ABOUT MODERN DANCE 2006 in TURKEY

Recently, Aydin Teker has been creating works for an even smaller space: the video screen. Her video Focus features the choreographer in the act of trying to thread a needle. As a result of a superb editing job, she appears at times to be suspended in the air upside-down, creating an image of overwhelming concentration and tension. Teker also examines the concept of focus in her latest choreography, a piece called Density, with the British composer Nick Rothwell, which was performed in May at the Istanbul Sanat Merkezi, with support from the British Council, and in August at a festival in Zurich. Despite a busy summer Teker is looking forward to beginning another semester at the Conservatoire. 'I'm very happy being there; she says, 'because while I'm teaching I'm learning so much. The way I teach is also the way I choreograph. My students always know that I am exploring something and that they are a part of it. We explore together.'

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