Opening Ceremony for Games of the Future

Opening Ceremony in Abu Dhabi

DELIVERED. created the opening ceremony for the Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025, held under the patronage of the President of the UAE, marking the launch of a new global phygital sports format where physical competition merges with digital environments. The ceremony introduced the identity of next-generation athletes through a cinematic live experience designed to reflect the convergence of human performance, gaming, and technology.

Delivered in
2 months

Interesting Facts

  • 2 months — production timeline
  • 17 minutes — show duration
  • 75 people — total project team
  • 17 artists — performers on stage
  • 8 acrobats / trickers — aerial and stunt performers
  • 6 core production scopes — concept, stage design, content & music, technical supervision, show direction & choreography, show calling, costume & makeup
  • Delivered end-to-end creative and technical production, including concept, stage design, multimedia content, music, choreography, and show direction. Produced in just two months with a team of 75 specialists, the 17-minute multimedia performance featured 17 artists and integrated large-scale LED scenography, kinetics, and immersive storytelling.

    Signature moments included a trampoline hidden inside an LED cube, aerial winch-based performances simulating in-game physics, and synchronized hoverboard choreography moving as a unified system. The result was a landmark opening ceremony that established the Games of the Future as a new category of global immersive sport and entertainment.

    GENERAL PRODUCERS
    Yana Zakharova
    Anastasiia Filatova

    CREATIVE PRODUCER
    Alex Mubert

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
    Irina Gulyaeva

    SHOW DIRECTOR
    Aleksey Karpenko

    SHOW DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
    Maria Averina

    CONTENT PRODUCERS
    Artem Akimov
    Dmitry Babanin

    CREATIVE DIRECTORS
    Long Nguyen
    Polina Sukhanova

    SUPERVISOR
    Vitalii Zykov

    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
    Evgeny Spektor

    TECHNICAL MANAGER
    Dmitrii Monakhov

    LIGHT DIRECTOR
    Igor Nikitchenko

    LIGHT ENGINEERS
    Dmitry Shilov
    Aleksander Parakhin

    VIDEO & EDITING
    Eugene Arkhipov

    VIDEO ENGINEER
    Yura Stranyov

    SOUND / SFX
    Monoleak

    SHOW CALL TEAM
    Danil Batyushov

    CHOREOGRAPHER
    Mark Kuklin

    COSTUME DESIGNER
    Ekaterina Belaya

    TALENT MANAGER
    Tanya Krzhanovskaya

    MUA MANAGEMENT
    Natella Ivleva

    DESIGNERS
    Ivan Zakharov
    Aleksandr Statkevich
    Dmitry Fadeev
    Anna Terentyeva
    Elizaveta Osipova
    Liza Prokopenko
    Alexander Karelin
    Mikhail Ivanichkin

    ARTISTS
    Eva Uvarova
    Sofia Persiianinova
    Mark Kuklin
    Roman Anokhin
    Tagir Gindullin
    Valerii Chernovskii
    Pavel Ivanov
    German Kolmogortsev
    Aleksandr Konshin
    Sergei Kuzmenko
    Aleksandr Maslov
    Denis Shteingauer
    Aleksei Volkov
    Dmitrii Troshin
    Sergei Troshin
    Artem Vasenin
    Evgenii Zaplakhov

    AGENCIES
    ETHARA
    BLINK EXPERIENCE

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