Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for the Olympic Games in Paris will take place Friday on and around the Seine River in Paris.Dancers in France called off a threat to strike during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris after event organizers met some of their demands, labor unions said on Wednesday.

Thousands of dancers, musicians and other performers are expected to line the bridges and banks of the Seine River on Friday for the ceremony, which for the first time ever is being held outside rather than in an enclosed sports stadium.

Some dancers, angered by disparities in pay, had threatened a walkout, which would have partially disrupted a widely anticipated and high-risk event that will be…