- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Olympics
- Date of Original:
- 1996-07-19
- Subject:
- Dancers--Georgia--Atlanta
Dance--Stage-setting and scenery--Georgia--Atlanta
Olympics programs--Georgia--Atlanta
Silhouettes--Georgia--Atlanta
Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The opening ceremony on July 19, 1996, attracted a capacity crowd of 83,000 to the Olympic Stadium for a display honoring southern culture and the one-hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic movement.
This photograph shows an image from a dance performance during the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. A circle of tall translucent material is supported by metal columns. The gauzy circle features silhouettes of athletes such as dancers, discus throwers, and gymnasts. Light radiates from within the circle. Dancers, congregated around the bases of the columns, perform on the outside of the circle. Dressed in white, they appear very small against the high walls of the circle. The opening ceremony on July 19, 1996, attracted a capacity crowd of 83,000 to the Olympic Stadium for a display honoring southern culture and the one-hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic movement. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/olympic-games-in-1996/m-3631/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/olympic-games-1996
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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