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Disability-Defying Performers Lucky Love, Musa Motha & Luan Pommier Steal Show At 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Christine and the Queens was the headline act at the Paralympics opening but real stars were the performers with disabilities who took to the stage
Christine and the Queens was the headline act at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris on Wednesday evening, performing stirring versions of Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’ and 1970s disco hit ‘Born To Be Alive’. His performance of his 2022 song ‘Masculinity’ – tweaked for the opening ceremony to ‘My Ability’ – accompanied by a dance routine featuring dancers in wheelchairs and on crutches, had TV viewers scrambling on the social networks to discover his identity. Wednesday night’s ceremony was hailed as a triumph at home and internationally, and unfolded without a whiff of controversy, unlike the 2024 Olympics opening on July 26, which drew ire in some quarters for its provocative take on French culture and history.
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