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On a cool but sunny late May Saturday, I walk through the crowded and chaotic streets of Boğazkesen into a small courtyard that widens as I move in a funnel shape. This is çakSTÜDYO, the studio of Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası in Çukurcuma. This space and the courtyard in front of it, which the troupe converted from an old car repair shop in 2007, is like an oasis with its benches and plants. I find a shady spot and sit down. Billie Holiday's song ‘ I'll be seeing you ’ is coming out of the open door of the studio, and the softly sung numbers ‘ One, two, three, one two, three... ’. Soon I realise that the workshop is over with the sound of applause. A woman with bushy and dishevelled hair sticks her head out and we greet each other. She is the person I am about to interview: Malou Airaudo.  The students who participated in the workshop leave one by one. Malou also goes out, and finding the courtyard noisy, we go back into the studio. Mihran [Tomasyan] takes us to the studio of phot...

As part of the 2021-22 Season Dance Program of Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet was on the stage with their piece called "Vivaldiana" on the evening of 18th April. "Vivaldiana" was also a part of the International Baroque Music Festival organized by the CRRCH. After an extensive career in America, Mauro Astolfi returned to his home city of Rome and founded Spellbound Contemporary Ballet with Valentina Marini in 1994. In addition to a prolific choreographic career, he also plays an intense educator role. In addition to the works of Astolfi, the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet performs works created specifically for this ensemble by choreographers who have become famous on the world stage in recent years, such as Marco Goecke and Marcos Morau, and also organizes workshops and events in collaboration with many international institutions.  We interviewed the choreographer Mauro Astolfi. © Marco Bravi What is the spirit of performance in yo...

THE BIG CRYING ©Rahi Rezvani The bare-chested man stands in the front and center of the stage with his back to the audience. In the background of the stage, a long thin pipe with a shaky but powerful fire emanating from the end is positioned on the same axis as the man. From the darkness in the back, male and female dancers wearing black clothes are swiftly coming forward from either side of the pipe. They and the man consult with each other with harsh, intermittent and fast repetitive gestures, exchanging mutual movements. It's like a farewell ritual; They say goodbye to him, as if taking a piece of him, or a memory with him. But it could also be an initiation or a creation ceremony; Perhaps others are getting the blessing of that bare-chested man to be born, to live, to continue to live, or to be accepted as adults. On the other hand, in a later scene and at the end of the work he is on his knees on the floor, his face leaning towards the ground, with his mouth opens wide but d...

Theatre Altıdan Sonra Tiyatro (live broadcast every wednesday and saturday between 8.30-10pm [gtm+3] - in turkish) Andrew Lloyd Webber   (a musical every friday for 48 hours - in english) Ant Hampton   (performances from the archive - in english) Belarus Free Theatre   (p erformances from the archive  - every play for a certain period of time as stated on the website - in russian, some with english subtitles) Berliner Ensemble   (a play every friday for one week -  in german ) Berliner Festspiele   (six of the 10 plays invited to Berliner Theatertreffen 2020 between 1st-8th may - in german) BGST ( Karşılaşmalar  - in turkish) Burgtheater Wien   (a play every wednesday and friday for 24 hours - in german) Bühnenwelt ( a wide selection of plays - in german) Cheek by Jowl   (p erformances from the archive  -  every play for a certain period of time as stated on the website - in english ) Comédie de Caen...