Acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou will mastermind the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, state media said Friday. Rehearsals for the performances are cur…
will mastermind the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, state media said Friday.
This year, however, the Feb. 4 Beijing 2022 opening ceremony will be dogged by the ongoing pandemic and continued outcry from detractors calling for a boycott over China’s human rights record, with the U.S., Australia, Britain and Canada all deciding not to send their typical retinue of diplomats. The opening will fall on the first day of spring, and Zhang said he has brought the “positivity and optimism” of the season to bear in the performance. He teased that the Olympic Cauldron will be lit in a way “unprecedented in the over 100-year history of the Olympic Games,” without revealing further details.
As early as 2001, Zhang, now 71, directed an official promotional short film to help Beijing make its case for the 2008 games, whose ceremonies he masterminded. He made another in 2014 to help the capital win its bid to host in 2022. He also directed eight-minute handover performances at the closing ceremonies of Athens 2004 and Pyeongchang 2018.
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