Thomas Jolly who a is a Jew by religion is a French actor and the artistic director of La Piccola Familia, a theatre group he formed in Rouen in 2006
Thomas Jolly has paragraphs full of stirring ideas and insight that make him sound like an orator. He pauses only occasionally to acknowledge the ordinary.
Who is Thomas Jolly artistic director of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, bio, age and religion
42-year-old Thomas Jolly was born on February 1, 1982, into a Jewish family. He is a queer Jew.
This is the man responsible for turning the Paris Olympics into a Ru Paul’s Drag Race style spectacle.
Thomas Jolly, the ‘queer’ artistic director behind the Olympics opening and closing ceremony said he wanted “everyone to feel represented.” pic.twitter.com/d2DsvzS7mA
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Thomas Jolly oversaw Le Quai d’Angers, a national theatre centre, from January 1, 2020, to November 20, 2022. Having been appointed in September as the artistic director of the opening ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, he tendered his resignation.
It’s possibly the most constrained Olympic opening ceremony ever, yet it’s also the most ambitious. Jolly is unable to practice in place since doing so would jeopardize the ceremonies’ carefully maintained secrecy.
As per Vogue, he had 200 boats in mind, some of which will carry a valiant parade of athletes, and that he intends to re-enact historical events from French history along his Seine path, which runs from the National History Museum to the Eiffel Tower.
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
The greatest was saved for last during Friday’s four-hour opening ceremony for the Olympics.
The athletes’ excitement was unaffected by the rain, as they cheered the arrival of all 206 delegations to the Olympics. Early highlights included performances by Lady Gaga and Rim’K, but heavy metal band Gojira’s ferocious set seemed to really get the audience going.
The rain had picked up a fever pitch by the time France, the United States, and their future hosts, Australia, arrived. Although the sportsmen may not have felt comfortable making such an entrance but it produced some fantastic pictures.
Along with worldwide luminaries Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, French icons Tony Parker and Zinedine Zidane made the long journey to light the Olympic cauldron. After the torch passed the Louvre, Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec received it, lit the hot air balloon cauldron, and witnessed the balloon take flight.
The ceremony concluded with a poignant performance above the heart of Paris by Celine Dion, who has battled health issues in recent years.