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CATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL, TURKEY

CATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL, TURKEY. “Fair of ideas” 21 September 2007 Barcelona.

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CATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL, TURKEY

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  1. CATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL, TURKEY “Fair of ideas” 21 September 2007 Barcelona

  2. Contemporary Dance Artists Association wasfounded in order to support and encourage creative efforts within the field of contemporary dance. Its goal is to cater to dancers, choreographers, set/sound/light/costume designers, theoreticians, critics, technicians and audiences. It aims to enable creative collaboration between these artistic elements, realizing this in sync with other related organizations and/or venues.

  3. From TAL to ÇATI • As an experimental movement and dance research group under the Theater Research Laboratory of the City Theater of Istanbul Municipality, “TAL Dans” was founded in 1996 by Mustafa Kaplan. It consisted of a core group coming from very different backgrounds and from various disciplines who had demonstrated committed and genuine interest in dance and movement related explorations who wanted to keep this interest alive in a non-commercial and alternative setting. • These explorationsrequired that the group would have an independent space of its own, so this core group moved to its current home at Istiklal Avenue, Sadri Alışık Street, No 33 in September 2001. • In this new space, explorations were run collectively as the rent for this new studio was also collectively shared. Some members of the initiative transmitted their knowledge they had gained from their education abroad to a community of interested people from different walks of life in the form of workshops, classes and in less formal gatherings.

  4. From TAL to ÇATI • This studio space was thus the first independent venue that worked on contemporary dance, performance art, and contact improvisation, and it was the only one as such without a “name” and without and commercial interest. • A benefit night was organized with French Cultural Center as the host in the November of 2002, and thus, ÇATI, which means “the roof” in Turkish became the “name” of this new studio. It was also conceptually and metaphorically suitable for the projects it hosted and has been willing to support ever since. • Since then, Çatı Dance Studio started to be used by both amateur and professional dancers, and with new participants, there had been novel issues raised as to conjure up a framework for the identity, and aesthetic vision of the members of the studio. • With the increasing communication network and international projects and collaborations through friends and members of the studio who have been involved in dance, and with the increasing interest in dance in general public, ÇATI sought a different organizational framework: It was decided that, it would be more feasible to form an association (dernek) that could establish a bridge between contemporary dance and civil society, so, ÇATI Contemporary Dance Artists Association was founded in the winter of 2005.

  5. GOALS • Offering studio and rehearsal space to those concerned with contemporary dance and provide a platform for public debate about related issues. • Providing a venue of collaboration for scholars and artists of different disciplines. • Affirming the rich historical and cultural heritage of the local context of Istanbul, it aims to facilitate discussions and projects concerning this heritage and its implications for contemporary dance in Turkey, and to carry these discussions and their creative results beyond major urban centers of Istanbul and Ankara. • Supporting and establishing exchange projects realized at and by CATI with international artists and sharing them with international audiences through being a node of an international network of organizations, projects. • Realizing these goals through an accessible method that would not be exclusive of the general public.

  6. MEMBERS • Dancers, choreographers, film makers, visual artists, critics, scholars, technicians and costume/sound/light designers who would like to meet under the rubric of contemporary dance. • Students of performing arts and related fields. • Anyone who is interested in contemporary dance, movement related arts and the body either as audience or as an enthusiast of dance.

  7. PROJECTS • DBM 4. MEDITERRENEAN DANCE MEETING, 2007 • TRANSITİSTANBUL IMPROVISATION DAYS • CATI-BAFA MEETING [ 2005, 2006, 2007] • HAREKET! (MOVEMENT!) • SOLUM, TALdans • SEK SEK, TALdans • CONTEMPORARY DANCE TERMS GUIDE, Ayşe Orhon • WHY DO WE DANCE... RESEARCH PROJECT, Ömer Uysal • PHYSICAL DANCE TRAINING ACTIVITIES and WORKSHOPS

  8. PHYSICAL DANCE TRAINING ACTIVITIES and WORKSHOPS • The physical training sessions held in ÇATI Dance Studio since the foundation of the studio in the weekdays are valued as an exchange of experiences. These sessions are held by volunteer practitioners and open to everyone from any level who is interested in dance, body and movement. Workshops by local and international artists are periods of an intensive work on a specific subject.

  9. CONTEMPORARY DANCE TERMS GUIDE • An English-Turkish-English translation project for the international contemporary dance terms by Ayşe Orhon who is a founding member of the association

  10. SEK SEK byTALdans • TALdans; Mustafa Kaplan-Filiz Sızanlı • Co-produced with ÇATI Dance Studio, Centre National de la Danse, Paris with the support of DBM, Danse Bassin Méditerranéen. Premiere is performed in ÇATI Dance Studio on November 2003.

  11. WHY DO WE DANCE... RESEARCH PROJECT by Ömer Uysal • “Why do we dance” research project is designed for defining the profile of dancers / performers / choreographers by a questionnaire where the questions were to reach a general idea about “why do we dance”, but also for dancers / performers / choreographers to redefine their selves. Funded by Roberta Cimetta Fund

  12. SOLUM byTALdans • TALdans; Mustafa Kaplan-Filiz Sızanlı • Co-produced with ÇATI Dance Studio, Centre National de la Danse, Paris with the support of DBM, Danse Bassin Méditerranéen. Premiere is performed in Centre National de la Danse on April 2005.

  13. CATI-BAFA MEETING 2005, 2006, 2007,… • An intense meeting of national and international artists, consisting workshops, site specific works, performances in the southern part of Turkey near Lake Bafa.

  14. TRANSITİSTANBUL IMPROVISATION DAYS • Gathering artists and publics from different backgrounds in and around the practice of improvisation and performance art, through dance, music and visual arts. Throughout this 2 weeks, performances, panel, screenings, jams and workshops are on the program.

  15. HAREKET! (MOVEMENT!) • Series of workshops, seminars, and performances held between March-September 2006 in cooperation with Mekan Dance Studio, Istanbul Bilgi University, K77, Artezwith supports of European Cultural Foundation and AFAA, French Institute, British Council, Goethe Institute, Consulate of Netherlands.

  16. New Technologies and Dance by Johannes Birringer (DE)

  17. Dance and Breathe by Sophie Lessard (FR)

  18. On the EdgeMark Tompkins (FR)

  19. Anomos (FR)

  20. Choreography in Codes by Angus Balbernie (UK)

  21. Loic Touzé and Latifa Laabissi (FR)

  22. DBM 4. MEDITERRENEAN DANCE MEETING, 2007 • Organized by DBM, in collaboration with ÇATI - Contemporary Dance Artists Association, French Culture Centre of Istanbul; the venue garajistanbul and the festival istanbuldans 2007. • A unique three-day event for dance practitioners of the Mediterranean to meet their colleagues, discuss relevant themes and share experiences.

  23. FUTURE PROJECTS • ÇATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE CENTER • CATALOG_IN EXCHANGE AND RESEARCH PROJECT • MEDITERRENEAN WOMAN • 1001 NIGHTS

  24. ÇATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE CENTER

  25. ÇATI CONTEMPORARY DANCE CENTER • Creating a Contemporary Dance Center including studios, library, video archive and stage; a meeting point for dancers and the audience. • The project is now in the preparation process for 2010 Istanbul: European Cultural Capital.

  26. CATALOG_IN EXCHANGE AND RESEARCH PROJECT • Constitution of national and international archive and library which will also allow international researchers to have access to Turkey’s contemporary dance documentations through the e-catalog. • Three monthly bulletin both printed and on the internet to let local artists know what is happening in the local scene and in Europe. • Artists’ residency and exchange program to stimulate the exchange of artistic practices and the sharing of cultural heritage between Europe and Turkey. • Professional seminars and workshops to encourage local and visiting artists to attend and hold seminars and will be a platform for sharing knowledge. • One-to-one interviews with dance professionals and institutions to encourage them to participate in the project for them to be acquainted with other artists.

  27. Coming soon in CATI Dance Studio Workshops&Performances • RÉMY HÉRITIER, 25-28 September 07 • VERONIQUE DELARCHE & THIERRY GIANNARELLI,5-11 October 07

  28. VOLUNTEER STAFF • Aydan Türker : Dance Instructer • Aydın Silier : Founder • Ayşe Orhon : Founder / Member of Executive Board • Burcu Özbey : Sub Member of Executive Board • Cumhur Kocalar : Member of Supervision Board • Dijan Albayrak : Projects Consultant • Eda Yapanar : Sub Member of Executive Board • Ekmel Ertan : Web designer • Emine Avcı Taşcı : Sub Member of Executive Board • Filiz Sızanlı : Founder / Sub Member of Executive Board • Gurur Ertem : Founder / Sub Member of Executive Board • İdil Kemer : Sub Member of Executive Board • Işın Hancıer : Graphics Designer • Mustafa Kaplan : Founder / Member of Executive Board • Mümtaz Yaşar : Member of Supervision Board • Nadi Güler : Member of Supervision Board • Ömer Uysal : Founder / Member of Executive Board • Özerk Sonat Pamir : Member of Executive Board / Assistant Chairman • Özlem Alkış : Founder • Pınar Kılıç : Sub Member of Supervision Board • Serap Öztürk : Projects Consultant • Sevi Algan : Founder / Member of Executive Board / Chairman • Sezen Tonguz : Member of Executive Board / Secretary • Sibel Arkun Kazmacı : Member of Executive Board / Treasurer • Talin Büyükkürkciyan : Sub Member of Supervision Board/ Coordinator of Transitİstanbul Improvisation Days • Vivian Saragosi : Project Coordinator of Hareket! • Zeynep Günsür : Project Coordinator of 4th DBM Mediterranean Dance Meeting

  29. CONTACT • Address: • Çatı Dans Stüdyosu, İstiklal Caddesi Sadri Alışık Sokak No: 33 B/4 Beyoğlu, İstanbul • www.catidans.org , cati@catidans.org • Contacts of Executive Board • Chairman • SeviAlgan sevialgan@gmail.com+905327812350 • Assistant Chairman • Özerk Sonat Pamirozerkpamir@yahoo.com +905527077113 • Secretary • Sezen Tonguz sezentonguz@catidans.org +905324245034 • Treasurer • Sibel Arkun Kazmacı sibby30@hotmail.com • Members Ayşe Orhon ayseorhon@ttnet.net.tr +905362447446 Mustafa Kaplan kaplanmustaf@gmail.com +902122430296 Ömer Uysal omeruysal@yahoo.com +905353244006

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