If there is one man who needs nerves of steel at work, it is Marco Balich. As the director of the Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies in Turin in 2006 and Sochi in 2014, and the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the Italian has choreographed casts of thousands as fireworks explode, orchestras hit high notes and the world watches, knowing that one mistake can mean ridicule for a nation.

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