Performers at Tokyo Olympics opening, closing ceremonies cut to 1/4

The number of performers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics was slashed to around a quarter of the original plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in efforts to cut costs and simplify, the games organizing committee said Monday."We wanted to make it more spectacle with a bigger number of people involved, but my actual feeling is we weren't able to," said Shintaro Hirahara, in charge of choreography for the ceremonies at the National Stadium.The number of performers to fill the ground during the July 23 opening ceremony, for instance, was trimmed to around 200 from the…READ FULL ARTICLE