Review of the 8-minute performance of the Olympic Games closing ceremony

8 Minutes in Rio at the 2012 London Olympics

Brazil does not have a promotional video. It starts with the quintessence of the national samba dance, featuring Renato Sorrisu, a sanitation worker wearing orange overalls. He walked to the center of the stage and danced samba with a broom. In fact, this was once the real life of this sanitation worker. In 1997, his dancing talent was discovered and he is now a well-known dancer. Every carnival, his dance is part of the repertoire.

Under the guidance of Sorrisu, the security personnel who tried to stop him also danced together. Hundreds of dancers gathered around him from all directions, and the stadium turned into a Samba Carnival stage.

Legendary singer Marisa Monte made a dreamy appearance as the goddess of the ocean, while rapper BNegao sent a warm invitation to people with the song "Atomic Maracado".

Subsequently, street drummers wearing traditional Brazilian national costumes and Capoeira artists performing Brazilian martial arts brought the urban scenery of Rio to the people. The statue of Christ on the top of Corcovado Mountain overlooks the carnival crowd.

At the same time, there is also a huge logo of the 2016 Rio Olympics. People in orange, blue and green colors are dancing with their arms connected. Finally, the actors gathered in the center of the stage, football king Pele came in to cheer, and the 8-minute performance ended.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games London 8 minutes

After a promotional video, a big red car drove into the Bird's Nest. At a station, several Londoners were waiting for the bus. After a while, the bus pulled into the station, and people were waiting for the actors to get off the bus and perform at the station. Soon the surroundings of the carriage spread out to form a stage, and famous singers and performers appeared inside. The singer sang passionately, and the performer holding an electric guitar accompanied the sound. At this time, the famous star Beckham boarded the bus and kicked a football into the field, signaling goodbye to London! At this time, the bus slowly left the venue, and the actors on board waved goodbye.

Looking at 8 Minutes in London as a whole, it does not reflect the essence of British culture, but it shows the rhythm of life of Londoners. After watching it, think carefully about the 8-minute performances in Salt Lake City and Atlanta in the United States, which only reflect the essence of British culture. a small part of the national culture. Maybe this is the "artistic view" of the old capitalist countries (unlike China, there are many elements of "martial arts, Peking opera, folk dances, musical instruments, folk songs" on display, and the main focus is "display", while Britain and the United States mainly embody a Just one kind of spirit is enough, there is no need to rush to show it all, such as the pioneering spirit of Salt Lake City).

2004 Athens Olympics Beijing 8 minutes

After a promotional video, 12 girls appeared on the stage, playing jasmine with pipa, erhu and tambourine, creating a festive and peaceful atmosphere. The girl appeared on the stage and began to perform a long belt dance.

After a while, the second act came on, with nine martial arts actors in national costumes, headed by martial arts actor Zhang Jie. Starting from Tai Chi, the performance became faster and faster, and the audience present was deeply attracted.

After the martial arts, more than 10 actors entered the arena holding high the pillars of the archway, and 10 young actors from the Capital Opera School entered the arena to perform the quintessence of the Chinese nation - Peking Opera. The proficient skills and scenes are mesmerizing, and I feel that the essence of the Chinese nation is displayed on the international Olympic stage!

After the Peking Opera, the little girl appeared on the stage, singing Jasmine with a hand-held lantern. After singing the song, she shouted WELCOME TO BEIJING!, which attracted bursts of applause from the audience, and the singing climaxed.

Giant red banners holding the slogan "Beijing welcomes you" surrounded the entire arena, and the 8-minute performance ended successfully.

Athens 8 Minutes at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Greece's 8-minute performance was a ceremony as a whole, which was in line with the theme of "Going Home for the Olympics".

Less visible: A girl holds an olive branch high, surrounded by a group of girls, slowly walking onto the stage. The girls are in groups of three, holding hands to form patterns and doing various actions. During this period, Greek classical architecture appears on the big screen They kept doing the pattern for more than 10 minutes, and then the Olympic flag entered the scene. Everyone threw the garlands and olive branches in their hands into the flag. The ceremony ended

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Sydney 8 minutes

< p>At the beginning, on a round stage, 12 indigenous actors performed dances. More than 10 boys appeared on bicycles carrying kangaroo props. They climbed onto the round stage for display. 12 indigenous girls emerged from under the round stage and performed various sports movements. , accompanied by gorgeous and cheerful music, three huge local Australian flowers appeared on the scene, and a group of actors dressed in seabird props were cruising nearby. All actors participating in the 8-minute performance entered the venue, the dome of the Sydney Opera House was raised, and fireworks outside the stadium pushed the performance to a climax.

Atlanta 8 Minutes at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

The director of the Atlanta 8 Minutes performance first showed a promotional video. The content of the promotional video mainly includes Atlanta's successful bid for the Olympics, Atlanta's scenery, the United States The strong point is the sports picture, and finally the emblem pattern.

Afterwards, a group of athletes performed rhythmic gymnastics. After the performance, some actors and actresses in gorgeous costumes appeared on the stage to perform traditional American tap dance and popular hip-hop dance. Later, actors in mascot suits performed on the sports field. Finally, the huge emblem and flag entered the venue and exited together with the athletes and actors.

Barcelona 8 Minutes at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics

This 8-minute performance mainly featured Spanish-style dance, accompanied by Spanish national-style music. The main dances include long skirt dance, fan dance, etc. Spanish girls wear red, yellow and blue costumes, and the background of the venue is four Spanish-style architectural stone pillars. After the dance, Korean dancers and Spanish actors performed together, and some placard holders held up signs with the Barcelona Olympic Games emblem.

Generally speaking, this performance continues the dance-oriented style. It should be said that the previous director’s limitations and emphasis on the 8-minute understanding did not open up the ideas of the performance.

1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Seoul 8 minutes

The performance of this closing ceremony was relatively simple, mainly live performances of Korean national characteristics fan dance, long drum dance and other dances, with the appearance of mascots At the scene (until the 1996 Olympics, the mascot appeared at the closing ceremony of the previous Olympic Games. Starting from 2000, the next mascot selection was produced in the second year of the previous Olympic Games, so it was no longer visible), it can be seen , the performances at that time mainly reflected national and national characteristics, and plot coherence and multicultural display did not attract attention for the time being.

Moscow 8 minutes at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics (the originator of the 8-minute performance)

After the flag was raised, lowered, and the flame was extinguished at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the organizers of the closing ceremony Announcement: Now, live from Moscow, here are some scenes from the city of the next Olympic Games.

Afterwards, cheers rang out and a Moscow promotional video appeared on the big screen in the closing ceremony stadium, first of all Moscow Panoramic view of Lenin Stadium, Kalinin Prospekt, Bolshoi Theatre, Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Red Square, St. Paul's Cathedral.

The singing group began to sing the song Kalinka live. A young Moscow girl held the traditional Russian welcome item "bread and salt" and said welcome to Moscow in three languages: Russian, French and English. Then a group of dancers joined in and danced traditional Russian dances to the accompaniment of songs, forming a five-ring pattern and finally a large candle and sacred flame pattern. With the end of the 8-minute performance, the entire closing ceremony came to an end.

9 minutes of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in Sochi

A promotional video for Sochi: ice and snow sports, sled pushing, Soviet cosmonauts releasing Companion 1 (curling), horse racing Snowmobile, ice ballet, Sochi welcomes you

Two children hold up the crystal, and the fairy clicks the crystal with the magic wand to kick off the performance

The actor performs stepping on the crystal ball

The screen shows the Kremlin opera performance and ballet performance

The famous soprano sang

The fairy clicked the crystal again with the magic wand, and the Sochi Winter Olympics emblem was raised in the stadium. A young man and two children waved to welcome everyone to Sochi.

2006 Turin Winter Olympics Vancouver 8 minutes

A Canadian landscape promotional video

Four Canadian indigenous people greet the audience

The electric sleigh entered, and the sled driver drilled a big hole in the ice and snow field, causing the ice and snow to crack

Athletes came in and used building blocks and ice blocks to build "buildings"

The famous female singer sang passionately< /p>

After singing the song, the athletes finally built the ice cubes into the Vancouver Winter Olympics emblem

The big screen was written in 9 languages ??including Chinese, English, Russian, Japanese, Arabic and French. :

Welcome to the Vancouver Winter Olympics event!

8 minutes in Turin at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics

The words 2006 are displayed in the center of the stadium

12 actors perform flag dance

Famous fashion show in Milan, Italy

The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's figure and other classic paintings are displayed in the center of the stadium

The famous Italian pop female singer performs

Three athletes holding Italian tricolor flags ran around the sports field, which displayed the Turin Winter Olympics emblem.

8 minutes in Salt Lake City at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics

Actors waving the three colors of the Salt Lake City emblem

The Western Cowboys on horseback appear

Actors and Western Cowboy Performances

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics emblem is raised in the stadium

Finally, a Salt Lake City promotional video is played: Welcome to Salt Lake City

Nagano 6 minutes at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics

As Samaranch's speech ended, 1994..5..6..7 appeared on the big screen...the numbers kept rising, and finally Stop in 1998, nagano.

A kabuki in traditional Japanese costumes sang traditional songs in the center of the stage, and slowly walked down the high platform where the main torch was lit. During this period, actors dressed as Japanese mascots were on both sides of the kabuki, and the music rhythm gradually Speeding up, more than 10 actors entered the venue holding six inflatable petals high, spinning and running around the venue to form the Nagano Winter Olympics emblem pattern, and finally released the petals, and the hydrogen-filled petals floated over the stadium.

At this time, the stadium was ablaze, and the fireworks display pushed the closing ceremony to a climax.

6 minutes of the closing ceremony of the 1992 French Winter Olympics in Lillehammer

The girl appeared on the stage riding a polar bear prop, followed by a group of Viking warriors, and they came to the "shore" , a large ship docked in the harbor, and the Viking warriors met and raised a giant white sail with the torch bearer logo of the 1994 Winter Olympics.

A group of cute children appeared, wearing clothes with the emblem printed on them, surrounding the polar bear girl and running around the stadium. The girl waved and said: Goodbye Lillehammer! , fireworks with the words Lillehammer and 1994 appeared over the stadium!