Priestess predicts best Olympics ever

Artemis Ignatiou, official choreographer for the Beijing Olympic Games lighting ceremony, expects the Beijing Olympics to be the best ever.

Ingatiou and her company, Art Dance Theater, performed a dance titled Muses to traditional Greek music against a video backdrop of the Olympia lighting ceremony in March. The dance on Monday night at the Century Theater was the opening performance of the Olympic Cultural Festival, which runs until mid-September.

Ignatiou recalled the March lighting ceremony on Olympus, and how nervous all concerned had been because rain was forecast. Happily, just as they were about to light the flame, the sun came out.