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About the Project ................................................................................................................................................................. 6ART ..........................................................................................................................................................................10About Biennale.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10Exhibition of works by world-famous painter Joan Miró and contemporary Spanish impressionists ....... 11“I am the Style” International Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Fabergé ..................................................................... 12Solo exhibition of photo artist Igor Vishnyakov ............................................................................................................................................. 12National Pavilion of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan ................................................................................................................... 13Project “Central Asian Salon” .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13International Exhibition of Contemporary Art “Esthetics of Hedonism: Food, Body, Soul” ................................................13Retrospective project “The Severe Style of Otto Dix” ......................................................................................................................................................................14Roundtable “Crisis or Transformation of Multiculturalism: the Biennale Space” ...................................................... 14Traditional Uzbek Art, Design and Fashion Exhibition ............................................................................................................................. 14Comics exhibition by French artist Alexander Clérisse ........................................................................................................................... 16“Tokyo at 100”, Exhibition of works by Japanese photographers ............................................................................................. 17The Gallery of National Textile presentation.................................................................................................................................................... 17TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL CINEMA FORUM “GOLDEN GUEPARD” ...................................................................................... 18The 2nd International Theatre Festival “Theatre.UZ” ............................................................................................................................... 21The International Contemporary Choreography and Sporting Dance Contest ............................................................ 23FASHION ...............................................................................................................................................................24UNDERGROUND Young Fashion Designers Show ...................................................................................................................................... 24The National Dress Festival ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25General Défilé by the House of Style ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27Exhibition of modern UK design “Reconstruction: Cultural Heritage and the Making of Contemporary Fashion” .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27Exhibition by Keimyung University College of Fashion ............................................................................................................ 28Fashion shows by international designers .............................................................................................................................................28Master class by London College of Fashion ..................................................................................................................................................... 34Master class by Lycée La Martinière-Diderot .................................................................................................................................................. 35Master class by American celebrity stylist Kithe Brewster ................................................................................................................ 35Master class by prominent journalist and TV host Maxim Shevchenko ............................................................................. 36The International Hairstyling Competition .......................................................................................................................................................... 36SOcIAl pROjecTS ANd cONFeReNceS ..................................................................................................37Charity gala dinner in support of women diagnosed with breast cancer ..........................................................................................37Roundtable “Interaction of the fashion industry and education” ................................................................................................ 37Press conference with organizers, guests and participants ........................................................................................................... 38International women's business forum.................................................................................................................................................................. 39SOcIAl eveNTS ...............................................................................................................................................40venue addresses 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CONTENTS

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Fund Forum

Center of National Arts

Youth Creativity Palace

Palace of International Forums

Intercontinental Hotel

Radisson Hotel

Gallery of Fine Art

House of Style

Tashkent House of Photography

Uzbekistan Sports Complex

Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace

Youth Theater of Uzbekistan

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Style.Uz Art Week, an annual far-reaching culture, art and fashion project, will take place in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on October 23-28, 2011. Now in its sixth year, the event is drawing increasing attention from the international community to Central Asia. Art Week is a crossroads of arts, tradition and modernity. It

offers a rich menu of events and is attended by a host of international celebrities.

Style.Uz Art Week has been organized by the Fund Forum since 2006 in conjunction with partners. The project brings together a large number of international guests in Central Asian cultural hubs such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Tashkent, a city that has become a unique fusion of the past and the present.

In this mix of colors, dreams and emotions each guest and participant will learn skills in creating, dreaming, feeling and seeing everything that is linked with the colors and traditions of Uzbek and global arts amidst an exciting October cultural razzmatazz.

The Fund Forum, the primary organizer of Style.Uz Art Week, is dedicated to developing international cultural exchange, uniting the efforts of diplomatic and public bodies, helping establish socio-humanitarian and universal ties among countries and diverse national entities. The Fund provides support for talented children and youth, crafts dynasties and art professionals through allocating grants and scholarships while organizing contests, festivals, exhibitions, roundtables and other events both in Uzbekistan and far beyond its confines.

Aimed at helping to develop international cooperation in various types of arts and supporting creative people, Style.Uz is held with support from major local and international organizations and agencies, including the British Council, the French Institute and Goethe-Institut Tashkent among others.

Art Week is an opportunity for young talents with limited financial resources to demonstrate their skills and showcase their collections along with leading international labels and contribute to Art Week as volunteers in various areas of activity.

This year’s Art Week has been given the motto Mix of colors, dreams and emotions and will present multifarious events such as catwalk shows by local Uzbek fashion designers and international fashion houses, a National Dress Festival, theatre plays, exhibitions representing classical and contemporary arts, a Biennale of Contemporary Art, an international cinema forum, charity campaigns, various presentations, concerts, cocktail parties, master classes by renowned professionals and blitz briefings with the youth. Style.Uz will bring together big names in the show business, fashion, cinema, theatre, art, music and the media.

Gulnara Karimova presents awards to Baby Tournament participants Photo exhibition in Paris

Oscar de la Renta show. Art Week Style.UZ 2009

Concert by Jose Carreras. Art Week Style.UZ 2010

Guli Collection show. Style.UZ 2008

Asrlar sadosi (Echo of centuries) Festival of Traditional Culture

"We are for a healthy lifestyle" project Gulnara Karimova with winners of Kelajak ovozi Talented Youth Contest

International Contemporary Choreography and Sporting Dance Competition

About the project

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The 6th Style.Uz Art Week will be attended by: famous fashion designers Victor de Souza (USA), Domenico Vacca (USA), Kamishima Chinami (Japan) Kersti Urvois (Spain), celebrity stylist Kithe Brewster (USA), director of Madrid Fashion Week Angel Asensio Laguna (Spain); prominent composer Ennio Morricone, singer Eros Ramazzotti (Italy), composer and music producer Igor Krutoy, opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky (Russia); representatives of fashion labels Roberto Cavalli, Gianfranco Ferre, Ermanno Scervino, Corneliani, Billionaire (Italy), Yves Saint Laurent (France), Angel Schlesser (Spain), representatives of Chopard and Piaget jewelry label (Switzerland); representatives of London College of Fashion (UK), Lycée La Martinière-Diderot (France), Keimyung University College of Fashion (South Korea); artists Jorge Ontiveros (Spain), Alexander Clerisse (France), celebrated actors Matthias Hues (USA), Irene Visedo (Spain), Yelena Morozova (Russia), Valeriy Barinov (Russia), Oleg Taktarov (Russia, USA), Nikita Vysotsky (Russia), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Lithuania), Dimple Kapadia (India), film directors Leo Khasin (Germany), Pavel Lungin (Russia), Sergei Solovyov (Russia), Valeriy Todorovskiy (Russia), Vyacheslav Zlatopolskiy (Russia), Yegor Konchalovsky (Russia), Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (Iceland), Shunya Ito (Japan), Mokri Shahram Goudarz (Iran), Piotr Subbotko (Poland), producers Regis Ghezelbash (France), Maxim Husainov (Russia), producer and vice-president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) Renat Davletyarov (Russia), producer of MUZ TV

channel Armand Davletyarov (Russia), film critics Hans Schlegel (Germany), Andrei Plakhov (Russia), famous French film director Gérard Krawczyk, famous Russian animator Andrei Khrzhanovsky, president of Taiwan Golden Horse Awards Peggy Chiao (China), uniFrance festival manager Yann Raymond (France), Chairman of Tashkent International Cinema Forum Moritz de Hadeln (Switzerland), famous German writer and theatre director Michael Schindhelm; founder of Assouline Publishing Yaffa Assouline (USA), Vogue journalist Cesare Cunaccia (Italy), CCTV chief correspondent Qiao Yike (China), People’s Daily journalist Tan Wujun (China), journalist Flora Obgoryan (Switzerland), journalist and TV host Vladimir Solovyov (Russia), TV hosts Andrei Malakhov (Russia), Maxim Svechenko (Russia), Yoshiuki Konishi (Japan), Russian TV journalist and host of Tikhiy dom show Sergei Sholokhov, special correspondent of Japanese newspaper NIKKEI Miamoto Hideaki, executive director of the Japanese Institute of Photo Industry Hiroshi Yano, a representative of Getty Images Yves Forestier (Switzerland), the president of Shanghai Denglijun Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd Lian Chu (China), vice-president of the China Association for the Advancement of International Friendship Lee Yuibin as well as British music band Freemasons and Spanish DJ Ropero among others.

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About the Biennale The slogan of the 6th Tashkent

International Biennale of Contemporary Art is “Contemporary Art: Artist’s Space and Society”. Artists represent a particular society. Society cannot exist without art as it reflects its values and satisfies its esthetic needs. Nonetheless, an artist consciously emphasizes his or her individuality, with some choosing to be detached or to live in solitude while at the same time needing societal recognition and probing into social aspects and problems through their creative

Throughout Style.Uz Art Week Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, turns into a hustle and bustle of artistic activity. It offers a string of exhibitions hosted by Tashkent’s leading galleries that give the broad public an opportunity to get a taste of high art in the broadest sense of the word. These include solo exhibitions presenting creations by local and international artists,

photographers, designers and masters of contemporary and traditional arts as well as fashion and design showrooms.

Moreover, in keeping with tradition, Art Week offers major international art projects. This year

they include the 6th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art scheduled for October 23-29. The opening ceremony for the Biennale will be held on October 23 at 5 p.m. at the Youth Creativity Palace as part of the inauguration of Style.Uz Art Week 2011.

endeavors. This paradoxical state of affairs gives rise to questions on which the 6th Tashkent Biennale will seek to focus: artists’ place and role in societal life, their positions and responsibilities. The dynamic processes in contemporary art have posed a need for a reassessment of these categories by the artistic community.

The Biennale will feature works by over 150 leading artists and art critics from a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.

The 6th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art includes the following projects:

Exhibition of works by world-famous pAINTeR jOAN MIRó ANd cONTeMpORARy

SpANISH IMpReSSIONISTS lUIS AMeR, MARTIN cARRAl ANd jORGe NúñeZ

Date and venue: 5 p.m., October 23, 2011, the Youth Creativity Palace

Joan Miró (1893-1983) was a world-renowned Spanish Catalan painter and one of the leaders of 20th-century abstract art and surrealism. Miró has been the inspiration behind a multitude of artists, including comics artists and animators. Miró’s versatile talents can also be seen in other areas such as sculpture, ceramics, scenic design, print graphics and poetry.

Luis Amer was born in 1943. One of the most remarkable things about his paintings

is that the creations look real and masterful, but they are seen as if in dreams. Just as noteworthy is the play of colors in his artworks.

Martin Carral was born in 1959. In his work, Carral puts into perspective not only a certain profound dimension, but also an important play of light. He relies on a variety of techniques to create his oil paintings and other pieces of art.

Jorge Núñez was born in 1954. Núñez is one the artists who create relying on their own intuition and express their feelings in their art. His works are almost void of shapes and details, leaving space for imagination.

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“I AM THe STyle” INTeRNATIONAl exHIBITION OF cONTeMpORARy ART By

FABeRGé (France, UK, rUssia, Greece, Uae, UzbeKistan)

Date and venue: 5 p.m., October 23, 2011, the Youth Creativity Palace

The exhibition includes a collection of seven stories designed in the genre of contemporary art talking about the life of Carl Fabergé and his masterpieces. Experts of Faberge jewelry house in conjunction with artists, film director, illustrator and art professionals from the UK, France, Russia and Uzbekistan will present a unique exhibition talking about the cultural legacy of Faberge house, works of art and prominent clients of Carl Fabergé who was jeweler and goldsmith to the great Russian Imperial Court, creating exquisite jewels and objects, including the legendary series of lavish and ingenious Imperial Easter Eggs. One such client was Russian ballet legend Vatslav Nijinsky. The exhibition includes paintings, graphics, photos, installations and films that unite the story into one concept.

SOlO exHIBITION OF pHOTO ARTIST IGOR vISHNyAkOv

Date and venue: 5 p.m., October 23, 2011, the Youth Creativity Palace

Born in 1968 in Moscow, Igor Vishnyakov spent his early life in Africa and Southeast Asia. He started showing his photo works in the mid 1980’s. He took up painting and took photos of key figures of Russian underground. In 1990, he moved to New York and is currently one of the most sought-after and highest paid photographers in the USA. He is the one who made Sasha Pivovarova a top model to whom he is married. Vishnyakov is famed not only for creating photos for glossy magazines but also for series of conceptual photos. His works that will be presented at the 6th Tashkent International Biennale are dedicated to the Silver Age: Stravinsky music, Russian ballet, and Mikhail Vrubel’s creations. By mixing painting and traditional photographic processing Vishnyakov has erased the boundaries between the two distinct types of art.

national Pavilion oF the academy oF arts oF UzbeKistan

Date and venue: 10:30 a.m., October 24, 2011, the Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy

of Arts of Uzbekistan

The National Pavilion will feature works by Uzbek artists. The project seeks to put the spotlight on the potential of local masters who have honed their skills during independence years. Besides the works by contemporary artists visitors will also be able to view a brief retrospective of Samarkand abstract artist Andrei Krikis and creations by German photographer Frank Rodel.

pROjecT “ceNTRAl ASIAN SAlON”Date and venue: 12 a.m., October 25, 2011,

Gallery of Fine Art of Uzbekistan

The project is based on the general concept of the 6th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art “Contemporary Art: Artist’s Space and Society”, making emphasis on the integrity of an artist and modern society. The pavilion presents works by Central Asian artists as well as those from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran and

Turkey. The territorial, political and historical interconnectedness of these countries unites them in the past and the present. The project comprises contemporary and ethnographic art items. The social position of society and realities of daily life in this project unite the factual history with the deconstruction of perennially changing identification of this region’s artists over the years since Uzbekistan became independent.

INTeRNATIONAl exHIBITION OF cONTeMpORARy ART “eSTHeTIcS OF

HedONISM: FOOd, BOdy, SOUl” Date and venue: 12 a.m., October 25, 2011,

the Gallery of Fine Art of Uzbekistan

Hedonism is an esthetic position which argues that human behavior is driven by the desire for pleasure. For instance, Renaissance artists believed that art was supposed to be a source of pleasure for people and awaken interest in learning about life. The dynamic processes in contemporary art have posed a need for a reassessment of Hedonism by the new artistic community. The goal of the exhibition “Esthetics of Hedonism: Food, Body, Soul” is to show the attitude of artists to ethical and esthetic problems in Hedonism. The project seeks to introduce Uzbekistan artists to the global artistic process through unconventional solutions of artistic tasks. This is an international exhibition and will showcase works by both young leading local and prominent international artists from France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Russia and the UK.

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retrosPective Project “the severe style oF otto dix”, ORGANIZED WITH SUPPORT

FRom GoeTHe-InSTITUT TASHKenT

Date and venue: 12 a.m., October 25, 2011, the Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan

The graphic retrospective of world-renowned German artist Otto Dix presents 86 etchings and lithographs that form a major part of Dix’s artistic legacy. His participation in the frontline of the First World War left deep traces in him and had a major impact on his creativity. Documented evidence of war, masterfully created on-spot along with his personal memories of the First World War have become the basis of his grand graphic cycle published in Berlin in 1924, part of which will be on display at the Tashkent Biennale.

roUndtable “crisis or transFormation oF mUlticUltUralism: the biennale sPace”

Date and venue: 10 a.m., October 25, 2011, the Gallery of Fine Art of Uzbekistan

Contributors to the roundtable discussion will include local and international artists as well as theoreticians and other art professionals. This sort of forums has become a tradition and is held as part of each Tashkent Biennale. The distinctive feature of this year’s Biennale consists in the fact that emphasis will be placed on the analytical assessment of the state and prospects of this phenomenon through the prism of contemporary art in the globalized world.

Other exhibition projects offered by Style.Uz Art Week 2011

TRAdITIONAl UZBek ART, deSIGN ANd FASHION exHIBITION

The exhibition opens on the first day of Style.Uz Art Week and runs throughout the Week

This major exhibition, scheduled for October 23 at the Youth Creativity Palace, brings together works by leading masters of traditional art and seasonal hits of brands. This is trendy crafts art on the one hand, and exquisite fashion on the other. Fashion and art go hand in hand while representing a part of contemporary culture.

Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view modern clothing, shoewear, perfumes,

accessories, interior items, jewelry and brand new designs by famous brands.

This year the section of the exhibition dedicated to Uzbekistan’s traditional art will feature items of various types of national art: embroideries, weaving, carpets, ceramics, chasing items, wood carving, jewelry, etc. The contemporary masters’ creations will demonstrate the diversity of the traditional heritage of Uzbek people, the revival of many crafts that disappeared in years before independence and that were restored afterwards. The works are by contemporary masters of various generations and various

local centers in Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khorezm, Surkhandarya, Kashkadarya, Andijan, Namangan, Ferghana, Marghilan and Karakalpakstan.

The number of artists presenting works at the exhibition is growing year after year. They include renowned labels and young talents, including the winners of Kelajak ovozi (Voice of the future) Talented Youth Contest annually held by the Fund Forum.

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cOMIcS exHIBITION By FReNcH ARTIST AlexANdeR cléRISSe, orGanized with sUPPort From the French institUte

Date and venue: 1 p.m., October 24, 2011, the Center of National Arts

Alexander Clerisse spent his childhood in the south of France. In 2000, enrolls in a history course. Two years later he changes his major and earns a degree in visual communications. The following year he takes up the genre of comics upon enrollment in an art school in Angoulême where he starts publishing Le Mouchoir magazine with other talented students. His first publications appear in Toboggan, a youth-oriented magazine, Choco Creed and other newspapers. In 2006, reproduces in color David Prudom’s “Mr. Pateline’s act”, a creation he admired. In January 2007, he published his first album Jazz Club. Recently, he finished working on his story “Outwit death”, a description of an old man who searches for his lost memories. He works regularly as an illustrator and colorist for the youth press (Toboggan magazine) and publishing companies (Arbre vengeur, Les éditions de l’an 2).

In Tashkent Clerisse will present forty of his original artworks created with the use of various techniques (pencil, computer graphics, etc). The exhibition will show the originality and diversity of his creations: comics, illustrations and graphics. This diversity reflects an important component of France’s contemporary art.

Alexander Clerisse will also lead a five-day master class on the creation of comics for young aspiring artists in Tashkent. The master class will be held on October 18-22 at the French Institute in Tashkent.

“TOkyO AT 100”, exHIBITION OF WORkS By jApANeSe pHOTOGRApHeRS

Date and venue: 26.10.2011, 12.00, Tashkent House of Photography

“Tokyo at 100” Photo Exhibition pre-sents 360 photos created by famous Japa-nese photographers and celebrates Tokyo’s 100-year history of photography capturing the development and contemporary devel-opment of Japan’s capital city. The exhibi-tion will display creations by 40 Japanese photographers such as Shotaro Akiyama, Taro Dosho, Shinzo Hanabusa, Tadahiko Hayashi and Kensuke Hijikata among oth-ers. The exhibition will also offer portraits of key Japanese personalities. These include politicians, writers, artists, actors and busi-nessmen. The exhibition has been held in 20 countries in Europe and the Middle East. The photo exhibition in Uzbekistan is the first time it is being held in the CIS. The next city to host the art show is St. Petersburg (Russia).

THe GAlleRy OF NATIONAl TexTIle pReSeNTATION

Date and venue: 2 p.m., October 26, 2011, House of Style

The Gallery will present contemporary examples of Uzbek embroidery and weaving. Items on display will include clothes, headwear, bags, shoes and accessories decorated with embroidery as well as modern fabrics with the use of ornaments and techniques that have been restored according to ancient samples. The exhibition will also include thematic photos and installations.

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Style.Uz Art Week 2011 will include the closing ceremonies of two ongoing major projects in cinema and theater.

TASHkeNT INTeRNATIONAl cINeMA FORUM “GOldeN GUepARd”

Opening ceremony: 6 p.m., October 19, the Grand Hall of the Youth Creativity Palace

Closing ceremony: 5 p.m., October 25, the Grand Hall of the Youth Creativity Palace

This is a maiden effort in Uzbekistan to create an international forum which would cre-ate new opportunities to understand complex processes in contemporary cinematography and present to the Uzbek audience stellar works in contemporary cinema while putting the spotlight on the development of local cin-ema over the past few years.

The Film Cinema comprises 3 contests:- contest of full-length films- contest of short films- contest of animated films.

The Golden Guepard award will be bestowed in the following categories:- best full-length film - best short film- best animated film- best film director - best male role - best female role.

The Selection Committee for the Cinema Festival has received applications for participation from over 45 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, South and North America.

The Selection Committee has considered 139 films, the members of selection committee of short and animated films viewed 74 and 87 films respectively. All told, 43 films will vie in the Forum.

The idea of Tashkent International Film Forum “Golden Guepard” is expressed in its motto “Civilizations of the 21st Century: Dialogue of Cultures” and in this year’s slogan: “Human Stories: a Philosophy of Feelings”. The goal of the Film Forum – understanding of mutual internalization of various countries’ cultures and shared problems in the modern world – has been supported by eminent international cinema professionals.

Chairman of the Jury Moritz de hadeln (Switzerland) – film director and photogra-pher who headed Berlin and Venice International Film Festivals for many years.

yegor konchalovsky (Russia) – film director, ac-tor, scriptwriter and pro-ducer.

peggy chiao (Taiwan, China) – a famous film producer, director and supervisor of Golden Horse Taiwan Film Festival.

Hans Schlegel (Germany) – a famous critic, selector of Berlin and Venice Film Festivals.

yann Raymond (France) – festival manager of UniFrance.

Ingeborga dapkunaite (Lithuania) – a film and theatre actress.

Regis Ghezelbash (France) – prominent film producer and script writer.

Shunya Ito (Japan) – a film director.

Andrei khrzhanovsky (Russia) – a renowned Rus-sian animator.

The professionals in the jury who repre-sent Uzbekistan include: actor and film direc-tor nozim tulahojayev, film director Ayub shakhobitdinov, scriptwriter and film director yolkin tuychiyev.

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Tashkent International Cinema Forum “Golden Guepard” will also present:

- contemporary French animation- the Program “captured time”

(documentary film);- the Program “Panorama of modern

Uzbek cinema” (modern Uzbek films, created on the film studio “Uzbekfilm”);

- the Program “on a par with a spectator” (commercial Uzbek films created at non-governmental studios).

Art Week will also meetings and master classes with prominent cinematographers attending the Tashkent International Cinema Forum.

A Blitz Briefing with film stars will take place on October 24 at the Fund Forum Conference Room. The event will be an opportunity for young people in Uzbekistan to converse with prominent actors and actresses, ask them questions and discussing interesting issues.

Competition-based demonstrations will be held at the Youth Creativity Palace and other programs will be held at Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace and the Institute of Arts.

«HOUSE OF WIND»vyacheslav Zlatopolsky

«KADDISH FOR A FRIEND»leo Khasin

«WHEN LOvE COmES»Chang Tso-Chi

«mORGEN»Marian Crisan

THe 2Nd INTeRNATIONAl THeATRe FeSTIvAl “THeATRe.UZ”

Opening ceremony: 5 p.m., October 17, the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan

Closing ceremony: 6 p.m., October 26, 2011, the Center of National Arts

This is the second time the Theatre Festival is being held as part of Style.Uz Art Week, bring together thousands of avid theater fans. Theatre.UZ is aimed at bringing closer together theatre cultures of various countries in an effort to contribute mutual understanding, mutual respect among cultures, and mutual internalization of trends in theatre art.

This year the organizers have expanded the participant geography. Scheduled for

October 17-26, the festival will present plays by theatre groups from Azerbaijan, Germany, Israel, Tajikistan, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

This year’s festival programme is broader as compared with the previous year. The festival will include 26 plays at eight venues in Tashkent: the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan, the Russian Academic Drama Theatre of Uzbekistan, Tashkent Theatre of Music Comedy, Young Viewer Theatre, Uzbek State Drama Theatre, the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre, Diydor Studio Theatre and Turkiston Palace.

The event will stage works by eminent men-of-letters such as William Shakespeare,

Gulnara Karimova and actor Murod Rajabov at the closing ceremony of Theatre.UZ-2010 Festival

Actor Gennadiy Pachis (Greece) Theatre.UZ-2010

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Alisher Navoi, Hans Christian Andersen, Nikolai Gogol and Alexander Ostrovsky. The plays to be staged include “Layli and Majnun”, “Medea”, “Balzaminov’s marriage”, “Maysara’s acts” and others. Other plays will include collaborative projects of Uzbek and international theatres: an Uzbek-German project “Twins” by F. Ludwig, an Uzbek-British staging of “Never was a story of more woe…” by Shakespeare and Navoi and a collaborative project of Simferopol Academic Music and Drama Theatre and the National Academic Theatre of Uzbekistan (Ukraine-Uzbekistan) “Lonely Star” play. This year’s festival offers a diverse repertoire. Its plays focusing on eternal themes are laden with meaning and undoubtedly will make a lasting impression on the audience. The plays will be stages in several languages: Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani and Ivrit as well as mute plays.

In addition to plays, the 2nd International Theatre Festival “Theatre.UZ” will also include master classes by theatre groups from the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel to be held at the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan, the Institute of Arts of Uzbekistan, and the Circus College. The National Press Centre of Uzbekistan will host an international forum titled “the Role and place of Central Asian theatres in the global theatre processes”. The results of the twenty-year free theatre development”, including presentations of projects by Uzbek and international representatives.

THe INTeRNATIONAl cONTeMpORARy cHOReOGRApHy ANd SpORTING dANce

cONTeSTSelection rounds – October 26-27,

Youth Creativity Palace Gala concert – 1 p.m., October 28,

Uzbekistan Sports Complex

For a second year in a row Style.Uz Art Week includes a competition in one of the most ancient arts – dancing. The International Contemporary Choreography and Sporting Dance Contest is aimed at helping contribute to the further development of choreographic art of young talents and boosting their skills and professionalism. The competition is an excellent opportunity for dance groups to demonstrate their potential on a big stage and earn ratings from the jury.

Dance groups from Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will perform at the International Contemporary Choreography and Sporting Dance Contest.

Participants will perform in the following dance types:

- sporting and ballroom dance;

- national dances;- street-dance;- modern dance (free-style);- sporting acrobatics and calisthenics.A jury comprising leading specialists and

art professionals will judge the participants based on the following criteria: artistic and choreographic features of the dance; tech-nique of performance; emotionality; perform-ers’ expressiveness; blend of the music, cho-reography and costumes. The jury will include a prominent Canadian dancer and choreogra-pher Sashar Zarif, a member of the Interna-tional Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF) and director of Boztorgai International Children’s Art Competition and choreographer Karlygash Abdikarimova (Kazakhstan) and several famous Uzbek choreographers.

The competition proceeds in several stages: the selection rounds will be held on October 26-27 followed by a gala concert and an awards ceremony for the winners on Oc-tober 28. The laureates will be honored with diplomas, grants and prizes from the project organizers.

SAShAR ZARIFGulnara Karimova presents awards to competition participants

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Uzbek designer fashion shows:

UNdeRGROUNd yOUNG FASHION deSIGNeRS SHOW6 p.m., October 24,

the Youth Creativity Palace

Underground show is held in the form of a colourful and expressive show with the participation of young performers and dance groups. It is seen as a platform of absolute freedom for creativity and flight of imagination. The requirements for collections to be showcased are restricted neither in terms of theme, nor in terms of fabrics, form or structure. The only rule that applies is that the designs must be interesting and unusual. Thus, Underground show puts the spotlight on the country’s youth fashion potential.

This year over 22 fashion designers will present 19 collections comprising 145 men’s and women’s designs. The young fashionistas include students and graduates of Kamoliddin Bekzod National Institute of Arts and Design, Tashkent Institute of Textiles and Light Industry as well as independent designers. each collection is crafted in a different style: from classics and romanticism to grunge and military. In creating clothes and accessories the designers have relied on fabrics of various textures, national motifs and imagination.

Underground is a unique opportunity for many budding designers to showcase their skills and talent to the broad public and to meet experts and specialists. As previous shows have shown, making it to ‘Underground’ opens new avenues for the participants. The designers with collections, found to be the most interesting, meet partners and set up links aimed at bringing their ideas to fruition and producing their collections on an industrial scale, and are invited to attend international competitions and shows.

FASHIONThe fashion section of Style.Uz Art

Week includes catwalk shows by Uzbek and international fashion designers and fashion labels, thematic exhibitions of clothes and accessories as well as master classes by foremost professionals in respective areas.

This is the sixth edition of Underground. The first show was mounted in november 2006 as part of the first Style.Uz Art Week and has, thus far, introduced to the Tashkent public local now famous designers such as Artem Drobyshev, Marat Negmatov and Ellina Hairullina among others. Each edition of the project has something new to offer.

Underground Youth Fashion Show has grown into more than just a unique and colourful spectacle; it now symbolizes innovation and modern trends in Uzbek fashion, and comes as a strong impetus for young promising designers to grow and move forward.

Fashion designers: Mavluda Isayeva, Margarita Safarova, Gulirano Ilkhomjanova, Klara Umarova, Rukhshona Umarova, Darya Masalskaya, Olga Masalskaya, Taisiya Chursi-na, Yevgeniya Yelizarova, Firuza Haidarova, Gulyuz Umarova, Timur Karimov, Farukh Hamzin, Marianna Makarova, Elsevar Iskha-kova, Zebo Hojayeva, Lidia Andre, Mokhinur Ikramova, Kamola Asamova, Alisher Buriyev, Munisa Askarova, Artem Drobyshev.

THe NATIONAl dReSS FeSTIvAl6 p.m., October 26,

the Center of National Arts

The National Dress Festival, one of the pivotal events that make up Style.Uz, centres around oriental themes. It is a blend of strict traditional lines with bright and fancy colors of modern design. The Festival is a fusion of the past and the present in national art that paves way for the future.

Every region in Uzbekistan boasts its own distinctive features of national costumes. These singularities are obviously presented by those designers who live and work there. The fashion designers will present the peculiarities of national costumes native to a particular region. They will also the audience modern interpretations of traditional motifs.

This year the National Dress Festival is being held in tandem with the closing ceremony of the 2nd International Theatre Festival “Theatre.UZ/2011”. The event promises to be a spectacular costume celebration, featuring over 160 looks from 17 collections. This time the fashion designers place the emphasis on pret-a-porter collections. A separate

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exhibition will present national costumes, accessories, jewelry and the decorative art of Karakalpakstan, the largest region of Uzbekistan. The creations will echo the many rich traditions, ideas and solutions as well as forms, techniques and a rainbow of colors. The creative group is composed of both established experienced professionals and young aspiring talents.

Preparations for the Festival were held during the year. It included a great deal of research into the structure, composition and technical characteristics of national fabrics, a comparative analysis of the historical fabrics and their contemporary reproduction, an analysis of cutting technologies in different regions of Uzbekistan, a research of natural dyers used in the past and present time, information about the national legacy of the historical costume was also systematized. Based on the statistics of the researches, recommendations for designers are developed.

The Festival was first held in 2005 as an independent event. In 2006 it was held in Bukhara, becoming a regular cultural event and winning the interest of multitudinous art enthusiasts. The same year it was made part of Style.Uz Art Week.

Fashion designers: 1. Saodat Hojimurodova2. Dildora Tukhtayeca 3. Gulshoda Rashidova 4. Denis Tomilin

5. Dildora Qosimova 6. Zulfiya Rakhmatullina 7. Yelena Milberger 8. Irina Stepanova 9. Marhamat Umarova 10. Nilufar Akhmedova11. Shakhlo Tursunova 12. Liliana 13. Dinara Usmanova 14. Nilufar Yunuskhojayeva 15. Lali16. Nargiza Sherhojayeva 17. Ilkhom Davletov 18. Aizada 19. Dilobar Karimova 20. Iroda Agzamhojayeva 21. Dilfuza Saidmahmudova 22. Alyona Kan.

GeNeRAl déFIlé By THe HOUSe OF STyle6 p.m., October 28,

the Youth Creativity Palace

The show hit it big with people interested in latest trends in contemporary fashion in Uzbekistan. The General Défilé serves as a platform for up-and-coming and promising designers at the House of Style to demonstrate their collections. The House of Style, a creative association of Uzbek fashion designers, has provided opportunities for many fashion designers to work at professional level. It also works to further narrow the gap in the working conditions between designers in Tashkent and regions and small towns in Uzbekistan.

Fashion designers: Anna Kim, Lilia Palyu-nina, Marhamat Umarova, Nargiza Niyazova, Munira Alimukhamedova, Saida Amir, Zulfiya Sultanbayeva, Artem Drobyshev, Dildora Qosi-mova, Kanishka, Guli.

Fashion exhibitions

exHIBITION OF MOdeRN Uk deSIGN “RecONSTRUcTION: cUlTURAl HeRITAGe

ANd THe MAkING OF cONTeMpORARy fashion” (uk)

Opening at 6 p.m., October 23, the Youth Creativity Palace

On October 23-28 2011 as part of Art Week Style.Uz the British Council in partnership with Fund Forum presents a state-of-the-art collection of modern UK design. The exhibition celebrates the work of seven of the UK’s leading fashion designers – Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Hussein Chalayan, Peter Jensen, Sophia Kokosalaki, Marios Schwab and Osman Yousefzada. Their approaches differ markedly, but their work in this exhibition demonstrates a shared philosophy: a skilful distillation of elements of their respective pasts – either personal moments or a collective cultural heritage – to create contemporary garments with narrative.

Fashion exhibition is a part of the British Council global arts project which builds long-term relationships between the UK and Uzbekistan through increased mutual collaboration, based on the wealth of heritage

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and skills. The project showcases creative industries and commercial arts by exploring the artistic mediums of visual arts and design.

The exhibition will involve unique events and activities to disseminate the outcomes of partnership between Uzbekistan and the UK in the areas of education and arts.

In 2010, British fashion duo Basso & Brooke their Capsule Collection as part of Style.Uz Art Week. The collection was the result of a multi-layered collaboration between fashion and textile partners in the UK and Uzbekistan, initiated and delivered by the British Council with assistance from the Fund Forum.

exHIBITION By keIMyUNG UNIveRSITy cOlleGe OF FASHION, soUth Korea

11 a.m., October 24, the Youth Creativity Palace

Based in Daegu, where the fashion industry has reached a sophisticat-ed level of development, the college offers a unique portfolio of courses in fash-ion design, fashion market-

ing and textile design that aim to reflect the breadth of opportunity available in this vibrant industry. The college provides students with the best educational facilities for academic re-search and artistic skills. Through such efforts the college hopes its graduates can contribute positively to the global fashion industry.

In Tashkent the college will present projects of its students and lecturers focusing on contemporary clothing.

Fashion shows by international designers:

yvEs saint laurEnt (francE)10.30 p.m., October 24, Radisson Hotel

Founded in 1961, Yves Saint Laurent is one of the greatest names in the fashion industry of the 20th century. The first couture house to intro-duce the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter in a 1966 collection called ‘Rive Gauche’, Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the socio-cultural landscape.

The shift represented a first and critical step in the modernization of fashion, making it accessible to a wider public. In 1999, the luxury goods divi-sion of the PPR Group acquired Yves Saint Laurent and under the creative direction of Stefano Pilati since 2004 has positioned the house at the sum-mit of the luxury universe. The exceptional legacy of Yves Saint Laurent has thus been renewed and a contemporary identity at once forged through innovative collections that marry elegance, refine-ment, French chic and timeless style.

Today Yves Saint Laurent’s collections in-clude women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags, small leather goods, jewelry, scarves, ties and eyewear..

angEl schlEssEr (spain)2 p.m., October 27,

the Center of National Arts

Angel Schlesser is the brand name of a Spanish fashion designer who began his career in fashion back in 1983. He created his first line of men’s wear in 1984. Two years later, Angel Schlesser made a small women’s collection and also presented a collection at Madrid’s Cibeles Fashion Show. Also Angel Schlesser was the winner of the Golden T award that that was presented by Telva magazine for Best New Designer in the year of 1991. By the next year he took part in the 25th Olympic Games inaugural ceremony in Barcelona, Spain.

Schlesser's designs are simple, up-to-date, and sophisticated. The clothing that he creates functional yet stylish. Angel Schlesser mixes traditional textures with newer material and gives his brand new shapes, volumes and a trendy style. For 2009, Angel Schlesser began a modern line of clothing that touched on a large number of trends..

cornEliani (italy)3 p.m., October 25,

the Youth Creativity Palace

It began in the 1930’s in Mantua with Alfredo Corneli-ani, one of the pioneers in the men’s fashion sector in Italy, with hand-tailored raincoats and well-made outerwear that quickly became successful. But it was his sons, Carlalberto and Caudio, who founded Cor-neliani in the second half of the 1950’s and gave it a dimen-sion, an identity, a high stand-ard that made it a landmark in men’s fashion worldwide.

The company began as an artisan business in the his-toric town center of Mantua, a city of art and culture that had its moment of greatest splendor during the Renais-sance. Corneliani is distin-guished for its creativity and stylistic coherence. It creates dreams, desires and delights

for the elegant man. Corneliani creations reflect a dialog between tradition and technology. The char-acteristic processes of grand tailoring, from the cut to the hand finishings, are an integral part of the Corneliani world. The study of volumes and forms finds inspiration in the various styles in architecture and design. Corneliani presents a seductive world of clothing and accessories for unique experience.

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billionairE (italy)4 p.m., October 24, the Center of National Arts

Billionaire, a label created by a famous Ital-ian businessman Flavio Briatore, represents an extreme brand of luxury sartorial man’s fash-ion, which at times goes intentionally overboard whilst still remaining refined. one which never loses sight of the real art of tailoring and enhanc-es the personality of those wearing the brand.

The brand has managed to combine made-to-measure and ready-to-wear, attaining a result of the very utmost quality. This is borne out by its shirts, which are stitched and feature pressed-flat seams according to the age-old tailoring tech-nique, with four detachable ribs (plus four gold ribs supplied) under the linen collar; suits made to measure with a transversal Neapolitan cut with gold buttons, entirely linen-finished with hand-stitched oblique buttonholes; classic jack-ets that carry a hint of modern whilst overriding the requirements of new garments; shoes made entirely by hand and fixed with wooden nails and a serial number to guarantee their uniqueness.

robErto cavalli (italy)7 p.m., October 27, the Youth Creativity Palace

Roberto Cavalli was born on November 15, 1940 to a Florentine family of humble means. His mother was a tailor and his grandfather a well-known impressionist painter, both artistic influences that would direct his vocation.

While studying at the Florence Academy of Art, he started experimenting with T-shirt prints, and just for the hell of it, conceived new ways of printing onto other fabrics. It all started when Cavalli and a fellow student discovered how to print on leather, the first time this was ever done.

In the late 60s, Roberto Cavalli set up a factory and created his first line, inspired by art and painting, and which the European elite ate up. He stitched together pieces of leather and denim, and although his patchwork was revolutionary, at the time these fabrics were associated with the working class. Despite the negative association, Italian Vogue started taking notice of the young man.

Over the next 10 years, the European cream of the crop came to Cavalli to see what all the fuss was about. When French actress Brigitte Bardot was seen walking barefoot in one of his designs in St. Tropez, his name exploded. But Cavalli was still considered scandalous and unorthodox, and remained an outsider in the fashion industry.

Roberto Cavalli’s creations with denim and printed leather have always stood at the fringe until recently, as he became one of the most original and sought-out designers around. Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys always ask

Cavalli to design their tour costumes, while David Beckham, Bono and Lenny Kravitz are among his biggest fans.

In 2002, out of the 750 menswear labels shown at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Cavalli was picked as the favorite. That same year, Fashion Group International named Roberto Cavalli Designer of the Year. He used his momentum to launch his fragrance, "Roberto Cavalli Parfum," and even launched a home collection.

The Roberto Cavalli clientele includes big-name celebrities such as Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Turner, Halle Berry, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Elton John, Cher, Lenny Kravitz, Jon Bon Jovi and Bono.

Ermanno scErvino (italy)4 p.m., October 26, the Youth Creativity Palace

Ermanno Scervino was born in Milan but spent many years in Florence. ''The king of sports fashion'' as he was called by the press, starting from his debut commuted between Paris and London and always demonstrated his gravita-tion for multifunctional multinational style.

Self-taught, after a stint in Paris followed by a period studying architecture in Italy, he learnt everything he knows from Italian mentors in the fields of luxury goods and fashion design. Trained in all the best techniques, he worked with the most prestigious workshops and the most beautiful fabrics. Having spent ten years work-ing in the shadows of the greatest designers, he felt the time had come to found his own self-financing label and use it to express his taste for architecture - but this time, for that of the body.

Right from the start, he was full of original-ity; aiming to offer sporty couture styling based on evening jackets, fitted like corsets, sophisti-cated, rare, as treasured as pieces of lingerie. Italian women snapped them up without a second glance. Right from the very first catwalk show, orders came flooding in. All the best boutiques wanted to sell this new designer who captured the spirit of the times; offering iconoclastic, free-spirited and innovative luxury, with no danger of unexpected combinations of fabrics and cuts.

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KAmiShimA ChinAmi (JApAn)12 a.m., October 24, the Center of National Arts

Chinami Kamishima is a Japanese fashion designer and the founder of the line of her own name. Her work, best known for its large designs and use of excessive fabric and creative headwear and accessories has been showing in fashion weeks since 1998 when it first debuted.

She graduated from Esmod Japon Fashion College in Tokyo and worked in the fashion industry. A few years later she left Japan and traveled all over the world, visiting many exotic countries. She found a lot of interests and was inspired by many things she encountered. She launched her signature label in 1998. Her collection was first introduced at the '02 S/S Tokyo Collection. Her concepts are highly inspired by nature. She has a colour-dying work shop in the studio. Most of the colour-dying for her collections is done by hand. Kamishima has around 70 monobrand stores across the world.

victor dE souza (usa)12 a.m., October 28, the Center of National Arts

Victor de Souza was born into a Portuguese fam-ily in Buenos Aires, Argen-tina.

At the age of fourteen Victor de Souza enrolled in a couture academy in Argen-tina, he later studied at two other Argentinean couture academies and CETIC (Cen-tro De Estudios Tecnicos Para La Industria De La Con-feccion). In school, he quickly acquired a reputation as a perfectionist because of his obsession with constructing garments that fit the form perfectly. He designed his first collection in Argentina by the age of eighteen.

Victor de Souza’s clothes exude a powerful and protective quality that women love and appreciate. The highly structural shapes and lines found in his clothes transform the pieces into ar-mor for the everyday wom-an. His silhouettes are su-perbly tailored, elegant and sexy, while his colors are vibrant and his fabrics and embellishments add just the right amount of glamour.

gianfranco fErré (italy)4 p.m., October 26, the Youth Creativity Palace

Ferré began his fashion career in 1970 by designing accessories, then worked as a rain-coat designer in 1972-74. He started his own company Baila in 1974 and launched his sig-nature collection for women in 1978. His first men's collection appeared in 1982, followed in 1986 by his first couture collection in Rome. Ferré became Stylistic Director of Christian Dior in Paris in 1989, when he was chosen by own-er Bernard Arnault to replace Marc Bohan. In 1996, it was announced that Ferré would end his engagement with Dior with the Spring 1997 collection for the label.

Formally trained as an architect, Italian designer Gianfranco Ferré launched his first signature womenswear collection in 1978, fol-lowed shortly with a men's collection in 1982, fragrance in 1984, and a couture line by 1986. Known for its crisp lines, exact cutting, and vis-ible seams, Ferré’s label was influenced by his first trips to Asia.

Defined by an east-meets-West aesthetic that vehemently rejects high-fashion trends, the house built its look on rigorously con-structed, but casual, garments–like Ferré’s fa-mously crisp white dress shirts decked with lay-ered cuffs, collars, and ruffles. Sharply tailored dresses, suits, and structured ballroom skirts in ultraluxe fabrics and rich colors were recurring players in Ferré’s simple but elegant roster.

In the nineties, the house branched out with sportier ready-to-wear, fur, and high-end ac-cessories under FERRÉ Milano, and sportswear divisions for jeans, children’s, and lower-priced accessories–consolidated in 2005 under the GF FeRRÉ line. After Ferré’s death in 2007, Lars Nilsson was brought on as creative director for less than a year before being replaced by 6267 designers Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Ri-mondi in April 2008. Their first collection (spring 2009) won acclaim for honoring Ferré’s legacy of controlled femininity while modernizing the label with their stiff, geometric dresses in curve-conscious shapes. Presently, the label is headed by Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi.

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mASTER CLASSES

Style.Uz Art Week is more than just glittering shows. It is also an educational project which offers a series of useful master classes led by established professionals who share their expertise and teach skills to young aspiring colleagues in Uzbekistan. The master classes are given the goal of equipping young specialists with new skills and teaching tricks in various trades.

MASTeR clASS By lONdON cOlleGe of fashion on “Сombining national

TRAdITION ANd MOdeRN TReNdS IN FASHION”

6 p.m., October 23, the Youth Creativity Palace

London College of Fashion is one of the leading centres of fashion education in the world, and the only college in the UK to specialise in fashion education, research and consultancy. It offers a unique portfolio of courses that aim to reflect the breadth of opportunity available in this vibrant industry.

This is the third time that London College of Fashion specialists have participated in Style.Uz Art Week. In May 2011, a group of young Uzbek fashion designers paid a return visit to London, where they led a series of master classes focusing on the use of Uzbek national fabrics in creating contemporary clothes. During the workshops they proposed a team method and work in groups on the creation of items from Uzbek fabrics: shoes, bags, headwear and accessories. The results impressed both the trainers and the trainees, who then asked the college administration to consider incorporating into the curriculum the methods proposed by the Uzbek specialists.

mastEr class by lycéE la martinièrE-dIdeROT ON “UlTRAMOdeRN clOTHeS modEling - crEation of nEw shapEs FROM FABRIcS OF vARIOUS TexTUReS”

(francE)11 a.m., October 25,

the Youth Creativity Palace

La Lycee Martiniere Diderot is an applied art school located in the historical city of Lyon, the silk capital of France. Founded in 1833, the school offers courses in applied art (which includes a variety of courses based on high educational standards) and in industry and science, which includes three branches of industry in addition to basic education.

MASTeR clASS By AMeRIcAN celeBRITy STylIST kITHe BReWSTeR

12 a.m., October 27, the Youth Creativity Palace

As a fashion editor/celebrity stylist, Kithe Brewster has developed a fiercely loyal follow-ing among those who thirst for boldly creative designs and innovative thinking. Kithe’s var-ied experiences in Europe and America have shaped his unique sensibilities and provided a deep knowledge of what it takes to create and market cutting edge fashions.

Early in his career, Kithe spent fourteen years in Europe honing his skills as a fashion editor and stylist. Leaving for Paris at age nine-teen proved to be the right move for Brewster, who immediately grasped the French scene, becoming a hot stylist on the move almost instantly. After seven years in Paris, Brewster moved to London where music styling became his bread and butter.

While in London, Mr. Brewster got his start working for magazines such as Elle and Scene. Brewster’s epic vision was soon noted and he emerged as a major player in the London fash-ion scene. He was soon juggling assignments and contributing to an array of American and European magazines including: Vanity Fair, In-terview, Flaunt, Chic (Dutch), Scene, British Elle, French and American Jalouse, and Surface to name a few. His work for these publications gained attention from the crème de la crème in fashion, as well as European and Hollywood celebrity elite. As legend of his work spread, new opportunities opened in the United States. on Brewster’s first booking in Hollywood, he was held over for two months, juggling sitting after sitting with actress or actor, or musician, his charts were booked to capacity.

Kithe Brewster works as a fashion con-sultant and stylist for many designers, and has styled runway shows for fashion houses all over the world, amongst them Ralph Lauren. Within the world of fashion, Kithe Brewster’s name has become synonymous with fear-less creativity. He is continuously scaling new heights and whatever the challenge, Kithe’s in-dependent vision and design sense drives him to succeed and sets him apart from the others.

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MASTeR clASS By pROMINeNT jOURNAlIST ANd Tv HOST MAxIM SHevcHeNkO

(russia)4 p.m., October 28,

Fund Forum Conference Room

The last day of Style.Uz Art Week 2011 will include a master class by a prominent Rus-sian journalist Max-im Shevchenko. Shevchenko works for Russia’s First Channel. The training session is designed for young

journalists from Tashkent’s and Uzbek regions’ print and online editions and television studios. Shevchenko attended Style.Uz Art Week 2009 as a guest.

Born in 1966 in Moscow, Maxim Shevchenko graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute. He is one Russia’s leading journal-ists and experts on issues in ethnocultural and religious policies. He has worked for various publicatio0ns and projects. He has worked for Nezavisimaya gazeta (Independent newspa-per) as a “hot spot” correspondent in Afghani-stan, Dagestan, Chechnya, Israel, Pakistan, Palestine and Yugoslavia. He is currently the host of a socio-political talk show on First Channel and analytical programs on Mayak radio station.

THe INTeRNATIONAl HAIRSTylING cOMpeTITION

10 a.m.-4 p.m., October 25, the Center of National Arts

The International Hair-styling Competition is being held as part of Art Week for the first time. The competition will feature 40 masters from beauty salons in Tashkent and Uzbek regions as well as from other countries. The visi-tors will have the opportunity to witness interest-ing processes of creating hairstyling and makeup masterpieces. The jury will comprise prominent masters and hairstyling world champions from Russia, Turkey, the USA and Uzbekistan.

The competition seeks to help popularize the occupations of hairdresser, make-up art-ist, nail designer and stylist; to determine new trends in fashion; to focus on new techniques in hairdressing; to boost the professional cre-dentials of the participating masters; and to discover and support young talents in central cities and remote regions in Uzbekistan and to help them enter the international arena and represent Uzbekistan in international events.

The competition will feature female hairdressers who will be tasked with creat-ing trendy hairstyles on long hair and braided wedding hairstyles as well as male hairdress-ers will be creating dynamic men’s hairstyles on long hair and elegant hairstyles with ele-ments of texture. The competition will also in-clude a contest of make-up artists.

Social projects and conferences

cHARITy GAlA dINNeR IN SUppORT OF WOMeN dIAGNOSed WITH

BReAST cANceR 9.30 p.m., October 23, Hotel Intercontinental

“In the Name of Life” National Breast Cancer Association and the Women’s Council continue their activities in the prevention and treatment of diseases among Uzbek women. For a fourth year running, Style.Uz Art Week lays special particular emphasis on charity (a Guli and Chopard collaborative collection in support of the winners of Yangi avlod (New generation) children’s art festival in 2008, a charity concert by Sting, also supporting Yangi avlod, in 2009, and ‘Campaign 14’ in support of fourteen women living with breast cancer in 2010 and a MEROS charity auction which raised funds in support of research and archeological excavations to contribute to the study of Uzbekistan’s historical and cultural legacy). As an upshot of ‘Campaign 14’, breast

cancer patient Zubaida Hamidova was sent to Israel for a surgery. The remaining 13 women were operated on and received treatment in Uzbekistan. The campaign was organized by “In the Name of Life” National Breast Cancer Association and the Fund Forum with assistance from Tashkent’s Andromed&Horev clinic and Israel’s Horev medical center.

This year the charity auction will be held in the form of a gala dinner. All the proceeds from the auction will toward chemotherapy treatment or surgeries for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Also, chief doctors of regional oncological clinics will be provided with certificates to receive ultrasound equipment

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ROUNdTABle “eNcOURAGING clOSeR lINkS BeTWeeN edUcATION ANd cReATIve

INdUSTRIeS”9 a.m., October 25, the Youth Creativity Palace

The British Council, London College of Fashion and Tashkent Institute of Textiles and Light Industry will hold a roundtable titled “Interaction of the fashion industry and education” geared for heads of ministries, educational institutions, employers and fashion professionals.

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The roundtable will focus on: • main directions and trends in the

successful development in the fashion industry and textiles in Uzbekistan;

• Problems in implementing reforms and skills crucial to a successful implementation;

• Tasks in the system of education in de-veloping entrepreneurial skills for the fashion industry

The roundtable participants will ex-change opinions and ideas in developing and strengthening interaction among various fashion industry sectors and educational enti-ties in fashion and design. The participation of London College of Fashion will be an op-portunity for the participants to look into UK’s experience in this area. The roundtable will also develop recommendations for the further improvement of the interaction between the fashion industry and the system of profes-sional education. In 2010, a similar round-table was held as part of Style.Uz Art Week, focusing on “the Dialogue between Education and Business in Fashion”.

pReSS cONFeReNce WITH ORGANIZeRS, GUeSTS ANd pARTIcIpANTS ANd THe

pReSeNTATION OF THe FUNd FORUM’S NeW pUBlIcATION, FeATURING dOcTOR

SHIRIN AkINeR 2 p.m., October 26,

Fund Forum Conference Room

The press conference is held annually as part of the Art Week. The participants include the organizers, guests and all those who are involved in preparations for this major project. The conference is an event to discover new project ideas, set up artistic cooperation and discuss interesting issues. This year the conference panel includes Gulnara Karimova, international designers, theater and film actors, film directors, representatives of jewelry companies, etc. The press conference will be followed by a presentation of a new publication about the Fund Forum’s activity. Doctor Shirin Akiner, a lecturer in Central Asian Studies at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and frequent visitor to Fund Forum events, will be the special guest at the presentation.

INTeRNATIONAl WOMeN'S BUSINeSS FORUM “develOpMeNT OF SOcIAl

eNTRepReNeURSHIp: expeRIeNce ANd STRATeGIeS”

October 22, Hotel President, Samarkand October 24, Hotel Intercontinental, Tashkent

Goal: develop cooperation between the two countries in business, education, culture and the civil sector and develop cooperation strategies for the development of social entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan.

Participants: the event will be attended by around 200 people, including representatives of women’s NGOs, the educational sector, the business community, the banking system, culture, scientists, journalists and international guests. The forum is expected to be attended by visitors from Azerbaijan, France, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia and the UK.

The business forum will comprise 4 sections:

1. Business, science and education; 2. The social responsibility of business;3. Culture, art and business;4. Civil society institutes and the media

The system of social entrepreneurship includes enterprises and companies working to achieve wellbeing in the regions (social, ecological and moral goals) via utilization of a system interaction of the development of social entrepreneurship and local economy. More and more countries are paying serious attention to social entrepreneurship while

an increasing number of representatives of various sectors of economy are participating in the creation of social enterprises and support of socially oriented business. In this context, it is necessary to consolidate intergovernmental efforts to develop social entrepreneurship aimed at defining the place and role of this unique phenomenon in every country as an effective tool for the development of civil society.

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SOCIAL EvENTS

Cultural events as far-reaching as Style.Uz Art Week draw a multitude of famous people: art professionals, fashion designers, jewelers, actors, singers, film producers, photographers, musicians, businessmen and officials. Art Week social events comprise concerts, jewelry label presentations and afterparties featuring prominent pop stars and DJs.

Social events organized as part of Style.Uz Art Week bring together the local and international glitterati, providing an opportunity to share impressions about the events, to discuss new trends in art, to plan new projects and simply enjoy good company.

Famous Russian composer igor Krutoy and opera singer dmitri hvorostovsky will perform a joint concert titled déjà vu on October 23, the first day of Style.Uz Art Week, at the Youth Creativity Palace.

On October 24, music legend ennio morricone, one of the world’s most influential composers, will perform a concert in Tashkent. Up to 50% of concert tickets will be distributed among young talents in Uzbekistan free of

charge. This will be morricone’s first concert appearance in Central Asia. The opportunity for young talents to attend the maestro’s concert is seen as a fresh impetus in their further artistic endeavors and a source of further inspiration. In keeping with tradition, Style.Uz Art Week organizers distribute invitations to major cultural events among young talented people in Uzbekistan. This is a unique opportunity for talented youngsters with limited financial income to gain experience from world-famous professionals and boost their professional skills.

The final day of the Art Week will culminate in a charity concert by Italian pop star eros ramazzotti. The proceeds from the concert will be channeled into “In the Name of Life” National Breast Cancer Association.

Another in the series of social events at Art Week this year is a meros association auction to be held in conjunction with Christie’s auction house (UK), the world’s biggest, and to be led by famous British auctioneer edward rising. The auction lots will include Uzbek traditional and applied art objects. The auction’ goal is to draw public

attention to the problem of preserving and collection historical and cultural artifacts, to advocate national cultural values, develop auction activities in Uzbekistan, have an impact on antiques price formation. The funds raised by the auction will be channeled into research and archeological excavations carried out by meRoS Association in an effort to contribute to the study of Uzbekistan’s historical and cultural legacy. This research project involves leading archeologists, historians and scholars as well as history students at higher educational institutions in Uzbekistan.

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As in previous years, the Art Week will also offer presentations by jewelry labels Guli, chopard and Piaget (Switzerland).

Afterparties amount to another highlight offered by Art Week. This year’s Art Week includes afterparties featur-ing Spanish dj jerry ropero, UK mu-sic group Freemasons, famous for its mixes, and dj Piligrim, one of Uzbeki-stan’s most popular musicians as well as Gastronomic review, an opportunity to sample culinary delights offered by Tash-kent’s leading restaurants.

Gulnara Karimova and Caroline Scheufele at Chopard Evening. Art Week Style.UZ-2010

Fund Forum80, Uzbekistanskiy ProspektTel.: (+99871) 239-2774/69/71

youth creativity Palace 2, Mustaqillik StreetTel.: (+99871) 237-7810, 233-2691

Center of National Arts1, Zarqaynar Street Tel.: (+99871) 150-4012, 150-4013

tashkent house of Photography4, Istiqbol Street Tel.: (+99871) 233-5168, 236-7287

Gallery of Fine art 2, Buyuk Turon Street Tel.: (+99871) 233-5674

house of style 25, Kunayev Street Tel.: (+99871) 253-16-66

istiqlol Palace 3, Furkat Street Tel.: (+99871) 245-92-51, 245-92-62

hotel intercontinental107 A, Amir Timur StreetTel.: (+99871) 120-70-00

radisson sas hotel88, Amir Timur Street Tel.: (+99871) 120-49-00

“Uzbekistan” Palace of international Forums Amir Timur Square Tel.: (+99871) 230-27-74

tashkent clock tower 1, Amir Timur Street

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