page_title: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
section_title: Song of Peace
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony / Program / Song of Peace
caption_attribution_description: k.d. lang performing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies
context_page_description: The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm PST at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins.
  The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 were in attendance at the venue. There were an estimated 4,500 performers.
context_section_description: k.d. lang performed a version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". While she was singing, doves, the symbol of peace, were projected on the stage floor, and rose from the stage floor to the ceiling via columns to symbolize their release.
caption: k.d. lang performing
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