The 2014 Sochi Paralympic Ceremonies were produced by Balich Worldwide Shows. Executive Producer was Marco Balich, Co-Executive Producer was Gianmaria Serra and the Project Manager was Laura Cappelli. Programmers for the Paralympic Ceremonies were Andy Voller and Alex Passmore with follow spot co-ordination by Chris Henry and TV Lighting Design supervision by Nick Collier. The lighting system was originally designed by colleague Al Gurdon and supplied by PRG with Rich Gorrod as crew chief and Ben Hornshaw looking after the FOH systems.
The Opening Ceremony was directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Associate Artistic Director was Julie Hamelin Finzi, Set and Props Design by Hugo Gargiulo, Costume Design by Giovanna Buzzi, Mass Choreography by Bryn Walters, Artistic Producer was Annalisa Barbieri, the FOP Projection Video Content was created by Cosmo, the Video Forest content was designed by Roberto Vitalini and Alexis Bowles and the Icebreaker was designed by Eugenio Caballero.
Photo credits
Opening 1,3,4 and 7 thru 10 Luca Parisse, 2 and 12 Joe Kusumoto, 5 and 6 Jennie Marenghi, 11 Danil Kolodin.
Photos courtesy of BWS
Standing from left to right our Fantastic Team in Sochi
Alex Passmore, Andy Voller, Durham Marenghi, Helen Marenghi, Chris Henry, Jennie Marenghi, Ben Hornshaw, Akhad Achilov, Rich Gorrod and seated Nick Collier