Pedagogy
Solo Performer Training Labs
Are you a performer between projects looking for a way to continue your artistic development but without the time and the finances to commit to long-term training? Are you considering launching a solo project but feel intimidated by the idea of entering a studio on your own? Are you preparing for an audition or rehearsing…
One-on-One Performer Training (ongoing)
Do you need to prepare for a project that requires something different from your usual methods? Do you want to train/practice on your own and need some generative tools/exercises? Are there specific elements of your practice that require further work but you don’t have the financial means or time to take part in long-term training…
Audio Guided Practices (2024-2025)
I repurpose exercises traditionally used in performer training as audio guided, self-led practices: embodied forms of inquiry into oneself and the relationships between the self and the various collectives surrounding it. I run workshops and collaborate on events that incorporate embodied work in the studio with walking and other activities outdoors in public spaces, working…
Meydana Gel Meydana / Come to the Square (2021)
In June 2013 widespread protests were taking place in İstanbul and across Turkey against plans to redevelop one of the last remaining parks of the city and the increasingly authoritarian rule of the then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdem Gündüz, Duran Adam (Standing Man), initiated an unexpectedly effective form of protest by going to Taksim…
SpazioTeatro (2017-2018)
I was commissioned to lead a series of workshops to commence and conclude the project SpazioTeatro in collaboration with Laqup and AlmaTeatro in Turin, Italy. The project aimed to use the arts to participate in the urban regeneration process of the San Salvario neighbourhood and to bring an intergenerational group of women from native and…
Bodies on the Shoreline: Breath, Step, Presence (2016)
A four-day workshop engaging performers of all backgrounds and experiences, in collaboration with Marie-Gabrielle Rotie. Two practitioners, both highly experienced in their respective specialisms of Butoh and post-Grotowskian actor training, bring their worlds together to explore the fundamentals of training for the performer while exploring themes of migration and loss. Our research focuses on the…
Göçmen Adımlar/Migrant Steps workshops (2014-2015)
I facilitated a series of workshops in collaboration with Dilek Koca, based on the process of making Göçmen Adımlar/Migrant Steps in London, incorporating embodied exploration in the studio with the experience of collectively drifting. ATKB (Organisation of Women from Turkey) Amsterdam, The Netherlands (April 2014), Refugee Action York and York Theatre Royal, York, UK (October…