Brooklyn Daily Eagle
July 29 2014
Collaboration in works for creative dance residency at BAM
`Nonetheless,' performed by Turkey's Korhan BaÅ?aran Company in 2011 at
Peridance in New York City. Photo by Todd Carroll
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DanceMotion USA's David Dorfman Dance and Turkey's Korhan BaÅ?aran
Company will come together for a creative residency at Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) from Aug. 14-16, featuring new collaborative
work devised by the two dancers.
As one of three U.S. dance companies participating in the program's
fourth season, David Dorfman Dance recently completed a four-week-long
educational exchange and performance tour of Turkey, Armenia and
Tajikistan. Korhan BaÅ?aran Company ' which will join David Dorfman
Dance at BAM and at the Bates Dance Festival in Maine ' was a company
that David Dorfman Dance worked with in Turkey.
Additionally, two Armenian guest artists ' Karen Khachatryan and Davit
Grigoryan ' have been invited to join the BAM residency as part of an
effort by the DanceMotion USA program to promote themes of
reconciliation.
DanceMotion USA is a cultural diplomacy program that supports U.S.
foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through
educational opportunities, performance and cultural exchange. The
program is a people-to-people international exchange initiative of the
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
produced by BAM.
The residency will culminate in performances at the BAM Fishman Space
(321 Ashland Place) from Aug. 14 through 16. Following the Aug. 16 1
p.m. performance, an artist talk/Q&A will take place with David
Dorfman and Korhan BaÅ?aran. The performance and artist talk will be
available as a live feed to an audience in Turkey.
Tickets are can be reserved at BAM.org, by calling BAM Ticket Services
at 718.636.4100 or in-person at the BAM box office (30 Lafayette Ave).
A video clip of David Dorfman Dance and Korhan BaÅ?aran Company at work
in Istanbul, Turkey may be viewed at http://youtu.be/dUoNgFRgMNA.
http://brooklyneagle.com/articles/collaboration-works-creative-dance-residency-bam-2014-07-29-170000
July 29 2014
Collaboration in works for creative dance residency at BAM
`Nonetheless,' performed by Turkey's Korhan BaÅ?aran Company in 2011 at
Peridance in New York City. Photo by Todd Carroll
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DanceMotion USA's David Dorfman Dance and Turkey's Korhan BaÅ?aran
Company will come together for a creative residency at Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) from Aug. 14-16, featuring new collaborative
work devised by the two dancers.
As one of three U.S. dance companies participating in the program's
fourth season, David Dorfman Dance recently completed a four-week-long
educational exchange and performance tour of Turkey, Armenia and
Tajikistan. Korhan BaÅ?aran Company ' which will join David Dorfman
Dance at BAM and at the Bates Dance Festival in Maine ' was a company
that David Dorfman Dance worked with in Turkey.
Additionally, two Armenian guest artists ' Karen Khachatryan and Davit
Grigoryan ' have been invited to join the BAM residency as part of an
effort by the DanceMotion USA program to promote themes of
reconciliation.
DanceMotion USA is a cultural diplomacy program that supports U.S.
foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through
educational opportunities, performance and cultural exchange. The
program is a people-to-people international exchange initiative of the
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
produced by BAM.
The residency will culminate in performances at the BAM Fishman Space
(321 Ashland Place) from Aug. 14 through 16. Following the Aug. 16 1
p.m. performance, an artist talk/Q&A will take place with David
Dorfman and Korhan BaÅ?aran. The performance and artist talk will be
available as a live feed to an audience in Turkey.
Tickets are can be reserved at BAM.org, by calling BAM Ticket Services
at 718.636.4100 or in-person at the BAM box office (30 Lafayette Ave).
A video clip of David Dorfman Dance and Korhan BaÅ?aran Company at work
in Istanbul, Turkey may be viewed at http://youtu.be/dUoNgFRgMNA.
http://brooklyneagle.com/articles/collaboration-works-creative-dance-residency-bam-2014-07-29-170000