The Ceremonies Team

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has concluded its search for an executive producer for the Games’ Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies, and has announced the Ceremonies team that will lead the development of the Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and nightly Victory Ceremony presentations.

David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) of Australia, producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Summer Games and the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006, in Qatar, has been selected as Executive Producer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Ceremonies.

The company’s founder, David Atkins, and DAE’s Catherine Ugwu and Ignatius Jones, will collaborate with a world-class team of Canadians to tell the unique story of Canada through the Games Ceremonies. The Ceremonies team will also feature leading figures drawn from Canada’s music, producing, creative and events industries including Sam Feldman, Bruce Allen, Nettwerk Records’ Dan Fraser, Canadian College of the Performing Arts founder Jacques Lemay, Director and Image Creator Érick Villeneuve and VANOC Ceremonies’ staff members Ian Pool and Marti Kulich.

This Canadian team has created, produced, written, directed and presented many of Canada’s most memorable events. These include some of Canada’s largest concerts and touring music shows, major Games Ceremonies including the Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games; the 1999 Pan American Games; the 1994 Commonwealth Games; Canada Games; theatre spectacles; television shows; Royal Visits; and iconic special events, such as the Opening Ceremony of Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Bridge.