Olimjon Beknazarov
Central Asian Dance Camp

Olimjon Beknazarov was born in Uzbekistan in and relocated to Holland in 1993. He is a graduate of the St Petersburg Academy of Art and the Rotterdam Dance Academy. Beknazarov has directed and worked with numerous ensemble in Russia in addition to creating choreographies for screen and stage.

Education
Academy of Arts. St. Petersburg (Russia)
Rotterdamse Dansacademie (The Netherlands)

Experience:
- Danceproduction “from East to West”. 2005-2006 (dancer/choreographer)
Supported by: Deelgemeente Noord, Stichting, Bevordering van Volkskracht, Prince Bernhard Fonds,
Dienst Kunst & Cultuur Gemeente Rotterdam, Deelgemeente Hillegersberg-Schiebroek

- Movie "Happy Journey" from Kamara Kamalova. 2005 (choreographer/actor)

- "Lights of Hope" July 2004. Performances at Karmiel Dance Festival,
Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance & Theatre in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Supported by Alisher Usmanov,
VSB Cultuur Fonds & Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht

- Danceproduction "Earth from Us". First price at Worlddance festival. 2002 (dancer/choreographer)
- Theatre/Danceproduction "Imitations of the Koran." International project with Theatre "Ilkhom", Uzbekistan -The Netherlands - Germany. 2001-2002 (choreographer)
Supported by: Rotterdamse Kunststichting

- "Bloody Wedding". Theatre production with Theatre "Ilkhom" Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002 (choreographer)
- "Legend". Public price at Rotterdam Dance festival 'KAS'. 2001 (dancer/choreographer)
- "Sunset" in the Republic of Gambia. 2000 (choreographer)
- Dance-movie "Nodirabegim" (25 min). 2000 (dancer/choreographer)
Supported by: Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht

- "Dunya". First prize at Dance festival 'KAS' 1999 (dancer/choreographer)
- Dance production "Wedding?". First prize at World Dance festival.1999 (dancer/choreographer)

He has workedfor various dance ensemble in Russian and Europe including
 
- 'Artcentre' Province, St.Petersburg (dancer/choreographer)
- State Theatre 'TUZ' St.Petersburg (part from the choreography "Danceclass")
- 'Openair Theatre'. Danceproduction "Shades from Sunset" (dancer/choreographer)
- Danceproduction for 'Romas Cyzas Vision' in Lithuania (choreographer)
- "Once" in Finland (dancer/choreographer)
- "Falcon" in Bulgaria (dancer/choreographer)
 
- Olimjon performed for VARA, RTL-4 and NCRV Dutch broadcasting-companies and  appeared in a number of dance programs for Russian TV

- His dance-film"Nodirabegim" was shown on the Movie Festival from Gorcum and mentioned as one of the "Top-4" short movies.