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Recent Works

Catania Off Festival 2024

Company Rau recently graced the stage at Catania Off Festival 2024 with their powerful solo performance titled Dido. Over the course of four shows, Korhan Basaran captivated audiences with a visceral expression of emotion, movement, and narrative, leaving a lasting impression. His performance was met with warm praise, as attendees…...

Double Date: Orlando Trip & DIDO

Two countries, two artistic proposals, a common vision: transcending borders and stereotypes through common European myths ORLANDO TRIP & DIDO is a project of the SEA CHANGE initiative, bringing together artists from Austria and Turkey. DIDO: Performer Korhan Basaran, Visual Design and Video Mapping by Ataman Girisken, Music by Tolga…...

Brighton Fringe 2024

We have finished our Brighton Fringe tour, and we have to say it was both a challenging and incredibly rewarding experience. Our performances on the 14th, 16th, and 17th of May at the Rotunda Theatre were unforgettable. The stormy weather, surprisingly, added a dramatic touch to our shows, enhancing the…...

DIDO @ Brighton Fringe Festival!

We are excited to announce that DIDO will be at Brighton Fringe Festival this May! DATES AND TIMES Tue 14 May @ 7:30pm Thur 16 May @ 7:30pm Fri 17 May @ 6pm Ticket Links: https://www.rotundatheatre.com/brightonfringe/dido https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/company-raus-dido/...

Cultural Connections Award!

Thank you Direklerarası Seyircileri for this meaningful award!...

blinDate: Dama Dama

     “…Bazen anlık bir tepki yaratırken düşünecek zaman yoktur; bu durumda tepki bedenin kendiliğinden, daha gerçek ve içsel, içgüdüsel bir yerden gelir. İşte bu an, sonuçların sanatçıyı bile şaşırtan ilginç ve beklenmedik yerlere gidebildiği andır.” Dans ve müziğin, yeni medya ve metnin buluştuğu performans boyunca sürprizlerle bezenmiş “Blindate”ın müzik direktörlüğünü…...

DIDO at Wortwiege’s EUROPA IN SZENE Festival

SEA CHANGE is a special edition of the wortwiege theater festival , which focuses on the international and intercreative work of the organiser. The festival is intended to focus on the art of transformation according to William Shakespeare and use art to make a wide variety of approaches to a new whole. Dates:…...

DIDO – Balkans Tour

On November 2nd, at the 26th Theater Festival organized by IKSV, all tickets were sold out within a week and the performance of DIDO at Alan Kadıköy, one of Istanbul’s most prestigious young stages, was played to a Sold Out audience. Later, on March 30th, it was showcased again at…...

DIDO at Thess Fringe 2023

Dido is at Thess Fringe Festival 2023! DIDO is a solo multidisciplinary gender-fluid performance by Istanbul-based artist Korhan Basaran that reflects the myth of DIDO and Aeneas using elements of dance, theater, new music and video projection to explore themes of human desire, frustration and heartbreak. Basaran, in collaboration with…...

DIDO – IKSV Tiyatro Festivali

2 Kasım Çarşamba 20:00 // Alan Kadıköy Ayrıntılı Bilgi ve Biletler İçin Vergilius’un Aeneid ve Christopher Marlowe’un Kartaca Kraliçesi Dido eserlerinden ilhamla Yazan: Korhan BaşaranKonsept, Yöneten, Koreografi: Korhan BaşaranMüzik: Tolga YayalarGörsel ve Projeksiyon Tasarım: Ataman GirişkenKostüm Tasarımı: Ümit Ünal KoleksiyonuSahne Tasarımı: +b612 Tasarım StüdyosuPerformans: Korhan Başaran Dansçı ve koreograf Korhan Başaran, dans tiyatrosu olarak yarattığı Dido’nun İstanbul prömiyeri ile karşımızda! Başaran, Romalı…...

narin in process

a first draft for a full length evening work by company RAu the residency took place in January ’19 at Akbank Sanat in Istanbul, Turkey choreography – concept : korhan basaran dancers : yasin anar, matthew bade, deniz ertas van gennip, su guzey, tugrul savasci, umut sevgul, elena valls Full…...

Company RAu’s Dido

BILT presents Company RAu’s Dido..ticket.bilkent.edu.tr/ Dido will premiere at Bilkent Theater’s MainStage on the 20th (English) and 21st and 22nd (Turkish) of January. Inspired from the strong historical figures, Dido, Queen of Carthage and Aeneas of Troy, this one person, gender fluid unique production of Dido, aims to take the…...

Core Method Dans Atölyesi

Artistic Director Korhan Basaran and Company RAu are excited to announce “The Core Method” dance and theater Workshop in partnership with New York City’s Peridance Center Korhan Basaran direktorlugundeki Company RAu, uluslararasi kadrosuyla, New York’un unlu dans merkezi Peridance’le birlikte – The Core Method – atölye calismasini ZORLU PSM SKY…...

That Light / O Işık

that light  Korhan Başaran participated in the 7th Çanakkale Biennial with his 2016  performance video entitled “brok-en”. Seyhan Boztepe dreamed of a journey where  Korhan’s “broken” body is moving on the water. This dream and Korhan’s body,  wrapped in a purple outfit, went on a journey on Haluk Kaptan’s fishing…...

Yaala Ballin – Jazz+

Here’s an amazing collaboration with #YaalaBallin#AtamanGirisken and #AriRoland as a part of Yaala Ballin‘s ‘Jazz+ Series’ we premiered this week.. Enjoy!! JAZZ+ an artistic dialogue Good Morning Heartache (Higginbotham, Drake and Fisher) Yaala Ballin – Vocals Performance and Video – Korhan Basaran and Ataman Girisken Ari Roland – Bass Mix…...

Company RAu – euzze / öz

English – Company RAu – euzze* euzze / *öz in Turkish ; the part of something that is central to its existence or character  18/05/2020  Starting at 9am New York / 3pm  Marseille / 4pm Istanbul Company RAu now offers an online intensive class with which aiming to go to the fundamentals…...

Let Dance Take Over

Happy International Dance Day! On April 29, dancers and dance lovers show their appreciation for talented and diverse dancers across the world. We’re celebrating with this special piece by Company RAu. Thanks to Korhan Basaran, Ataman Girisken, Kelly Hu and the amazing Turkish and American dancers who made “Let Dance…...

X (INSPIRED BY PETER ABELARD’S SELF CONVICTED SOLITUDE)

Even though the times change, the experiences of humans, don’t differ much and individuals, even crowds being enslaved to the systems, with lives they don’t deserve one of the few who successfully is renowned today the intellectual, teacher Peter Abelard of 11th century France; after all the misfortunes he has…...

Leyla Gencer Tribute

a collaboration between asli filinta and korhan basaran, the artistic director of Company RAu choreography: korhan basaran costumes: asli filinta dancers: muge bayramoglu and tugrul savasci...

RAu in Boston Conservatory with Prometheus Dance ’19

Choreography: Korhan Basaran in collaboration with Prometheus Dance and local guest artists Music: Kinan Azmeh Lighting Design: Tuce Yasak Audiovisuals: Ataman Girisken Project RAu connects audiences to the idea of cross-cultural oneness through multiple national and international presentations of dance. Scored with the music of Syrian composer Kinan Azmeh, RAu…...

rebirth by Company RAu @AltBomonti ’18

rebirth choreography – concept : korhan basaran video / sound design : ataman girisken costume creation : asli filinta performers : tugrul savasci, umut sevgul video by : tridea productions with “henry lee” by nick cave Review of the piece: border-l-e-s-s.com/new-page-6...

RAu in Process @Asli Filinta Market ’18

Hence Art is War, bring it on..  At the turn of the century, as the established rules of the world were breaking bit by bit, as humans were looking for new inspirations, new meanings and new ways of expressing the core-talk, we started experiencing conflicts on highly unexpected levels.. as…...

Korhan Başaran Movement RAu Master Class / Workshop

3 gün 1 Haziran Cuma 19:00 – 21:00 2 Haziran Cumartesi 16:30 – 20:30 3 Haziran Pazar 16:30 – 20:30 3 Haziran Pazar 20:30’da atölye açık gösterimi Önemli not : atölyeye tek gün katılım imkanı bulunmamaktadır Master Class “Dansçı ve Koreograf olarak calismalarimda yıllardır biriken, farklı disiplinlerden sanatçılarla da gercekleştirdiğim…...

Movement RAu @Akbank Sanat

rebirth trailer from Ko Ba on Vimeo...

Workshop @Barnard College NYC

Movement RAu a contemporary dance workshop by Korhan Basaran on experiencing movement RAu. Besides breathing and moving together, in this 2-hour workshop where he will concentrate only on approach to choreography will be a great opportunity to meet the dancers for a future collaboration. Where: New York City, Barnard College…...

Project Rau @Boston Conservatory

Turkish Choreographer Korhan Basaran worked with Prometheus Dance, guest artists from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and members of the Boston community in a creative Winter Intensive process. The result of this week long residency had a performance on: Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. 4th floor studio theatre…...

Re-RAu / Re-lic ’16

Project Re-RAu premiered at the 26th Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul, with Korhan Basaran’s choreography and music by Kinan Azmeh. The piece started as a response to migration crisis / forced human displacement, then re-developed and performed by the Boston based Prometheus Dance in March 2019. Dancers: Evrim Akyay, Korhan…...

DanceMotion USA at BAM 2014: David Dorfman Dance & Korhan Basaran Company ’14

  David Dorfman Dance returns to BAM fresh from a four-week exchange and performance tour of Armenia, Tajikistan, and Turkey, as part of the fourth season of DanceMotion USA℠. For this engagement, the New York-based company presents a new work created in collaboration with the Turkish troupe Korhan Basaran company,…...

2nd RAu ’14

https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/impressionsreviews/view/2nd-rau-kohran-basaran...

A kin dof beau ty ’12

The evening premiered in NYC at the Ailey Citigroup Theater 27th October 2012 and toured to Istanbul to be performed at CRR on the 8th November 2012. Concept and Choreograpy: Korhan BasaranMusic: Philip Glass, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Erkan Ogur, Fazil SayDancers: Nikki Holck, Jenna Otter, Elena Valls, Jess LaChance, Lavinia Vago,…...

this is not a Hamburger ’12

“this is not a Hamburger” premiered on the 25th of September, 2012 at the Ailey Theater in New York City.. featuring Gokcen Gokcebag Concept and Choreography: Korhan BasaranMusic: Robert Boston with some tracks from various artistsLighting: Mike Inwood Design: Atif Akin Dancers: Nikki Holck, Mistral Hay, Jenna Otter, Elena Valls, Mary Remy,…...

RAu ’12

RAu: a work created to open a new door to the unknown and undefined. In this experimental work, acclaimed Turkish choreographer and dancer Korhan Basaran focuses on challenging and questioning the aesthetic idea of the day and uses revision to explore and invent a new vocabulary in a new language…...

Seeking Beauty ’09

“Seeking beauty” is one of the first creations of Korhan Basaran in New York City! The piece premiered at the Cunningham Studio in 2009. The evening was a mix bill, produced / presented by Lucy Y. Struever The piece was produced by Zumrut Atli and Ozgur Cebioglu, made possible with generous support…...

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