9TH WORLD WATER FORUM CEREMONIES

DIAMNIADIO, SENEGAL

5 500

March 21st and 25th, 2022

Live and multimedia show

Project development: 2 months

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The World Water Forum is held every three years, providing a platform for global collaboration on water issues bringing together the main environmental stakeholders.

One month after inaugurating Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Les Petits Français and their team returned to Senegal to design and stage the opening and closing ceremonies of the ninth edition of the Forum.

At such an event, attended by senior officials and specialists from all over the world, the stakes are incredibly high. The opening ceremony, the main focal point, needed to bring out this edition’s themes in a spectacular and accessible way.

In less than 72 hours, Dakar Arena was transformed into a showcase where technology, human performance, meaning and messages expressed the Forum’s values and highlighted the challenges it seeks to address.

J5co

Executive producer

Gérard Askinazi, Producer

Amelia six, Deputy manager

Vanessa Moutic, Production director

Jean-François Branchereau, Tecnical coordinator

Lamine Kagny, Production manager

Pascal Bornet, Site manager

Olivier Dupuis, Site coordinator

Vincent Lozouet, Site coordinator

 

Kadou

Executive producer

Kader Diawara, Producer

Production team

Saliou Fall

Serigne Gaye

Sidath Toure

 

Les Petits Français

Concept, show design, artistic production, content production, and direction

Martin Arnaud, Show designer and director  

Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic and content producer

Alain Gaillard, Technical director

Léa Pheulpin, First assistant director

Thaïs de Nanteuil, Logistics, and production coordinator

 

Talents

Docteur Massamba Gueye, Artistic collaboration, and interpreter

Youssou N’Dour, Author, composer, interpreter, musician, and ambassador of the 9th World Water Forum

 

Masters of ceremony

Asha Sumputh

Cheick Yvhane

 

Soundtrack


Pierre Caillot, Compositeur

Sébastien Péronnet, Compositeur

Yoan Corchia, Sound engineer

 

Video-mapping 


Les Vandales

François Simerey Studio

 

Light design and programming

Jérôme Deschamps

 

Costume design

Caroline Denquin

 

Choregraphy and casting

Jean Tamba

 

Show caller

Laurence Pélissier

 

Stage Manager

Eric Solari

Wise Bayano

 

Pond and aquatic effects

Crystal Group

 

Sound and light

Dushow

 

Vidéo

VLS