Award-winning cultural acts from all five continents set to showcase NOCs’ cultural diversity Bangkok; 31 October 2014:
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) today announced that performers from each of the world’s five continents will perform traditional dance and music routines at the 1st ANOC Gala Awards Dinner in Bangkok to commemorate the success of athletes and NOCs from across the globe.
The ANOC Gala Awards Dinner is the first awards ceremony of its kind and will provide a unique opportunity to celebrate and honour the outstanding achievements of Olympic athletes and NOCs.
The traditional performances will form part of the evening’s tribute to each of the Continental Associations and NOCs.
· Africa will be represented by award-winning Themi Venturas Productions from South Africa who will perform a traditional dance of the Zulu people entitled “Silencing the Hurricane”.
·samba dancers from Brazil will represent the Americas, bringing a taste of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with “America to the Beat of the Samba”.
· The continent of Asia will be represented by Global Raytur from China who will perform the 500-year old water drum dance of the Miao ethnic group.
· Europe will be represented by the internationally renowned Cecilia Goméz Danza from Spain who will perform “Flamenco Passion” showcasing all the drama and excitement of the flamenco dance.
· Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa from New Zealand will perform the haka dance – a traditional war dance performed by the Māori tribe – in homage to Oceania
The event will be broadcast live in high-definition on TrueVisions, the leading pay-television broadcaster in Thailand, to more than 20 broadcasters around the world, as well as distributed across major international news outlets.
The ANOC Gala Awards Dinner will be attended by the best athletes from London 2012 and Sochi 2014 as well as representatives from all 204 NOCs, IOC members, International Federations, future organising committees and candidate cities.
ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said:
“We are delighted to announce the cultural performers for the ANOC Gala Awards Dinner. We want the event to be a true celebration of our diversity and a festival of sporting achievement. Part of what makes ANOC so special and unique is it represents 204 countries from all around the world.
Sport has the power to bring us all together and unite us and that is what we will be celebrating at the ANOC Gala Awards Dinner. The event will be about more than individual athletic performances. It will also be about promoting the tireless and sometimes unrecognised work the NOCs do for their athletes.”
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