8th June 2012, Warsaw<br /><br />The opening ceremony of UEFA EURO 2012 has been held at the National Stadium in Warsaw today. The performance started 20 minutes before kick-off of the tournament's opening match between Poland and Greece and offered an unforgettable curtain-raiser to three weeks of a celebration of national team football in Poland and Ukraine.The opening ceremony show has been developed by Marco Balich - Creative Director and Executive Producer, Lida Castelli - Artistic Director and Bryn Walters, Show Director.The 12-minute show combined heritage and innovation, to bring sport and culture together and mark the start of a historical event, the first UEFA European Football Championship to be staged in central and east Europe. It also promoted the participating nations together with key UEFA EURO values: unity, rivalry and passion.<br />The opening ceremony included incredible mass choreographies involving more than 800 volunteer performers.<br /><br />The costumes are by Catherine Buyse;<br />Wardrobe supervisor Beatrice Giannini;<br />Props Matteo Oioli.<br /><br />Ceremony numbers:<br />1.000 PERFORMERS - 300 STAGEHANDS - 100 PRODUCTION VOLUNTEERS - 14-40 AGE SPAN OF VOLUNTEERS - 1.200 COSTUMES - 250 HOURS OF REHEARSALS - 2.400 LITERS OF WATER - 22.000 SNACKS.<br /><br />http://www.filmmaster.com
