A gala concert featuring British ballet stars including the premier of Covent Garden Matthew Golding and English National Ballet soloists will take place at the Winter Theater in Olympic Sochi. Being the final participant of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad, the project does not only symbolize a relay taken by Sochi from London 2012 Olympic Games, but also is one of the first events of the Year of Russia and Great Britain, the large-scale cultural program that will unfold in both countries in 2014.
Throughout the year, all events - exhibitions, concerts and creative meetings – will showcase rich and diverse cultural ties between the two countries. The cross-cultural year is being supported by the British Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
The gala concert will be attended by internationally distinguished Russian ballet stars, Ulyana Lopatkina, Denis Matvienko, Irina Perren, Marat Shemiunov, Kristina Kretova, Denis Medvedev, Anastasia Kolegova, Igor Kolb, Danila Korsuntsev, Mikhail Lobukhin, Anastasia Stashkevich and Anna Tikhomirova.
For more information contact: the Press Service for the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee sochi2014.com | media@sochi2014.com | +7 (862) 445 1000, +7 (862) 445 61 77
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