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Tears and fears for the man planning Paris Olympics show

a feeling of vertigo

Paris: The theatre director responsible for the most ambitious Olympics opening ceremony in history in Paris this July was so overwhelmed by the task when first asked to do it that he rang his mother in tears.

Thomas Jolly, one of France’s most talented young directors, experienced “a feeling of vertigo” when approached to be artistic director for the open-air parade on the river Seine in front of a TV audience of billions.

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