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RAINBOW
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
............................................................................Gülüm Pekcan, Tatianna Mirkou
Workshop Leaders
“What we need was universality, just like the stars, like the sun….Everybody
should have understood what we say at the first sight. What we need was to
dance; to express, to share universally. On the other hand, we should have
played. Just as we always do, as if we seem to come to existence…. It should
have been Dance Theater. .. Like a rainbow….”
Workshop participants had the opportunity to improve their dancing skills and
to learn about each other’s culture under the instructions of Gülüm Pekcan,
Didem Dinçerden and Tatianna Myrkou. They successfully combined the
magnificence of the art of theater with the aesthetic of the dance and they
presented a magical performance at the end of the festival.
Gülüm Pekcan was born in Ankara. She graduated from Theatre Department
in Ankara University. She finished the program in Polonia-Grotowsky Studio
Pandomim (1995). Then she continued her education in Royal Academy of
Dancing School Teaching (1998). She delivered dance courses at METU and
Bogazici University as well as Anadolu University.
Tatianna Mirkou was born in 1980 in Holargos. She attended junior music at
the “New Conservatory of Thessaloniki”. She got her Dance Diploma by the
“Royal Dance Academy” of London in 2003.
A total of 21 participants brought their comfortable and colourful dance clothes
and their favorite music as well as their dynamic souls. They worked hard for
five days, constantly dancing and rehearsing the choreography. They used a big
stage installed at the Garden of Kayaköy Primary School. At the first day, they
had a lecture by Didem Dinçerden on “the Philosophy of Dance”. They spent
five days with a tight programme composed of gymnastics, body language,
body movements, dance moves, improvisation, making up the choreography
and playing the choreography. They were dancing by using colourful balls and
pieces of cottons. They all stayed in same village cottage house, they went to
swimming together, and they all very well integrated.
Before the performance, Gülüm Pekcan gave the participants with bracelets
with Blue Eyes (nazar boncuğu) to bring good luck. They performed a magnificent
scenario, which was marking the colours within our life and universality. The
breath-taking and dream-like 30 minutes show impressed all the festival
participants as well as villagers.
Participants
Katerina Saki- Alexandra Chatjiioannou- Zoi Vergini- Maria Alevizaki- Vasiliki
Antonaki- Antonios Papamichail- Stefania Bratika - Konstantinos Kekis-Dimitris
Pleionis- Hakan Gümüş- Ayşin Yavuz- Selva Kaynak- Ekin Çoruh- Arda Özcan-
Gözde Cercioğlu- Aslı Gökçen- Özge Akçizmeci- Ayça Narlı- Sonay Kanber -Yeşim
Demirci- Peray Yavrucuk, Workshop Responsible: Ceren Gergeroğlu
You can watch the Rainbow Video through the project web site.
www.aegee-ankara.org/trgr, www.turkishgreekdialogue.net
“try to relax your mind...
no pressure, just the circle move ...
no pressure just the normal movement of the feet”
gülüm pekcan
KayaFest Youth and Culture Festival Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’Europe