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“Ballroom”, “MATCH”, “The Lake”
Artist presentation
Dance
45′
April 6th 2012, Friday | 17.30
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Studio
Photo Jenny Beyer
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In this presentation Begüm Erciyas will be showing video excerpts and shortly introducing her last three pieces Ballroom (2010), MATCH (2011) and The Lake (2011). Also, she will give insight into some of the research and preparation processes she is involved in at the moment.
The presentation will be in English.
Photo Begüm Erciyas
Begüm Erciyas was born 1982 in Ankara, Turkey; involved in choreographic practices; lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg since 2009.
While studying molecular biology and genetics in Ankara, Begüm Erciyas was engaged in various dance projects in Turkey and became part of [laboratuar], a performing arts research and project group. Later, she studied at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria and received the DanceWeb scholarship in 2006. Since then, she has been an active member of Sweet and Tender Collaborations, taking part in several collaborative and collective projects and meetings. She was artist-in-residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2007/08, at K3- Zentrum für Choreographie | Tanzplan Hamburg in 2009 and at the TanzWerkstatt Berlin in 2011.
Her most recent pieces are The Lake (premiere Kampnagel Hamburg, 2011) and MATCH (premiere Tanz im August Festival Berlin, 2011).
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