2BlackBox's video: ORIGINS 2015 europa and the bull

ORIGINS / director’s cut europa and the bull OPENING CEREMONY FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES conceived, visualised and directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU Baku 2015 --- The mythic origins of Europe at the first European Games. In Greek mythology, Europa was a Phoenician princess seduced by the god Zeus, transformed into a white bull. He carried her to Crete, where the first literate European civilisation began. The whole continent was named after this girl. --- bull created by MICHAEL CURRY based on a sculpture by NECTARIOS DIONYSATOS bull animated by TIM BLAZDELL laser animation design by JAANUS VANN music composed by LEOŠ JANÁČEK music performed by HÅKON AUSTBØ sound design by COTI K. aerial performer ROBYN SIMPSON --- ORIGINS storyboard artwork by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU download the PDF (2.4MB) here: bit.ly/dpORart --- ORIGINS (2015) conceived, visualised and directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU TEODOR CURRENTZIS & VANGELINO CURRENTZIS music directors THANASSIS DEMIRIS & EVA MANIDAKI production designers ROBERT A. DICKINSON lighting designer YASHI costume designer ERIC TUCKER pyrotechnic designer PHIL HAYES head of aerial choreography TINA PAPANIKOLAOU associate artistic director STEPHANOS DROUSSIOTIS artistic associate & music script KYRIACOS KARSERAS artistic associate & texts CATHERINE UGWU director of ceremonies NICK ELTIS senior technical director SCOTT GIVENS executive producer video edited by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU with footage from show night and two dress rehearsals directed for television by GREG BREAKELL --- dimitrispapaioannou.com birthplace2004.com cavafy13.com vimeo.com/papaioannou fb.com/papaioannou.page twitter.com/papaioannou_d