| AYDIN TEKER (TR) “harS” The choreographer Aydin Teker deals with the exploration of body extension. A conventional image of a harp as a static, double-dimensional instrument and its sculptural beauty is transformed by the choreographer in the cooperation with a dancer, former harp player, into new quality based on the appearance of a body and creative utilization of an object. Magical symbiosis, unexpected geometric, sonic and space association originate in the dialogue of a body and a harp. A harp represents a territory of discoveries and constantly modifying forms. A viewer can observe hallucinogenic chimera images of a body uniting with a great massif where tension and control is always involved.
Aydin Teker – a Turkish choreographer, a pioneer of contemporary dance in Turkey. She graduated from State Conservatory and she became the member of a ballet company of the State Opera and Ballet. In 1976 she acquired a scholarship at University Tisch School of the Arts in London. After her return back home, she worked as an instructor and choreographer of modern dance at Mimar Sinan University where she acquired a PhD. She could do a research about somatic theories in New York thanks to Fullbright scholarship in 1993. She deals with a site-specific field and nowadays she works at the dance department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul.
Ayse Orhon – is an independent dancer and choreographer. She has been playing piano since her 5 years of age. Her interest in classical music has been accompanied by the interest in dance and sports since her childhood. She extended her studies at a music conservatory to a subject of dance and she graduated at DansAkademie/EDDC (The Netherlands/Germany). After finishing her studies in 2001, she started her cooperation with Aydin Teker and she began to teach at the dance department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. She took part in the project in Mousonturm in Franfurt within the frame of the Tanzplan Deutschland project. Orhon is a certified lecturer of the Pilates method. She is the founding member of CATI Contemporary Dance Artists Association (2004) and AMBER - Association for Process-based Arts (2007).
Duration: 50 min
more info: www.aydinteker.com
Supported by: Turkish Embassy
Direction, choreography: Aydin Teker, Choreography, performance: Ayse Orhon, Musical advice: Evrim Demirel, Costumes: Aysegul Alev, Light design: Thomas Walgrave, Production: Bimeras | iDans (Istanbul), Co-production: Alkantara (Lisbon), Biennale Bonn (Bonn), Baltoscandal Festival (Rakvere), Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Rotterdam), KunstenFESTIVALdesarts (Brussels), Festival Culturescapes (Basel), NXT STP,
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