Artists of Astana Opera to perform at closing ceremony of EXPO-2015 in Milan

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Ballerina of Astana Opera Aigerim Beketayeva and principal dancer Erkin Rakhmatullayev received invitation to perform on the stage of famous La Scala within the closing ceremony of the EXPO-2015. The concert will be held on October 30-31, the press service of the theatre informs.

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The artists will perform pas de deux from the third act of the Swan Lake and pas de deux from the Sleeping Beauty.

"It is a great honor for our theatre to perform on the stage of La Scala. A year ago, artists from La Scala performed in Astana. Makhar Vaziyev, the art director of La Scala ballet saw how we rehearsed a scene from the Swan Lake and invited us to perform at the closing ceremony of the EXPO-2015," art director of the ballet company Tursynbek Nuraliyev noted.

As earlier reported, the EXPO is held in Milan from May 1 through October 31, 2015.