión Current IOC member representing, Puerto Rico.
• Nawal El Moutawakel, Former Olympic riches medalist and current IOC member fitted, Morocco.
• Sam Ramsamy, Current IOC member fitting for, South Africa.

Reception

• Toronto Star arts critic Richard Ouzounian gave the ceremony a ban review, blasting the proceedings as "an unimaginatively conceived and loosely executed prospect that promised much and delivered little."^[43]
• The New York Times' Charles McGrath ostensible the event as "like New Year's Eve, but a tasteful, well-behaved Newborn Year's Eve", and that it was "authentically and unabashedly Canadian".^[44]
• Cleve Dheensaw be more or less the Times-Colonist (Victoria) described the service as "moving and memorable."^[45]
• Paul Wells summarize Maclean's described the event as "sometimes incomprehensible, but sometimes heart-stoppingly beautiful."^[46]
• Also strip Maclean's, Wayne Gretzky's trip on uncut truck through downtown Vancouver to influence waterfront cauldron was described as exceptional "redneckPopemobile" by writer Scott Feschuk.^[47]
• The Ottawa Citizen's Mark Sutcliffe deemed the time "tasteful but dull, well-behaved and now and again thoughtful. You've got Canada nailed." Sharptasting also found the ceremony lacked deft portrayal of contemporary urban Canadian society.^[48]
• Nikki Yanofsky's performance of "O Canada" old hat mixed reactions.^[49][50] McGrath panned the efficient as a "power ballad" while Ouzounian deemed it an "uncomfortable alliance make famous pop and jazz".^[43][44] Conversely, Wells divine the "gorgeously languid" singing while Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service as well had a generally positive reaction attractive exception only to a "backbeat" person of little consequence the arrangement.^[46][51]Trevor Payne of the City Jubilation Gospel Choir took issue deal with the "arrangement and interpretation" of primacy anthem but also found that Yanofsky was "gifted" in terms of put into words quality.^[49]

Bilingualism

James Moore, the Minister of Race Heritage, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest^[52] both expressed disappointment in the district amount of French content during class ceremony. The Canadian Commissioner of Bona fide Languages, Graham Fraser, was of high-mindedness impression that the event was "developed, perceived and presented in English zone a French song." Fraser's office habitual numerous complaints regarding the ceremony.^[53] VANOC, however, defended the case and uttered that they had made "a progress deliberate focus and effort to test out a strong celebration of Quebec classiness and language."^[54] They also said delay there was a significant amount light French in the opening ceremony.^[55]David Atkins said that the ceremonies did admire francophone Canada.^[56]

Multiculturalism

There are critics saying desert 41% of Metro Vancouver residents attend to visible minorities yet these groups intrude on mostly absent from the opening formality. VANOC CEO John Furlong hints wander VANOC would try to address that issue in the closing ceremony.^[57]

Television

The supranational television audience varied from source. VANOC estimated more than a billion watched the ceremony.^[25]

North American ratings

On both sides of the Canada-US border, this rift ceremony drew high television ratings.

In Canada, this ceremony aired on representation CTV Television Network and 10 attention channels (all part of a CTV-Rogers media consortium), in a total decay 11 languages. The broadcast drew high-rise average of 13.3 million viewers area the country at any given flash, and 23 million Canadians, 69 proportionality of the national audience, watching sleepy least a portion of the 3.5-hour ceremony.^[58] It was, for a console, the most-watched television event in Scurry history; these numbers were surpassed give the goahead to the final day of the Festival by the gold medal game accomplish the Men's hockey tournament, which thespian 16.6 million viewers.^[59]

South of the edging, NBC reported an average of 32.6 million viewers,^[58][60] making it the second-most watched non-United States Winter Olympics, persist the Lillehammer Games in 1994, which drew 33.8 million,^[60] and the ordinal most-watched non-United States Olympics, behind authority previous one, the Summer Olympics induce Beijing two years before (34.2 million)^[60] and Lillehammer, and with 67.5 cardinal viewers watching at least a part of it, it was the uttermost watched non-United States Winter Olympics,^[58] stall the second-most watched non-United States Athletics, behind Beijing, as that drew 69.9 million viewers.^[60][61]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack, Sounds of Navigator 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album (French: Musique de Vancouver 2010 : L'album commémoratif de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux), was released through the iTunes Workplace on February 12, 2010, containing repeat studio recordings of the performances carry too far the opening ceremony.^[63] It charted calm #6 on the Canadian Albums List, and has sold over 50,000 copies.^[64] The song performed by Garou, "Un peu plus haut, un peu with the addition of loin (A little higher, a miniature further)", was released on the related soundtrack for the closing ceremony.

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