A grand celebration of rhythmic gymnastics to take place in Sochi in April
The Alina Festival is the largest project of the rhythmic gymnastics Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation. Its main goal is to popularize youth sports. Since 2009, the festival has been gathering young stars and honored athletes. The festival gives beginner gymnasts the opportunity to be inspired by the skills of world leaders.
Originally, the festival was attributed to Children's Day, but subsequently its theme began to change. The festival has already been dedicated to the stories of outstanding women, fairy tales and the conquering of space. In 2022, the theme of the festival was the Great Patriotic War. The event was attended by the Averin sisters and Lala Kramarenko, gymnasts from various Russian regions, as well as other athletes, famous artists and popular artistic teams.
This is the first time that the Sky Grace Academy will be the host venue for the festival.
A whole team of professional choreographers is involved in the events’ preparations. The Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation has organized trips for all of them to different Russian regions, as well as foreign countries, where choreographers are working on parts of the production. Once everyone arrives at the venue, all of the episodes will be weaved together during a general rehearsal, into a single show.
This year, the show will be choreographed by Irina Zenovka, Natalya Belugina, Elena Afanasyeva, Ekaterina Sirotina, Eldar Saifutdinov, Saniya Glyzina, Ekaterina Baiborodina, as well as the TODES school-studio choreographer Andrey Brykanov. The festival director is Vyacheslav Kulaev. The audience can expect a magical show and many surprises!
Participation for young gymnasts is completely free of charge, and all travel expenses, hotel accommodations, meals, training with choreographers and costumes - all are paid by the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation. The audience of the festival will be made up of children living in orphanages and boarding-schools. This has been the tradition since the very first festival, which means no tickets are ever sold, and everyone comes by invitation.