Türkuaz Modern Dance Company
   
COMPANY INFORMATION
1989 OPENING
1990-93 I DREAMED A DREAM
1990 REQUIEM
1991 P.3, COL.8
1991-93 VARIATIONS 91
1992-93 DEJA VU
1993 FUAYE EXHIBITION
1993 DISCONTINUING WORK
Discontinuing Work
ÝZZET ÖZ
THE FLYING DANCERS CAN HARDLY STAND. "TURKUAZ BROUGHT MODERN DANCE TO TURKEY. AND IT WILL FOLD UNLESS IT IS SUPPORTED."
NOKTA
TURKUAZ, TURKEY'S FIRST AND ONLY MODERN DANCE COMPANY FACES THE DANGER OF DISCONTINUING ITS WORK. BUT THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY'S SHOWS WERE SOLD OUT IN TWO CONSECUTIVE ISTANBUL FESTIVALS.
AYSUN ASLAN
"WE MUST FIND A SPONSOR TO SUPPORT US VERY SOON. OTHERWISE OUR WORK MAY BE IMPEDED.
"SOME OF AN ARTIST’S WORK IS GOOD, SOME IS BAD. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THERE. BUT IT MUST HAVE QUALITY, QUALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT."
“MODERN DANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. THERE ARE NO LIMITS. ONE OF MODERN DANCE’S MOST SIGNIFICANT ATTRIBUTES IS THAT IT MAKES ROOM FOR CREATIVITY. THE CREATIVE CAPACITY OF THE CREATOR IS TAKING THIS GENRE TO NEW PLACES EACH DAY.”
“THE CHOREOGRAPHER’S ORIGINALITY AND CHARACTER IS PARAMOUNT. BECAUSE THE CHOREOGRAPHER HAS CENTRE STAGE MODERN DANCE DISPLAYS SUCH FREQUENT CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT.”
"THE CHOREOGHRAPHER MUST KNOW HER OWN BODY WELL SO THAT SHE CAN TRANSMIT A MOVEMENT TO HER DANCER."
“ART IS A NATION’S EMOTIONAL SIDE. IF TECHNOLOGY IS THE RIGHT ARM, ART IS THE LEFT. TO THINK ABOUT PROMOTING TURKEY ABROAD WITHOUT ART IS A DELUSION.”