Audiences will get to see the fruits of the performers' labours on July 26 when the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is held in Paris.
The opening ceremony will stretch across seven kilometres of the River Seine with more than 3,000 dancers performing 10 different routines on the day.
Music pounds through an empty hangar on the outskirts of Paris as dancers perform a few snatches of a top-secret routine in front of giant mirrors.is held in Paris.A handful of journalists, including AFP, were able to attend just a few minutes of a rehearsal this month.WATCH: Cristal Kay’s edgy dance moves have Jamaicans mistaking her for Britney SpearsSuch a huge space was necessary because — for the first time in Olympics history — the opening ceremony is not taking place in a stadium.
The section that AFP partly witnessed will include some 400, but nowhere is big enough for them to rehearse all at once so they work in smaller groups of around 50.“There won’t be a single bridge in Paris without some dancers on it,” she added.
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