Cultural Olympiad hits stride as London Summer Olympics near

Elizabeth Streb’s dancers perform in front of Tower Bridge in London as part of the Cultural Olympiad, a festival made up of 12,000 art and cultural events that honor the Summer Olympics. The troupe is from Brooklyn. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

July 10, 2012 2:57 PM PT

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As part of the Cultural Olympiad, 12,000 cultural events are taking place across Britain to celebrate the London Olympic Games. They could also help attract future tourists.

The Royal Opera House in London made its contribution to the Cultural Olympiad by performing “Les Troyens.” (Bill Cooper / Associated Press)

British musician and composer Damon Albarn, left, performs a scene with Paul Hilton for the new opera “Dr Dee,” about a fall from grace of a mathematician and astrologer of the Elizabethan age. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)

Artist Damien Hirst poses in front of his artwork, “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” in the Tate Modern in London, England. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

A child from the Raploch estate’s Big Noise orchestra plays at the Big Concert in Stirling, Scotland. The Big Concert on June 21 opened the London 2012 festival. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)