With the City of Lights abuzz just hours before the opening ceremony, Saint-Denis celebrated the last leg of the Olympic Torch Relay with elegance and pride. In dialogue with the thousand-year-old basilica cathedral, final resting place of the kings and queens of France, the lightness of the scenography and the nobility of the calm staging reflect the image of a proud city.
Saint-Denis City Hall
Mathieu Hanotin, Mayor of Saint-Denis and President of Plaine Commune
Nicolas Matyjasik, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Saint-Denis
Corinne Sauvion, Delegate for Major Events, 2024 Olympic Games, Partnerships, General Management
Jordan Elfort, Project Manager / Major Events Delegation, 2024 Olympic Games, and Partnerships, General Management
Jean Villate, Technical Director
Eventeam
Contracting Authority Support
Karim Herrida, General Director of Consulting and Development
Laurent Pasqualini, Event Production Director
Éric Frécon, Consulting Director
Loïc Arnould, Production Director
Les Petits Français
Concept, Show Design, Artistic Direction and Executive Production
Martin Arnaud, Designer and Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic and Content Producer
Laurie Seguin, Production Director
Stanislas Pacotte, Production Coordinator
Hakim Belkebir, General Technical Manager
Elie Mouflet, Deputy Technical Manager
Cyril Journet, First Assistant Director
Antonin Delaroche-Vernet, Set Designer
Éléonore Levy, Assistant Set Designer
Laurence Pélissier, Show Caller
Gildas Hervouet, Pascal Larre, and Vincent Oger, Stage Managers
Fimalac
Artistic Programming
Thomas Held, Director
Juliette Aubert, Artist and Contract Manager
Ouafi Djakliou, Production Director
Artists
DJ
DJ Samb
Sankofa Unit Choir
Joby Smith, Choir Leader and Artistic Director
Maysha, Guest Soloist
Chloé Ben Toula, Noémie Bouskila, Sophonie Arisma, Soloists and Choir Singers
Choir Singers: Rachel Mpoyi, Audrey Audel, Magdalen Geffrard, Laura Mulbert, Dona Myrette, Marc Robinson, Julien Pastor, Cédric Randrianaly, Samuel Sebban
Divertimento Orchestra
Zahia Ziouani, Conductor
Aurore Saby, Deputy Director
Antonin Mège, Artistic Coordinator
Bruno Souchu, Orchestra Manager
Alexis Noël, General Manager
Emmanuel Humeau, Sound Engineer
Ignacio Gonzalez Plaza and Thomas Sarfati, Production Managers
Pauline Fourniat, Librarian
Slimane
Lara Fabian
Mickaël Miro, Producer
Dams, Agent
Yaacov Salah, Musical Director
Meïr, Musical Director
Zach Reece, Artistic Director, Director, and Choreographer
Cristian Lopresti, Assistant Artistic Director and Director
Lorenzo Del Moro, Assistant Choreographer
Julien Parent and Mathieu Auge, Sound Engineers
Dancers
Masterof Ceremonies and Torchbearer
Mohamed Bouhafsi
Torchbearers
Laetitia Casta
Pharrell Williams
Construction
Jaulin
Sails
VO Concept
Sound,Video and Structures
Novelty
Pyrotechnic Design and Production
Grand Final
Communication and Networks
LBCM Sound Connections
Photography
Laurent Attias
Pixeline Photography
Broadcast and TV Production
France 2
Électron Libre Productions
Thanks to
City of Saint-Denis
Plaine Commune
Département of Seine Saint-Denis
Grand Paris Metropolis
Children of the City of Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis City Hall
Mathieu Hanotin, Mayor of Saint-Denis and President of Plaine Commune
Nicolas Matyjasik, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Saint-Denis
Corinne Sauvion, Delegate for Major Events, 2024 Olympic Games, Partnerships, General Management
Jordan Elfort, Project Manager / Major Events Delegation, 2024 Olympic Games, and Partnerships, General Management
Jean Villate, Technical Director
Eventeam
Contracting Authority Support
Karim Herrida, General Director of Consulting and Development
Laurent Pasqualini, Event Production Director
Éric Frécon, Consulting Director
Loïc Arnould, Production Director
Les Petits Français
Concept, Show Design, Artistic Direction and Executive Production
Martin Arnaud, Designer and Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic and Content Producer
Laurie Seguin, Production Director
Stanislas Pacotte, Production Coordinator
Hakim Belkebir, General Technical Manager
Elie Mouflet, Deputy Technical Manager
Cyril Journet, First Assistant Director
Antonin Delaroche-Vernet, Set Designer
Éléonore Levy, Assistant Set Designer
Laurence Pélissier, Show Caller
Gildas Hervouet, Pascal Larre, and Vincent Oger, Stage Managers
Fimalac
Artistic Programming
Thomas Held, Director
Juliette Aubert, Artist and Contract Manager
Ouafi Djakliou, Production Director
Artists
DJ
DJ Samb
Sankofa Unit Choir
Joby Smith, Choir Leader and Artistic Director
Maysha, Guest Soloist
Chloé Ben Toula, Noémie Bouskila, Sophonie Arisma, Soloists and Choir Singers
Choir Singers: Rachel Mpoyi, Audrey Audel, Magdalen Geffrard, Laura Mulbert, Dona Myrette, Marc Robinson, Julien Pastor, Cédric Randrianaly, Samuel Sebban
Divertimento Orchestra
Zahia Ziouani, Conductor
Aurore Saby, Deputy Director
Antonin Mège, Artistic Coordinator
Bruno Souchu, Orchestra Manager
Alexis Noël, General Manager
Emmanuel Humeau, Sound Engineer
Ignacio Gonzalez Plaza and Thomas Sarfati, Production Managers
Pauline Fourniat, Librarian
Slimane
Lara Fabian
Mickaël Miro, Producer
Dams, Agent
Yaacov Salah, Musical Director
Meïr, Musical Director
Zach Reece, Artistic Director, Director, and Choreographer
Cristian Lopresti, Assistant Artistic Director and Director
Lorenzo Del Moro, Assistant Choreographer
Julien Parent and Mathieu Auge, Sound Engineers
Dancers
Masterof Ceremonies and Torchbearer
Mohamed Bouhafsi
Torchbearers
Laetitia Casta
Pharrell Williams
Construction
Jaulin
Sails
VO Concept
Sound,Video and Structures
Novelty
Pyrotechnic Design and Production
Grand Final
Communication and Networks
LBCM Sound Connections
Photography
Laurent Attias
Pixeline Photography
Broadcast and TV Production
France 2
Électron Libre Productions
Thanks to
City of Saint-Denis
Plaine Commune
Département of Seine Saint-Denis
Grand Paris Metropolis
Children of the City of Saint-Denis
As Mathieu Hanotin, mayor of Saint-Denis, puts it, "We've put this pride on the pediment of the city hall, and we want to share it, because we want to show that this is Saint-Denis, that we're a multicultural, cosmopolitan society, and that we're proud of it".
This was the second time in 2024 that Les Petits Français produced a symphonic ceremony in which omnipresent and multicultural live music brought together the richness of our differences in a magical interlude during which even the weather smiled on us.
