Mihran Tomasyan
Monday 24/3 12:00-15:30
Ärlegården
Apply to the workshop by sending an email to info@i-bodies.com with your name latest March 20th. The places are limited and it is recommended to apply as early as possible.
One of the most enjoyable forms of dance for me as a dancer is improvisation. Just as musicians can freely navigate through sounds, tones, and notes, the same freedom is possible in movement. For a long time, I have been working on creating compositions through improvisation —solo, with a partner, or in a group. I seek to share my experiences in this field with participants in a workshop format. Inspired by my SAR performance, this workshop will blend traditional motifs and music from the geography I came from. It is open to participants who have never experienced improvisational dance before and to bodies curious about moving from the traditional into improvisation.
Mihran Tomasyan started dancing with folkloric dances. During his high school years at Getronagan School, his interest in performing arts was triggered upon watching “Kim O?”(Who’s That) by KUM,PAN,YA. He continued Modern Dance Department at Mimar Sinan Universtiy (1997-2001) and then went to Angers, France to study at Centre National de Dance Contemporain (2001-2002). In 1999, he performed with Rebecca Lazier in the USA and Canada. In 2000, he worked with Yard Dance Group at Martha’s Vineyard Island and in the same year, he performed at New York Downtown Festival with the works they developed in the Island choreographed by Edissa Weeks.
Between 2002 and 2007, he worked as a dancer at Cie Cre-Ange in Paris. He performed in various shows such as Go baby go, I wanna be your dog, Man and Ray, Favorite Things, Embreasse- nous, L’encontre, and Piece a Conviction. Besides these works, he continued performing for internationally acclaimed companies and choreographers such as As Palavras in Belgium, Sasha Waltz in Germany, Da Motus in Switzerland, Association YMA in France and Aydin Teker and Tugce Tuna in Turkey.
He choreographed Mehmet Barış’ı Seviyor (Mehmet Loves Peace, 2005) at Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası which he co-founded in 2003. With this show, the company performed countless times and acquired a strong ground within Turkey’s contemporary dance scene. In 2007, the company opened up their own studio venue at the heart of Istanbul and Mihran has focused his energy to produce works under Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası. He created pieces performed
several times like Ters Okyanus, Sen Balık Değilsin Ki, Hayat Ağacı, Gomidas’la Yolculuk, Tüh, Her An Her Şey Olabilir, and Sar”. Since 2012, with his colleague Duygu Güngör, he has been hosting a radio program titled Dance with Çıplak Ayaklar at an independent station called Açık Radyo. Based in Istanbul, Mihran continues to work as a dancer, instructor, studio manager, choreographer and producer.
RADIX is in collaboration with Atalante, Konstepidemin, Scenstudion Gerlesborg and Danscentrum Väst with support from The City of Gothenburg Arts and Cultural Affairs Committee, The Region Västra Götaland Cultural Affairs Committee and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Program for Dance.
More workshops will be announced, but take place at Konstepidemin. They are free of charge to attend. Please check www.i-bodies.com for an updated workshop schedule!
Photo: Engin İriz