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Winter Olympics Turin 2006, curtain

 

The support and containment structure of the large curtain at the end of its assembly at stage level.The curtain is equipped with motorized mechanisms for Venetian opening and Swag opening and is ready ...
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... to be raised ...
... at the operating level, where it is subjected to a test ...
... of Venetian opening.With its cyclopean dimensions (over 50 m of opening and over 20 m of height) ...
... the curtain is probably the largest ever made.Over 4,000 m² of materials were needed to make it ...
... for a total weight of over 1,600 kg (without the structures).After the closing of the Venetian opening, the curtain is also subjected ...
... to a functioning test of Swag opening.
The support and containment structure of the large curtain at the end of its assembly at stage level.The curtain is equipped with motorized mechanisms for Venetian opening and Swag opening and is ready ...
Opening ceremony
Turin, Stadio Olimpico, 10/02/2006
Production
Filmmaster Group
Executive production
Marco Balich
Christel Strohn
Marco Astarita (1951-2021)
Ric Birch
Creative direction
Marco Balich
Ric Birch
Production design,
art direction,
contents coordination
Mark Fisher
Lida Castelli
Alfredo Accatino
Choreography
Dough Jack
Gabriele Vacis
Giuseppe Arena
Enzo Cosimi
Daniela Dal Cin
Valerio Festi
Monica Maimone
Costume design
Gabriella Pescucci
Light design
Durham Marenghi

Video & Documentation

Gigantic swag curtain, opening test

Rehearsals with counterbalanced fly facilities

Gigantic venetian curtain: test of closing

Materials used in this production

Swag curtains

Typology of curtain

Venetian curtains

Typology of curtain

Winter Olympics Turin 2006, net and counterbalanced fly facilities

Events

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