Canan Yücel Pekiçten

[Turkey]

Contemporary Dance and Repertory

© Sim Sakaoğlu

Canan Yücel Pekiçten, choreographer, dancer and lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory Contemporary Dance Department in Istanbul, proposes a 3 hours workshop, to students and professional dancers. The workshop will be composed of two parts: the first part will be a contemporary dance class. This is conceived as a class for Canan to share with the participants her background and references. The second part will be based on experiencing the movement material from her piece, All About the Heart. The participants will work on a specific phrase from the piece. A way for the group to discover and experiment Canan’s universe.

Nota: The workshop will be conducted in English.

Canan Yücel Pekiçten

Canan Yücel Pekiçten is a dance artist, choreographer and a contemporary dance lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory Contemporary Dance Department in Istanbul. Her research and creations distort, challenge and revisit in depth the themes and cultural representations around orientalism, femininity or expressions of “Western” culture.
She presented her work internationally in Utrecht, Gdansk, Gothenburg, New York, Turin, Paris, Pamplona, Vilnius, and Amsterdam. She collaborates with Turkish and International choreographers and artists and participated in numerous festivals as well as 58th Venice Biennale.
She has been granted several artist residencies in Saari Residence (Kone Foundation, FI), 3eVaningen and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (SE), Movement Research (ArtsLink-NY), Espace Darja (MA) with Tanzhaus NRW (DE), Cité Internationale des Arts (FR), and Dansmakers Amsterdam within Be Mobile Program.