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world class music
Aldeburgh WorldOrchestra
Experience a truly international
musical event as the Aldeburgh World
Orchestra brings together conductor, Sir
Mark Elder and 119 o the most talented
young musicians aged 1829 rom across
the globe.
Created or the London 2012 Festival
the Aldeburgh World Orchestra will
perorm some o the most thrillingmusic o the last 100 years, including
a new commission. The orchestra will
perorm in Suolk and then, ater a
short European Tour, at the BBC Proms.
In addition to the concerts there will
be a series o installations created by
young people using audio and video
ootage given to them by members
o the orchestra. There has also been
a new ensemble created o the most
talented young musicians rom the East
o England. The whole programme will
be celebrated when the installations are
opened on 22 July and the Orchestra,
Ensemble and the young people rom
the Suolk based Exchanging Worlds
groups will perorm.
This programme builds on Aldeburgh
Musics unrivalled reputation as an
international centre or developing
musical talent through the Britten-
Pears Young Artist Programme.
Aeuh Wo Ochesa
20 Ju & 22 Ju
Snape Maltings, Snape, Suolk
Exchanin Wos Insaaions
20 Juen o Au
Snape Maltings, Snape, Suolk
Exchanin Wos Enseme
22 JuBritten Studio, Snape, Suolk
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Some of the Musicians recruited to the
Aldeburgh World Orchestra met at this years
Britten-Pears Orchestras Easter course.
Credit: Rob Marison
Welcome to the CulturalOlympiad and London 2012Festival in the East of England
Youre invited to celebrate the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer
with the culmination o the Cultural Olympiad.
It is the largest cultural celebration in the
history o the modern Olympic and Paralympic
Movements. The past our years have already
seen more than 18 million people all over the
UK participating in or attending over 9,000
perormances and more than 8,000 workshops
as part o Cultural Olympiad. Now is your chance
to be part o this once-in-a-lietime experience.
We are proud that the programme across the
East combines both local and global themes
and celebrates our heritage as well as our
international connections. From Legacy Trust
UK and Arts Council supported classical music
at Aldeburgh to regional carnival celebrations,and rom extraordinary exhibitions to outdoor
arts experiences such as Robert Wilsons
Walking, it oers something or everyone
this spectacular summer.
Visit www.risingtothechallengeeast.co.uk
to nd out more and here is a favour o
whats on near you
Join in thenational
celebration thissummer theressomething foreveryone
Arts Council England is
proud to be a principal
under o the Cultural
Olympiad and the London
2012 Festival the nale
o the Cultural Olympiad.
Cover: clockwise rom top let
Photo: The Crash of the Elysium.
Credit: Tristram Kento
Photo: How Like an Angel,
Circa and I Fagolini. Credit:
Norolk & Norwich Festival
Photo: Sparks Will Fly, Essex
County Council and Chelmsford
CouncilCredit: Paul Tait
Photo: The Search for Immortality
Tomb Treasures of Han China.
Credit: Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge
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On Landguard PointPacitti Companys On Landguard Pointis the East o England
Artists Taking the Lead commission the UK Arts Councils fagship
programme or the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Inspired by the
regions culture and history, the project explores the places we call
home and how we think about these.
artists taking the lead
A Peoples Peculiar
Pacitti Company has been gathering
stories about the East o England since
2011. A new permanent exhibition
presents these tales. From these stories
205 symbols, representing the character
and history o the region, were selected
and handcrated into silver charms. The
symbols are also presented in a digital
and interactive way in the exhibition
and online where you can even add
your own entry.
Open now
Abbots Hall,
Museum o East Anglian Lie,
Stowmarket
www.onlandguardpoint.com
www.eastanglianlie.org.uk
Photo: On Landguard Point
Credit: Pacitti Company
On Landguard Pointhas created a lm
about home. Perormance, prose, myth,music and stunning visuals eature
alongside contributions rom people
across the region. It will show at selected
cinemas and venues across the East.
There are additional Q&A sessions
with Robert Pacitti on 21 and 23 June.
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21 Jun
Ipswich Film Theatre, Suolk
23 Jun
Harwich Electric Palace, Essex
1215 Ju
BAFTA Tent, Latitude Festival,
Southwold, Suolk
17 Ju
Watord Palace Theatre, Hertordshire
2 Sep
Cinema City Norwich, Norolk
9 Sep
Arts Picturehouse, Cambridgeshire
www.onlandguardpoint.com
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: On Landguard Point
Credit: Pacitti Company
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Carnival CrossroadsEast Bound
The UK Centre or Carnival Arts has
brought together perormers and
artists rom ve communities
(Southend-On-Sea, Norwich, Luton,
Ipswich and Cambridge) to work with
nationally renowned carnival artists.
Together they have exchanged ideas,
designs and creative techniques that
make carnivals a success.Carnival Crossroads will culminate in
a 500 strong parade with people rom
across the East o England perorming at
the Luton International Carnival as part
o the Love Luton 2012 Festival.
An exhibition will showcase highlights
o the extensive Carnival Crossroads
programme. This will include ootage and
photos rom the event as well as props.
Caniva Cossoas Paae: 8 Ju
Luton town centre
Exhiiion: 224 Au
UK Centre or Carnival Arts
www.carnivalarts.org.uk
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
A London 2012 Festival event
outdoor spectaculars
Sparks will FlySparks will Flyis a cultural estival in
Essex or everyone to celebrate the 2012
Games. More than 100,000 people will
enjoy playing a part in this county-wide
spectacle. You can join them at the events
which take place in Essex throughout the
summer. The three-month celebration
will culminate in a large scale pyrotechnic
perormance in Hylands Park on 6 July.
Carnival andOutdoor EventsGet right to the heart o celebrations with
a series o events and parades. You can
learn more about how carnivals are planned,
designed and created and play your own part
in an outdoor extravaganza during our Cultural
Olympiad celebrations.
MayJu
Across Essex
www.sparkswillfy.org.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Sparks will Fly, Essex County Council
and Chelmsford Council
Credit: Paul Tait
oto: Carnival Crossroads
edit: Pax Nindi, UK Centre or
rnival Arts
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Treasures of China
This exhibition presents more than 70
treasures rom Nanjing Museum in China.
The historic objects explore the rise o
Imperial China. Travel in time rom the
earliest tombs to the reign o the Last
Emperor a journey that spans 4,500
years o Chinese history. Treasures of
China is being co-curated by students
rom The Gilberd School in Essex.
30 Jun6 Jan 2013
Colchester Castle
www.cimuseums.org.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Cicada on Jade Leaf
Credit: Nanjing Museum, project made possible
by Essex County Council and Jiangsu ProvincialGovernment in China
EasternExchangesShowcaseWeekend
Devised by young
people, this weekend
brings a series o public
events, workshops and
interventions around the
theme o Skin together.
The showcase will include
an artists installation in
the Castle Gardens.
2122 JuNorwich Castle Museum
and Art Gallery
www.museums.norolk.gov.uk
The Search
for Immortality:Tomb Treasuresof Han China
Discover the secrets o ancient Chinas
2,000-year-old tombs at the most
important exhibition o royal treasures
ever seen outside China. More than 350
jade, gold and ceramic items reveal the
hidden world o the tombs and create
a remarkable display o East Asian
antiquity in the East o England.
5 May11 Nov
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
www.tombtreasuresohanchina.org
A London 2012 Festival event
Around theWorld inEighty Objects
Celebrate Lutons diversity
with this exhibition based
on the international
characteristics o local
collections. There are over
100 recognised languages
spoken in Luton and this
also refects the many
countries competing in the
London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
3 Ju9 Sep
Wardown Park Museum
www.wardownparkmuseum.com
Stories of the WorldDiscover some o the worlds greatest hidden treasures brought
to the East o England as part o the London 2012 Festival.
Eastern Exchanges reveals the secrets o Chinas ancient tombs,
celebrates Lutons diverse cultural history and tells the story o
China in the East.
China inthe East
This is a touring exhibition
with a dierence,
showcasing the rich Chinese
collections across museums
in the region. The precious
objects are brought to lie
by new media displays
created by young people.
7 Ju25 Sep
Epping Forest District
Museum
www.eppingorestdc.gov.uk/
chinaintheeast
5 Oc2 Jan 2013
Ipswich Town Hall
www.cimuseums.org.uk
Uni 16 Ma 2013
Hertord Museum
www.museums.norolk.gov.uk
Photo: China in the East
Credit: Courtesy o Epping
Forest District Museum
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Art in unusual placesLive Art Collective East is an artist-led organisation based in the East
o England. This summer they will deliver eight commissions as part
o the Cultural Olympiad. The projects refect an exciting array o
brand new collaborations, solo creations, community engagement
and site-specic work.
Find out more about all eight commissions at www.liveartcollectiveeast.com
and see ull listings at the back o this brochure.
Hopscotchto VictoryHelp set the world record
or the most people
playing hopscotch in
the same place, at the
same time. Inspired by
the London 2012 Games,
Richard DeDomenici
and Caroline Wright are
recruiting hundreds o
participants o all ages to
take part in this celebration
o hopping, stepping,
throwing and jumping.
30 Jun
Castle Park, Colchester
StandstillAmidst the renetic
excitement o the London
2012 Games, Abi Cunlie
invites you to slow
down, stand still, pause,
meander and breathe.
Experimenting with
sound and silence, ound
objects and glimpses
through windows, Abi will
create a space to capture
a moment or yoursel
inside a beach hut in
Brightlingsea.
12 & 89 SepBrightlingsea
Photo: Standstill, Live Art
Collective East
Credit: Lynn Bolton
Out of WaterA site-specic perormance
made or Holkham Beach
in Norolk as part o the
London 2012 Festival.
A group o singers and
swimmers look out
towards the horizon.
Is somebody lost at sea?
Created by Helen Paris and
Caroline Wright with a
new score by Jocelyn Pook,
stories o endeavour, o
swimming, o sinking
interweave with haunting
music in the early morning
light on one o Englandsmost glorious beaches.
2527 Au
Holkham Beach, Norolk
A London 2012 Festival event
UnlimitedGlobal Alchemy
The results o a collaboration between
artist Rachel Gadsden and the South
Arican Bambanani artist-activist group,
this series o artworks oer visceral and
oten poetic perspectives on what it
means to experience disabling conditions
and to ght openly or lie in the ace o
social taboos.
Now coming to the UK or the rsttime this lie-arming and timely
collaboration is a celebration o survival
against the odds.
22 Jun18 Au
Museum o Archaeology and
Anthropology, Cambridge
www.unlimitedglobalalchemy.com
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Bongiwe Mba
Credit: Rachel Gadsden
Godiva Awakes
Godiva Awakes is one o 12 commissions
in the UK Arts Councils fagship Cultural
Olympiad project, Artist Taking the
Lead. It has been made by mechanics,
artists, theatre makers, puppeteers and
engineers. Godiva is reborn in aluminium
and carbon bre. She will make her
journey rom Coventry to London
dressed in a coat crated by local artists
and undergarments designed by Zandra
Rhodes. Godiva Awakes is part o theArtists Taking the Lead public commissions
and is created by Imagineer Productions.
2 Au
St Georges Square Luton
3 Au
Birchwood Leisure Centre, Hateld
4 Au
Town Centre, Waltham Abbey
www.imagineerproductions.co.uk
art in unusual placesspectacular summer
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norolk & norwich estival commissions or the london 2012 estival
Robert Wilson:Walking
This major collaboration with visionary
director and artist Robert Wilson is Norolk
& Norwich Festivals landmark contribution
to the London 2012 celebrations. Wilson
works with Dutch visual artist Theun Mosk
and theatre maker Boukje Schweigman to
explore and redene our relationship with
the landscape.
You can experience sculpture andinstallations set against the backdrop o
Norolks sweeping scenery, creating a
unique artistic experience. The event will
encompass a stunning three-mile stretch
o the coastline with a display o sounds
and visual installations all contributing
to a thought-provoking contrast between
the perormance and the landscape.
Circa/I Fagiolini:How Like An Angel
Fusing Circas exhilarating brand o
contemporary circus with the exquisite
sound o I Fagiolinis singing, How Like An
Angelcelebrates the beauty and grandeur
o two o the Easts stunning cathedrals.
Join perormers and singers on a magical
journey o discovery around these sacred
spaces. Intensely beautiul music and
eats o astonishing acrobatics draw youdeep into a world o physical daring and
soaring sound, against a backdrop o
stunning architecture.
Australian company Circa are at the
oreront o reinventing circus, combining
traditional and re-imagined circus skills
with sound, light and projection. Circa
Director Yaron Litchitz collaborates or
the rst time with Robert Hollingworth,
Director o UK-based vocal ensemble I
Fagiolini, who have travelled worldwide
with their perormances o Renaissance
and contemporary music.
2628 Jun
Norwich Cathedral
23 Ju
Ely Cathedral
www.nnestival.org.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Circa
Credit: Charlotte Vogel
20 Au2 Sep
Holkham, near
Wells-next-the-Sea,
Norolk
www.nnestival.org.uk
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Walking
Credit: Jemma Mickelburgh/Roel Dalhuisen,Norolk & Norwich Festival
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The Crash ofThe Elysium
Award-winning and internationally
acclaimed theatre pioneers Punchdrunk
create a live Doctor Who adventure. You
will be the stars o the 60-minute show.
The Crash of the Elysium premiered
at the 2011 Manchester International
Festival to great acclaim and will be
revived at the Ipswich Art Festival Ip-art
this summer or three weeks only. During
this time you can choose the kind o
show you want to take part in, selecting
rom school perormances suitable
or ages 812, amily perormance
suitable or ages 712, and ater darkperormances designed or age 13 and
older.
Advance booking strongly recommended
as capacity is strictly limited.
15 Jun8 Ju
Ipswich town centre
www.2012crash.co.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: The Crash of The Elysium
Credit: Tristram Kenton
Big Dance2012Big Dance 2012 is the UKs
biggest ever celebration o dance.
Its designed to get everyone
involved including those who
already dance, people who want
to dance and those who just
want to soak up the atmosphere.
Events take place in both
traditional and unusual spaces
across the UK where you can
experience dance in all its orms.
HIgHlIgHtS INClUdE:
Big Dance 2012:IpswichA antastic ortnight o workshops
and perormances will be held at the
DanceEast Speigeltent in Christchurch
Park, including everything rom
childrens workshops to pilates, belly
dancing and street dance. You canalso enjoy cabaret and retro disco
and great perormances will also take
place at the Jerwood DanceHouse on
the waterront, including Flamenco
Express and The Demon Barbers.
114 Ju
Ipswich
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo: Time Gentleman Please!
Credit: Demon Barbers
Time Gentleman Please!The Demon BarbersBig Dance Regional TourThe UKs No.1 Folk and Hip-Hop Dance
Extravaganza! Some o the UKs oldest
dance orms are brought bang up to
date as they collide with some o the
youngest, in an ast-paced new andinnovative show bringing together some
o the UKs top olk, clog, sword and
Morris dancers with their counterparts
rom the worlds o B-boying, popping,
krump and beatbox.
714 Ju
Various locations across the region
get dancingplay your part
www.bigdance2012.com
www.danceeast.co.uk
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
A London 2012 Festival event
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somewhereto_
This nationwide project helps young
people nd the space they need to do
the things they love within sport, culture
and the arts. Get involved any time i you
are a young person who needs ree space
to pursue your passion, or a space-holder
who wishes to donate to the project.
Get in touch and look out or events and
showcase opportunities
OnoinAcross the East o England
www.somewhereto.com
Funded by Legacy Trust UK
Untrue Island:A Response toOrford Nessby Arnie Somogyi,Robert Macfarlane and
Jane & Louise Wilson
Writer Robert Macarlane, jazz musician
Arnie Somogyi and visual artists Jane
& Louise Wilson explore Orord Ness
through a series o site specic projects.The artists have responded individually
and collaboratively to this internationally
important nature reserve with its
ascinating and at times disturbing
history as a site or experimentation
during the Cold War.
830 Ju
Orord Ness, Suolk
www.commissionseast.org.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
Summer ReadingChallenge
This summer you can be part o the
UKs biggest reading event or children.
Simply step into a Story Lab at your
local library and start an adventure o
the imagination that knows no limits.
Thousands o amilies rom all over the
country get involved in this annual
event so dont miss out.
14 Ju9 Sep
Various locations across the region
www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk
A London 2012 Festival event
spectacular summer
All the Bells
On Friday 27 July people will rise across
the UK to celebrate the day the London
2012 Games begin by taking part in Martin
Creeds Work No.1197: All the Bells in the
country rung as quickly and as loudly as
possible or three minutes at 8.12am.
27 Ju
Across the UK
www.allthebells.com
A London 2012 Festival event
Photo:All the Bells
Credit: Chris Watt
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Pop-Up Cinemaat the Big WeekendCelebrate the arrival o the Olympic Torch
in Cambridge with eature lms, locally-
produced shorts and amily avourites.
78 Ju
Parkers Piece, Cambridge
Silents on the StreetsCelebrate the close o the London 2012
Festival and get set or the Cambridge
Film Festival with an evening o open-air
screenings in historic Cambridge
9 Sep
Magdalene Street, Cambridge
Saffron Screen on the GreenA night o lm or all the amily,
including a new eature, short lms
and rare archive ootage showcasing
Saron Walden rom days gone by.
8 Sep
Saron Walden Common
Photo: Screen Team Audience Fitzwilliam Museum
Credit: Tom Catchesides
Screen TeamCambridge Film Trust and their Screen Team initiative presents
stunning cinema screenings in unusual places this summer. The Screen
Team is an innovative events and training programme which has
inspired young people rom across the region to take part behind the
scenes and screens presenting these special events.
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ilm events
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Hansel of FilmA Hansel o Film Shetland to
Southampton and Back is a series o
short lms screenings that celebrate the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games. Each has been made by
members o the public across the UK.
7 Ju
Cambridge
8 Ju
Aldeburgh
www.hansel2012.org
A London 2012 Festival event
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torch & paralympic torch
Olympic Torch Relay andParalympic Flame CelebrationsWelcome the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay and Paralympic Flame
Celebrations as they pass through the region in July and August.
www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/
PEtErbOrOUgH
A choir o 500 residents will accompany
white winged gures rom Close Actasthey carry the fame.
3 Ju
Embankment, Peterborough
www.peterborough.gov.uk
NOrWICH
Perormance groups will entertain
along the route and the Pulse project
will provide audio and visual evening
entertainment.
4 Ju
Chapelelds Gardens, Norwich
www.norwich.gov.uk/Events
IPSWICH
Two new commissions organised jointly
by DanceEast and Aldeburgh Music willset the scene or the Torch to arrive.
5 Ju
Christchurch Park, Ipswich
www.ipswich.gov.uk
CHElMSfOrd
The Olympic Torch celebration will have
a spectacular nish with the Sparks willFlynale.
6 Ju
Hylands Park, Chelmsord
www.chelmsord.gov.uk
CAMbrIdgE
A spectacular carnival-style procession
brings the our-month community arts
project,A Field for Dreams, to an end.
7 Ju
Parkers Piece, Cambridge
www.cambridge.gov.uk/olympics
lUtON
A procession o 500 people in the
Carnival Crossroads parade and the Love
Luton Festival will welcome the Torch.
8 Ju
Popes Meadow, Luton
www.luton.gov.uk/2012estival
Photo: East Meets West 2008, Walk the Plank
Credit: Essex County Council
Paralympic FlameCelebrations
The Paralympic Flame celebrations will
see the whole o the UK celebrate the
positive impact o human endeavour.
Four separate fames will be lit in
London, Greater Belast, Edinburgh
and Cardi beore they are united to
create the Paralympic Flame at Stoke
Mandeville. There will be Paralympic fame
celebrations in every county in the Easto England and people are encouraged
to develop their own lantern celebrations
too.
2428 Au
Various
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
www.london2012.com/get-involved/local-leaders/
lantern-estival
HIgHlIgHtS INClUdE:
Suffolk ParalympicFlame Celebrations
Suolk will host the Paralympic Flamein Needham Market on 24 August with
a amily ocussed community celebration
eaturing a range o artist-led workshops,
sports activities, stilt walkers, tightrope
walkers, entertainers and impromptu
perormances all themed around the
London 2012 Paralympic Games.
24 Au
Needham Lake, Needham Market
www.ruralartssuolk.org.uk or
www.midsuolk.gov.uk
london 2012 olympic torch and paralympic lame celebrations
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We have not been able to list all the
projects happening this summer inthis brochure. A ull listings o what is
happening in the East o England can be
ound at www.isinohechaeneeas.
co.uk/caena
While every eort has been made to
ensure the accuracy o these listings please
check details with each venue whenplanning your visits.
You can also access a lot o this summers
cultural activity on The Space, a new way
to access and experience all o the arts
or ree. Available on computer, tablet,smartphone and connected TV, The Space
invites you to take part in the biggest
summer o arts the UK has ever seen,
whenever you want it and whereveryou happen to be. www.hespace.o
The London 2012 Creative Programmeror the East o England is Liz Hughes.
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Aou he Cuua Oympia an lonon 2012 fesiva
The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history o the modern
Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over our years, it is designed to give everyone in the
UK a chance to be part o London 2012 and inspire creativity across all orms o culture, especially
among young people. The culmination o the Cultural Olympiad is the London 2012 Festival, a
spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists rom across the
world with the very best rom the UK, running rom 21 June until 9 September 2012. For more
details on the programme visit www.onon2012.com/esiva
Arts Council England
14 Great Peter StreetLondon SW1P 3NQ
www.ascounci.o.ukEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 0845 300 6200
Textphone: 020 7973 6564
Charity registration no 1036733
You can get this publication in Braille, in large
print, on audio CD and in electronic ormats.
Please contact us i you need any o these ormats.
To download this publication, or or the
ull list o Arts Council England publications,
see www.artscouncil.org.uk
As Counci Enan, May 2012
As Counci Enan is proud to be aPrincipal Funder and supporter o the
Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival.
The Arts Council champions, develops and
invests in artistic and cultural experiences
that enrich peoples lives. We support a range
o activities across the arts, museums and
libraries - rom theatre to digital art, reading
to dance, music to literature, and crats tocollections.
leacy tus UK is delighted to be a Principal
Funder o the Cultural Olympiad and London
2012 Festival and unds cultural, sporting
and educational projects in communities
across the UK that are inspired by London
2012. Legacy Trust UK supports a wide range
o activities rom street art to volunteering,
music to animation, school sports to dance
and digital art to estivals.
the Oympic loey disiuo is proudto be a Principal Funder o the Cultural
Olympiad and is supporting a number o
the major projects and events which will
be part o the Cultural Olympiad and its
culmination, the London 2012 Festival.
bP is delighted to be a Premier Partner o theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Building on its 30
year support o the arts, BP is working with its arts
partners, the Royal Opera House, British Museum,
National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain, to
help involve millions o people in the Cultural
Olympiad and its nale, the London 2012 Festival.
bt is proud to be a Premier Partner o theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad and to be
enabling millions o people to have a antastic
London 2012 experience through music and art
events. BT River o Music welcomes the world to
London with a once-in-a-lietime weekend o
ree music at landmarks along the River
Thames. And the National Portrait
Gallery/BT Road to 2012 project
celebrates those who are
collectively making the
London 2012 Olympicand Paralympic
Games happen.
Premier Partners o the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad