WED, FEB 24TH 3.30PM
LIVESTREAM - OHIO STATE DANCE YOUTUBE PAGE
DUO II: WITH MERT
CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY: YILDIZ GUVENTURK
MUSICAL COMPOSITION: MERT KAMILLER
“CORPUS – CAN WE JUST DANCE” IS A SERIES OF THREE DUETS, WHICH AIMS TO EXPLORE HOW SUBJECTIVITY AND CORPOREALITY BECOME PART AND PARCEL OF THE CREATIVE INTIMACY IN DANCEMAKING PROCESS.
"DUO II: WITH MERT" IS THE SECOND DUET OF THE SERIES.
MERT AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR FOUR YEARS. DURING COVID-19 QUARANTINE, WE STARTED AN ONLINEPERFORMANCE SERIES WHERE HE PLAYED IN ISTANBUL AND I DANCED IN COLUMBUS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COLLABORATE OVERSEAS? HOW DOES ARTISTIC PRESENCE, THROUGH SOUND AND MOVEMENT, CO-EXIST? IN THIS DUO, MERT AND I EXPLORE THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSIVITIES COME TOGETHER THROUGH CREATIVE INTIMACY.