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"The man behind the Athens Olympics' opening ceremony is reluctant to call his work a success, despite worldwide acclaim for his evocative tableau of 3,000 years of Greek history and culture.
"I hope this stays in the hearts and minds of people. That would honor me greatly," said the 40-year-old choreographer-director Dimitris Papaioannou, who has become an overnight cultural sensation for the opening even as he scrambles to put together the closing ceremony.
"Let's see what happens later on before we can call it a success," he said."
Read more at Yahoo! News - Olympics Choreographer a Sensation