Paris Paralympics closing ceremony is set to feature “French touch” legends Cassius and Kavinsky alongside travel junkie and electro star Martin Solveig and dancefloor favourites Ofenbach and more than 20 top DJs on Sunday.
The ceremony is designed to give pride of place to electronic music and will be an exemplary showcase of the biggest nightclub in France, says Thomas Jolly, artistic director of the ceremony.
“You can imagine it like the biggest nightclub in France,” said Jolly.
The opening of the hour-long set will be done by Jean-Michel Jarre, 76. The night will see the jim-jams of 24 DJs mix in one track on each stage.
“He’s our father, our boss,” DJ Agoria said about Jean.
Agoria continued, “I’m happy he’ll be a sort of orchestra conductor.”
The ceremony is typically organised to celebrate the 80s and 90s drug-fuelled rave culture by pushing novel artistic culture. It will again feature the transfer of the symbolic Olympic flame from Paris to Los Angeles, which will host the next games in 2028.
Further, Chief Organiser Tony Estanguet said Sunday’s ceremony would be a celebration of the sportsmen and women who have lit up the Games over the last six weeks.
Estanguet further continued, “The idea is to finish with a huge party that will prevent the tears of those who might be saying to themselves ‘damn it, it’s all finished’,” he said.
“No, we’re going to have a party and then on Monday maybe we’ll be disappointed because it really will be all over.”
The global powerhouse of dance and music, France will not quite be the creme de la creme of the country’s stable of performers.
The ceremony will though, miss major performers like Daft Punk, or veterans Laurent Garnier and Bob Sinclair.
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