How will the opening of the Olympic Games in Sochi

How will the opening of the Olympic Games in Sochi

Organizers of the Sochi 2014 Olympics holdThe strictest secret is all the details of the upcoming event. However, some details are still known from time to time. According to the official announcement of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, the opening of the most anticipated Olympic Games in the world, which will take place in the Russian city of Sochi, is scheduled for February 20, 14:00, Moscow time on February 7, 2014.

Opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
The time chosen for the opening ceremonyOlympic Games in Sochi - 20:14 hours, symbolizes the year of the very first in the history of the Russian Federation Winter Olympics. The venue for the opening ceremony is the Olympic Stadium "Fisht". The event will last at least three hours. According to official reports of the organizing committee, in all mass staging of all the ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics, 3,000 young people from among athletes, actors and creative collectives will take part. The Olympic Bowl of Fire at the opening in Sochi will be lit from the torch of the Olympic flame, which has been in space, which will the culmination of the ceremony. While the secret of the lighting of the bowl and the name of the torchbearer remains a great secret. The main contenders are Evgeni Plushenko, Albert Demchenko, Ilya Kovalchuk and Olga Zaitseva. As possible options are the names of Alexander Zubkov, Victor An, and Ivan Skobreva. The auditorium of the stadium in Sochi will accommodate 40 thousand people. Symbolically in blue - the color of the Olympics in Russia - painted seats for spectators. The upper stands will be the darkest shades, with a decrease in a number of shades of blue will become lighter. Designers thus managed to visually increase the space of the sports arena and from all angles to highlight the main element of the Olympic Games 2014 - the scene. The form of the hall is made in the form of a bowl, so any spectator from anywhere in the stadium will see the action on the stage. To ensure the safety of visitors, the inverted dome of the stadium with a height of 36 meters will consist of tiers and sectors with a separate outlet for each. About 800 places are prudently equipped for people with disabilities. The organizers revealed a secret: one of the 13-minute scenes at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympics was commissioned to put the famous Ukrainian choreographer Alexander Leshchenko. He is going to present the audience with the most beautiful scene of the first ball of the Russian heroine Natasha Rostova, a mini-play will be staged based on the novel by the classic writer Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.