About

Aydan Turker is an independent dancer, choreographer and instructor born and raised in Ankara, Turkey. After her graduation from Ankara State Conservatory Ballet Division, she has danced as a member of Ankara State Opera and Ballet’s Modern Dance Company (MDT,’92-‘96). Continued her dance and choreography education in USA (’96-’00) and graduated from State University of New York Conservatory of Dance (SUNY- Purchase) with a degree of BFA. Since 1992 she has worked with a large number of international dancer and choreographers and her work has been presented in various venues in Turkey, also in USA and Japan. She also has given lectures and held workshops on ‘contemporary dance release technique’ at various universities and institutions in Turkey. In 2010 she was selected for the Kyoto Art Center, Artist-in-Residence Program where she created her movement/sound installation project “Together” in collaboration with Japanese artists. After this process she periodically lived in Kyoto, continued her collaborations, also attended trainings of the masters of Japanese traditional arts like Nihon Buyo and Sado. The artist currently continues her work freelance, in the fields of performance, choreography, visual arts and instructing.

My work is grounded on sensing time-space-movement-sound relations accommodating abstract images inspired from organic forms and cultural/ folkloric elements. I aim to experience and reflect the ‘elasticity” of time and space through movement and sound. Carrying the awareness to the senses and intuitions like ‘seeing, hearing, touching’ and observing how such ‘sensory-intuitive awareness’ affects the perception of time and environment is one of my focal points. My choreographic works are based on the sensitive correlation between existences and circumstances. My affinity to music, visual arts, literature and textile art creates a natural tendency towards interdisciplinary works and collaborations. 

Working with artists from different disciplines and cultures as part of the collaborative creation process initiates an unknown. I thrive transforming this unknown into an expression/ a new language in time. The inspirational journey of this new language starts with the imagination of the audience.