Oceania

During the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympics, Icelandic pop star Bjork executed one of the most ambitious musical performances in the history of the modern Games.

The singer worked through Oceania, a track co-written with the poet, Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson, and created especially for the Games. As she sang, a flamboyant, billowing blue dress made of more than 210 metres of material expanded over the athletes watching from the floor of the Olympic Stadium.

A supporting cast of dancers dressed as Greek gods and mythical animals added to the ethereal vibe.

"I represent the ocean," the singer said backstage before the show, as she spent two hours being styled for the event. "And the idea is that my dress floods the stadium. It might seem strange, but when the art director, Dimitris Papaioannou, came to me with the plan, he wanted me to write a song that encompassed unity. I thought of the ocean because water touches every continent without thinking about race or prejudice or religion."

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