Who’s the person behind the Golden Voyager character at Olympics closing ceremony?

Published August 12th, 2024 - 09:06 GMT
Arthur Cadre is a French dancer behind the Golden Voyager
Arthur Cadre, a French dancer, behind the Golden Voyager at the Olympics 2024 closing ceremony. (Instagram/ Arthur Cadre)

ALBAWABA - As expected, the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony has also been the main talk of social media users causing massive interaction and triggering wide reactions, especially the Golden Voyager character.

Netizens online have been questioning the idea behind the Golden Voyager character at the Olympics closing ceremony. 

Since the controversy that surrounded the Olympic opening ceremony which reportedly depicted "The Last Supper," the closing ceremony also ignited "satanic speculations" due to the Golden Voyager character.

Many claimed that the Golden Voyager represents "Lucifer" and the story of the demon being kicked out of heaven and arriving on Earth. A person said: "The show started with ‘The Golden Voyager,' descending from the sky, like Lucifer’s fall from heaven, leg bent and positioned like the Hanged Mans, who, in the occult, represents the ultimate surrender."

But, who's the person behind the Golden Voyager character: 

Arthur Cadre, a French dancer, was the person who performed the Golden Voyager at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in France which was held on Aug. 11.

Cadre, 32, is a dancer-breaker-contortionist who performed the lead role in Records, the closing ceremony in Paris, which was created and directed by Thomas Jolly.

Kevin Germanier, the French fashion designer who created the custom for the Golden Voyager, said that it needed 20,000 beads and references to the human body. 

According to Vogue France, the design was inspired by "the Golden Record traveler, the golden disc that has traveled through the universe, serving as an interstellar message in a bottle for other space travelers."

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