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Culture 18/08/2013 Contemporary Choreography and Sport Plastic Art International Contest takes place in Tashkent
Contemporary Choreography and Sport Plastic Art International Contest takes place in Tashkent
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Fifth Contemporary Choreography and Sport Plastic Art International Contest, a project of Gulnara Karimova, is taking place in Tashkent from 17 to 19 August 2013.

The project was organized by Fund Forum, Fund for Support of Children Sport, Ministry of Public Education, Federation of Trade Unions at the support of the US Embassy in Uzbekistan and Israeli Cultural Center. Beeline, Lukoil, Podium Italia, RedTag are among sponsors of the contest.

This year, over 800 people from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are participating at the event.

The participants will present their performances in such areas as Sports and ballroom dancing; Folk dances; Street-dance; Modern dance (free-style); and Sports acrobatics and calisthenics. The qualification rounds will be held on 17-18 August and the gala concert will wrap up the project on 19 August 2013.

This is a sports project which presents a splendid opportunity for young professional and amateur talents aged from 5 to 20. Besides diplomas and prizes, the Fund Forum awards special development grants to the best teams. Gulnara Karimova will hand over diplomas and prizes to the winners of the contest.

About 200 dancers of Street Fest block will battle in five nominations – hip-hop junior, hip-hop professional, dance hall, popping, and break dance. Bryan Tyger-B Marshal of the US, Oleg Davidovskiy from Israel, Viktor “Vitek” Kvyatkovsky of Russia and Katya Harchenko from Ukraine will rate the performances of the participants.

Skaters, skateboarders and cyclists (about 60 people) will also be competing with each other in different directions. Rollers: slalom, slalom - high jump and aggressive. Parkour athletes also present their original program. Most of the participants of this block trains on a platform built for them in Tashkent Ecopark.

The contest will end with the gala-concert, which will include performances of Uzbek celebrities, participants of the contest and others.

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