The president of the Commission for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 19th edition of Mediterranean Games Oran 2022, musicologist Salim Dada, assured that the ceremony scheduled for next Saturday will be “a complete artistic work using modern techniques”.

Hosting a press conference, Salim Dada indicated that “the opening ceremony of the Mediterranean Games will be a great event that Algeria will experience for the first time since the national independence. It will be a complete artistic work with all the expressive elements both in terms of the script, the choreography, the staging and the scenography with the use of cutting-edge techniques”.

The ceremony will be performed by a symphony orchestra made up of around a hundred musicians. It will include artistic movements over an area of ​​9,000 square meters and 500 drones will be used for this purpose, in addition to a sound and light show and fireworks.

The artistic presentation of the opening ceremony includes the participation of 800 people, artists, dancers, image and lighting technicians added Salim Dada, who is also the artistic director and scriptwriter of the ceremony.

The scenario will highlight the many facets of Algerian culture, the impact of Algerian culture in the Mediterranean basin as well as the contribution of Algerian personalities to human civilization.