TUĞÇE ULUGÜN TUNA
Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna; awarded choreographer, contemporary dance and interdisciplinary performance artist, body reader, academician. Also, she has been working as a dance and movement therapist in the field of transformative activism.
While creating the layers of her choreographies, Tuna develops innovative and individual forms with the diversity of concept, body and space.
In 1996, the artist has graduated with an honorary degree from Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Performing Arts Department. (Ph.D) Professor Tuğçe U. Tuna has been teaching at the BA program since 1996 and also started to teach in 2012 at Master's and Art Proficiency Program (Ph.D) at the university.
Tuna's academic specialities are; a) Training and developments of dance performers,
b) teacher training in the art of dance with holistic understanding of physical education.
(Flow, pressure, alignment, movement research, dynamics, somatic theories, etc.)
She teaches Contemporary Dance Technique (for all levels), Functional Anatomy and Body Awareness, Choreography, Repertoire, Improvisation and Composition and Teacher Training. She has been lecturing in this field for 26 years.
In 2015, Tuna founded the contemporary dance course program for the 12-18 age group in collaboration with MSFAU. Also founded ‘Dance And Movement Theraphy’ intensive workshop program, in MSFAU 2016.
Prof. Tuğçe U. Tuna has been the director of MSFAU ISC Contemporary Dance Department since 2015.
Tuna has been working as a contemporary dance artist, performer, movement lecturer and choreographer, both in Turkey and internationally such as Stockholm, Wien, Athens, Salzburg, Köln, Berlin, Essen, Stuttgart, Stralsund, Paris, Angers, Lublin, Prag, Slovenya, Israil since 1993 including numerous international festivals, organizations, dance academies, biennials etc. In between 2002-2014 she worked as a guest faculty member regularly every year at SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. Besides teaching contemporary dance techniques, improvisation&composition also created choreographies for SEAD.
Tuna works on physical science and psychosomatic studies. She begins to research and apply the therapeutic effect of dance and movement, kinesthetic intelligence and awareness studies in national and international platforms and in different age and social class groups since 2010. She regularly conducts retreats or intensive courses. A few examples of these studies; 'Dance and Movement Therapy' - 'Dance and Inner Consciousness Retreat' - 'Action Strategies' - 'The Space I Live in: The Body' - 'Dance and Movement Therapy for Special Education Instructors'. In 2012-2013, she was the artist and researcher of the 'Act Your Age' project within the scope of Dutch Dance Days.
In 2013, she gave the 'Dance and Body Awareness Workshop' specially designed and implemented for the inmates of Bakırköy Closed Women's Prison. This workshop, which attracted keen interest and was a first workshop in its field. In 2013- 2014, she worked as a dance teacher and choreographer in two different projects with young people between the ages of 16-18 with different social statuses with the Performdance company in Germany. Since 2018, Tuna has been working as a guide-trainer and activist in the field of transformative activism with the 'Somatic Experiencing and Body Awareness' workshop (SU Gender).
Tuna; develops a wide range of representational forms incorporating body, space and concept in response to the diverse contexts of her projects. Among the works of Tuna, who has been producing and exhibiting site-specific choreography for the last twenty two years such as; 'Revert.Terminal I' Museum Gas House 2022, 'KLAVICULA' Bergama Theater Festival- Trojan Temple Bergama 2022, 'REVERT was produced in Istanbul Beykoz Kundura Stage and performed during fall 2022 for 28 times. Her piece 45’s created and premiered in Abud Efendi Pallace in Sultanahmet in 2018 Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation (ICAF) Istanbul Theater Festival. Same year PURSAIT OF TRACE created and performed for Look At Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ‘la Caixa’ Contemporary Art Collection exhibition in Pera Museum 2018. She joined as an artist to ICAF Istanbul Biennial 2017 with her choreography BODY DROPS and piece performed 30 times during the biennial. THE WORST JOB. premiered in ICAF. 20th. Istanbul Theater Festival and honored by the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) in 2016. DISPLACEMENT which premiered in 18th. Istanbul Theater Festival, won the jury prize in Arena Festival 2013 in Germany. ‘Dance with Different Bodies’ was founded by Tuna in Istanbul in 2000. Within this project, Tuna focusing on individuals with different physical features, the diversity, and the transformation of the body's mental, sentimental and biodynamic structure. The project still actively leads workshops, seminars and performances mainly in Turkey.
'Through the art of dance, to able to get in touch with different age groups, different behavioral habits, lives and cultures, it became one of my main motivations in the process of my life. Also as an choreographer the architectural structure of the performance area, social identity and socio-cultural and political structure of the space, destruction of the invisible wall between the audience and the -stage- inspires me a lot.'
I believe the uniqueness of the body in this relative concept called -time-. My pieces a transparent transit area for me if there is a gap between creativity, life, and existence. Tuğçe Tuna'
Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna, who was awarded the Afife Jale Theatre Awards 2022 'Best Movement Design, Choreography of The Year' and 2020 International Korean Contemporary Dance Competition 'Best Leader of The Year', considers the body as the space in which one lives and practices one's own politics. She was born in Belgium and currently lives in Istanbul.
EDUCATION:
* Ph.D.: 2002 Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University / Social Sciences Faculty
Thesis: ‘Relationship of Body and Space’ November 2003 Istanbul
Ph.D. Choreography: ‘VERTIGO’ May 2002
* MA: 1998 MSFAU. Social Sciences Faculty
Thesis: ‘Usage of Exterior Space in Dance’ February 1998
Choreography ‘AR’a’ Istanbul Academy Cinema April 1998.
* BA: 1996 MSFAU. Istanbul State Conservatory
(The first place of graduation of MSFAU. Performing Arts Department)
* Conservatory Ballet Dept. (Vaganova Tech.): Ankara SC. - MSFAU SC. 1991
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul State Conservatory:
2018- Professor (Currently)
MSFAU Istanbul State Conservatory: 2012- 2018 Associate Professor
MSFAU ISC. 2006-2012: Assistant Professor
MSFAU ISC. 1999-2006 Research Assistant
MSFAU ISC. 1996-1998 Lecturer
*Director of MSFAU Contemporary Dance Department 2015-Still
AWARDS:
- Afife Jale Theater Award 2022 'Best Movement Design of The Year, Choreography'
- International Contemporary Dance Competition ‘The Best Lider’ S. Korea 2020
- THE WORST JOB. (Choreography) TMMOB Honour Award, Istanbul 2017
- DEPLASMAN (Choreography) Arena Festival Jury Award, Nuremberg-Germany 2013
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS:
- Artist, Delegate for Culture / Arts Council England, The British Council Istanbul,
Unlimited Festival London 2022
- 'exChange Perspectives at Dansen' Swedish Arts Committee, Sweden 2017
- Dutch Dance Days 'Act Your Age Project' (Artist) Netherlands 2012-2013
- DAAD (Der Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst) Berlin/Cologne Germany 2012
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2001 Berlin, Germany
- International Dance Meeting Tours, France 1999
- Trisha Brown Studio (July-August) New York, USA 1997
- ADF American Dance Festival (full scholarship) USA 1994
- ADF American Dance Festival (full scholarship) USA 1993
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
*1996 - present; Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna works as an academician mainly in Istanbul.
MSFAU Performing Arts Department, Contemporary Dance Branch:
(BA-MA-Ph.D.) The studies she led: Contemporary Dance Techniques, Functional Anatomy and Body Awareness, Improvisation & Composition, Choreography, Repertory,
Teachers Training (for contemporary dance tech.)
* MSFAU Contemporary Dance Part Time Education for Youth
(Founded and directing by Tuğçe U. Tuna) Contemporary Dance Tech. 2015- present
*KSOT National Dance Academy Athens September 2022
Contemporary Dance Technique, Movement Principles
*MUK - Music and Arts Private University of Wien, 2019
(Cont. Dance Tech, Improvisation)
*Unga Klara Theater Company August Stockholm 2018
Movement Research and Improvisation Intensive Workshop
* MUK Konservatorium der Stadt Wien 2016
(Cont. Dance Tech, Improvisation)
*MUK Konservatorium der Stadt Wien 2015
(Cont. Dance Tech, Improvisation)
*MUK Konservatorium der Stadt Wien 2014
(Cont. Dance Tech, Improvisation)
* MUK Konservatorium der Stadt Wien 2009
(Cont. Dance Tech, Improvisation)
*SEAD International Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance 2002-2014
- Move Mentors SEAD Summer 2014
- Contemporary Dance Tech./Composition & Improvisation 2014
- Contemporary Dance Tech./Composition & Improvisation 1st Season 2013
- Move Mentors SEAD Summer 2013
- CDT. - Creation ‘did U?’ 2nd Season 2012
- CDT. - Creation ‘Mental Game’ 6th Season 2011
- CDT. - Creation ‘Hush!! Wave Is Sleeping’ 6th Season 2010
- CDT. - Creation ‘21 Tounge’ 6th Season 2009
- CDT. - Creation ‘Happiness Is Like Butterfly’ 6th Season 2008
- CDT. - Composition & Improvisation January and 6th Season 2007
- CDT. - Composition & Improvisation 4th Season 2006
- CDT. - Composition & Improvisation January and April 2005
- CDT. - Composition & Improvisation, Functional Anatomy 6th Season 2004
- CDT. - Composition & Improvisation January and April 2003
*IDA/ Istanbul Dance Academy
General Coordinator&Lecturer September 2014
General Coordinator&Lecturer August 2013
*PerformDance Stralsund, Berlin Germany November 2013-January 2014
Cont. Dance Technique / Creation Fremd
*PerformDance Stralsund, Berlin Germany June-July 2013
Cont. Dance Technique / Creation Mein Name Ist Mensch
*GONGLE 1: ArtSport Paris France Body Awareness & Improvisation January 2013
*Hochschule für Musik und Tanz ZZT Cologne, Germany August-September 2012
Cont. Dance Technique & Creation ‘Misconstrue’
*CNDC Schools Biennial Angers, France 2011
Cont. Dance Technique
*Winter Akademie Berlin 2008
Cont. Dance Tech., Composition&Improvisation
*BAT DOR Dance Center Summer Festival Israel 2008
Cont. Dance Tech., Composition&Improvisation
*Duncan Dance Center Prague 2007
Fall Term, Cont. Dance Tech., Composition&Improvisation
*Balkan Dance Platform Athens, Greece 2007
Contemporary Dance Technique
*Duncan Dance Center Prague 2006
Fall Term, Cont. Dance Tech., Composition&Improvisation
*Produktions Zentrum Tanz und Performance Stuttgart, Germany
Cont. Dance Technique, November 2002 to July 2003
*Tanz und Theater Werkstatt Stuttgart-Germany
Cont. Dance Tech. June 2006 to November 2002. February 2003 to June 2003
*Adventures Motion Pictures Dance Group`Swan Lake’ London
Cont. Dance Tech. International Istanbul Music Festival 2000
*TMOB Improvisation and Anatomy Workshop 1995 Cyprus (NCTR)
*KADIR HAS University Theater Department, 2008-2021
(Movement Classes for Drama Students, somatic theories, body awareness and coordination, Improvisation & Composition)
*OKAN University Theater Department 2017- 2018
(Movement Classes for Drama Students, Improvisation & Composition)
EXAMPLES of WORKSHOPS IN TURKEY:
* ‘Transformative Activism-Somatic Experiencing and Body Awareness’
SU Gender (online and studio studies) Istanbul 2018- present
* ‘The space that I live in: BODY’ (online and studio studies) 2014- present
(During the Covid-19 Pandemic for healthcare professionals 2020-2021-2022 online)
* Somatic Experiencing Program
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul 2022
* Dance and Movement Therapy: 2005 - present
Workshops and Certificate Programmes (Cooperation with; Salt Istanbul, Istanbul Modern, Sabancı University, Human Trust, Safir Consultancy, MSGSU SEM etc.
Diyarbakır, Hatay, İzmir, Adana, Ankara, Eskişehir)
*Children and Youth Workshops 2000- present:
'Dance and Movement Therapy', 'One Big-One Small', 'Dance with Different Bodies', 'Body and Architecture', 'Contemporary Dance and Movement Techniques', 'Creative Movement and Improvisation', 'Body Awareness'.
*Workshops for +16 / 1999 - present:
'The Space I Live in: The Body', 'Get Out of Work and Come to Your Self!',
'Body Map: Reading the Body'
* ‘Dance With Different Bodies’ 2000- present (Mainly in Istanbul. Izmir, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Trabzon, Antalya, Alanya)* ‘SOLO: 7 days, 7 hours in a day.’ Izmir-Istanbul 2017- present
* ‘+45 Dance and Movement Research’ Istanbul-Ankara 2017-present
* ‘Action Strategy’ Izmir-Istanbul 2017- present* ‘Retreat of Dance and Inner Conscious’ Izmir, Istanbul-Cappadocia 2016-present
*‘Body Awareness’ Bakirköy Women Prison, for prisoners April-May-June 2013
* Alternative Approaches of Personal Physiotherapy Istanbul University, Physical Therapy Department 2009-2011
* Movement Technique’s & Body Awareness Koç University, 2008-2010
CURATORIAL WORKS: Concept by Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna
* Women Movement
2022 Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture
2017- 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021(online)
* Istanbul Dance Days
2019-2020-2021(online)
* Solitude
Contemporary dance & Videography
2021-2022
CREATIONS 2001-
Concept, Choreography, Script, Scenic Design, Directing by: Tuğçe U.Tuna
* REVERT.Terminal I Museum Gas House Istanbul -Improdance Fest 2022
* KLAVICULA Bergama Theater Festival Bergama, Trojan Temple Izmir 2022
* REVERT Istanbul Beykoz Kundura Stage, 28 performances October-November 2022
* 45’s Premier: ICAF 22nd Istanbul Theater Festival / Istanbul 2018
Venue: Abud Efendi Palace (Performed in 2018-2019)
* PURSUIT OF TRACE Pera Museum Istanbul 06 February / 1 March 2018
16 performances, as part of the exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from "la Caixa" Contemporary Art Collection)
* BODY DROPS Premier: 15th Istanbul Biennial 2017
30 performances in between
12 September- 14 November 2017
Venue: Küçük Mustafa Pasha Hamam, Balat
* THE WORST JOB. Premier: ICAF. 20th Istanbul Theater Festival 2016
Honored by TMMOB 2017 Istanbul
(Performed in 2016-2017-2018-2019 Istanbul, Izmir)
* SHOW OF STRENGTH
Premier: ICAF. 19th Istanbul Theater Festival 2014
(Performed in 2014.2015.2016-2018-2019)
Venue: St. Pulcherie French School Istanbul
* RESIDUE Istanbul Modern 2013
Venue: Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, September/October
* DISPLACEMENT ARENA FESTIVAL (Jury Prize Awarded) Nürnberg / Germany 2013
Premiere; ICAF 18th Istanbul Theater Festival
Venue: HASKOY Cotton Factory May 2012
* DANCE WITH DIFFERENT BODIES
Performances such as: International Golden Brigde Contemporary Dance Competition Opening Performance Istanbul 2022, Koc University 2018-2016-2015, Zorlu PSM 2015-2016, ENKA Stage 2014-2010, CKM 2016, CKM 2015, Istanbul Modern Museum 2016-2015-2010, Alanya Cultural Center March 2015, SALT Beyoğlu November 2014, CKM 2013, Arts en FOLIES 2010, Garajistanbul 2008,
Istanbul French Cultural Center 2009, Hacettepe University 2004 Ankara, METU Stage Ankara 2002, DT Taksim Venus Stage 2001, Is Art Stage, 30-31 May 2001
* MISCONSTRUE
BROTFABRIK Bonn/ ZZT Köln Germany 28 Sept. 2012
* Stones vs. Birds
Rotterdamse Schowbourg, Holland November 2012
Performistanbul Istanbul 6 April 2012
* WET VOLUME Venue: Bayrampasa Old Prison, Istanbul
Premiere: 17th International Istanbul Theater Festival 2010
* ECHO.Skip ICAF 2010 Istanbul, 14th Ankara Theater Festival, Theater MAAN 2010,
Premiere: Garajistanbul March 2008
* MACHINE BODY Premier; ICAF. 16th International Istanbul Theater Festival 2008 / SEAS Balkan Platform 2009 Istanbul
Venue: Energy Museum Santralistanbul
* ECHO
Garajistanbul Istanbul 2008-2009 season, Ankara Akün Stage 2008
* PHRONEMOPHOBIA Premier: ICAF 15th Istanbul International Theater Festival 2006,
4th Balkan Dance Platform Athens 2007, 11th Dance Theater Festival Poland 2007, NAGIB Int. Experimental Dance Festival Slovenia, 4th Int. DBM, Istanbul Dance Festival 2007
* OOZE Jarmila Jebrokava Award Showcase Prag 2007
* I SAW IN MY DREAM
Turkish and French Modern Dance Fest. July.2004
* VERTIGO/o.4.
ICAF. 14th International Istanbul Theatre Festival May 2004
Venue: Proje 4L Istanbul Contemporary Museum
* SOLITUDE
TTW . Open Stage Festival February Stuttgart 2004
7th International Solo Dance Theatre Festival Germany 2003
* VERTIGO Proje 4L. Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art May 2002
OTHER CHOREOGRAPHIES: Concept & Choreography by; Tuğçe U. Tuna
Echo MSFAU Stage Istanbul March 2019
CELL MSFAU Stage Istanbul May 2013-
BomontiALT 2017, 2nd Festival of Visibility in Art 2015, Moda Stage 2015, Fulya Sanat Stage 2014, MSGSÜ Bomonti Campus 2014,Yapı Kredi Old Building 2013
Quiet MSFAU Stage Istanbul May 2015.2016.2017
‘......six’ MSFAU Stage Istanbul June 2014
‘dId U..’ SEAD.Salzburg 2011
GLIESE 581g Istanbul 2011
Mental Game SEAD. Salzburg 2010
Construction Area Istanbul 2010
Hush!! Wave Is Sleeping SEAD. Salzburg 2009
3.5 Istanbul 2009
21 Tounge 2008 SEAD. Salzburg
Unfinished Game 2008 Istanbul
Happinies Is Like Butterfly SEAD. Salzburg 2007
Dance of Flowers Istanbul 2002, Step Taksim Stage 2001, Passageway 2001, Complementary 2001, Don’t forget me 2001, Esim 2000, Relax 2000, Game 1999, AR’a Istanbul Academy Cinema 1998, Memory 1998, Last Quarter 1998, Full Moon 1997, Half Moon 1997, Don’t See My Hands Habitat II 1996, First Moon1994, Fetus 1994
PERFORMANCES:
Concept, Scenic Design, Directing by; Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna
Artist took part as a performance artist.
‘Dekompoze’ Evin Art Gallery September-October Istanbul 2019
‘Chip Off..’ Visibility in Art Fest. Istanbul-Taksim 2013-2014, Temporary Occupy Rock’n Coke 2013, Contemporary Istanbul 2010, Kanyon 2010, Beyoğlu Street Festival 2009
'Rotten..Maybe it is good..' Cappadocia 2011
‘Moods of Water’
UNICEF European Swimming Competition Istanbul 2010,
Batman 33rd Tourism Festival, Hasankeyf-Batman April 2009
‘Transform your self. transform space.’ 2008.2009
‘Curve’ Ağa Turkish Bath Istanbul, 2005
‘Listen’ Akademie Schloss Solitude Germany 2003
‘Buy a Dream Store’ Apartment Project.5 (Cur. Selda Asal) Istanbul 2001
‘Shoes Store’ Apartment Project.1 (Cur. Selda Asal) Istanbul 1999
‘Time’ Brussels Sablon Festival Belqium 1997
‘Wawe’ Assos Performance Art Festival Assos 1996
‘Big Blue’ MSFAU. Waterbreak Fındıklı,Istanbul 1996
‘Paradox’ Istanbul 1995
‘Xample’ Interdisciplinary Art with Norbert Grossmann, Nicolaus Heyduck,
Charles Neuweger, Tuğçe Tuna Istanbul 1995
‘Wind’ at ’Kantara Castle’ Cyprus 1995
‘Mirror’ ADF, USA 1993
‘Joke’ Music: Dilbağ Tokay, MSFAU Istanbul 1993
CHOREOGRAPHIES FOR THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:
* Sand Lilies 2022-
Author: Y. Özsoy Director: Mark Levitas Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Morality according to Medea 2022-
Author: A. Farrokhzad Director: Yeşim Özsoy Choreography: Tuğçe Tuna
* The Cherry Orchard 2021-
Author: A. Chekhov Director: Mehmet Birkiye Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* I'm In 2020-
Author: P.Lund Director: Ümit Aydoğdu Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* A Fary Tail Radium Girls State Theater, Istanbul 2018-2019 / 2021-2022-
Author: K.Kasaplar Director: Laçin Ceylan Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
-Friends of Ekin Yazın Theatre Awards 2019 "Game of the Year"
-Sadri Alışık Theatre Awards 2019 "Selection Committee Special Award"
* Hedda Gabler 2019-2020
Author: H. Ibsen Director: Mehmet Birkiye Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Red Speedo 2018-2019
Author: L.Hnath Director: Ahmet Sami Özbudak Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Around the World in 80 Days Istanbul State Theater 2018-2019
Author: J. Verne Director: Gökhan Kocaoğlu Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
State Theater, Istanbul 2018-2019
Author: C.S. Lewis Director: Sabri Özmener Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
19th Direklerarası Audience Awards 'Best Musical' 2019
* The Seagull 2017-2018
Author: A. Chekhov Director: Serdar Biliş Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
-Theatre Critics' Circle (TEB) Awards 2018 "Game of the Year"
-Üstün Akmen Theatre Awards 2018 "Game of the Year"
* A Handful of Ash 2018-2019
Author: L. Gaude Director: Can Kulan Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Tato-Baba Galataperform_Istanbul 2017-2018
Author: A. Palyga Director: Yeşim Özsoy Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Romeo & Julliet Bursa Nilüfer Theater, 2016-2017
Author: W. Shakespeare Director: Serdar Biliş Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
* Machines of The Fantastic Stories İş Sanat-İstanbul, 2016-2017
Author: C.Yılmaz Director: Serdar Biliş Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
OTHER PROJECTS; DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER:
-PERSONA Istanbul 2014 Directing: Tijen Lawton
Concept and choreography: in collaboration with the performers.(Performer)
*‘THE SHOW MUST GO ON’ Choreography: Jerome Bell
IDANS Istanbul September 2011 (Performer)
*‘SHUT DOWN’ Choreography: Matej Kejzar
Dance Platform Istanbul 2010 (Performer)
*‘STATION I’ Performance Direction: Latiffa Laabissi 2010 (Performer)
*‘UZUN YOL’ Concept by: Şule Ateş 2006
Choreography: Tuğçe U. Tuna
*‘SCORE 4 BACH’ Choreography: Martin Sonderkamp
Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage May 2002 (Performer)
*‘SOLITUDE’ TTW Open Stage Festival, Ludwigsburg-Stuttgart 2022
Choreographer and Performer: Tuğçe Tuna
*‘Blue Stage. An Interactive Media Installation’
Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2001 Berlin (Artist)
-Brussels Sablon Festival Project Leyla Pınar, Belgium 1997
Choreography and Performance: Tuğçe U. Tuna
-Black Box Choreography: Mark Taylor, American Dance Festival USA 1994 (Performer)
-Garguillade Choreography: Mark Taylor, ADF-USA 1993 (Performer)
AYDIN TEKER DANCE COMPANY
Tuğçe U. Tuna worked as a creative dance artist and performer.
‘Momentum’ (Solo) Germany 2002- Anwers 2006- Paris 2008- Istanbul 2011
‘Glass in, Glass out’ Blitz Royal Fest. Hall London 1999
‘Dance Exhibition’ 11th. IKSV Istanbul Theatre Festival Dulcinea,Istanbul 1999
‘Towards Interior II’ Int. Istanbul Music Festival II 1998
‘Bottom / Up’ Bogazici University Istanbul 1998
‘Momentum II’ Bogazici University Istanbul 1998
‘Compress.ion’ DAGS. 2nd Performance Days Istanbul 1997
‘Momentum’ (Solo) Istanbul 1997
‘I.D. II’ Habitat II. Istanbul 1996
‘Permeable’ Ayse & Ercument Kalmik Museum, Istanbul 1996
‘Oblique Face’ Orient Bridge Festival Denmark 1996
‘Towards Interior’ Xample, Interdisciplinary Art Istanbul 1995
‘I.D.’ American Dance Festival USA 1993
‘Prism’ (Solo) May 1993 Istanbul, American Dance Festival USA 1993
‘Aulos I V’ Antwerp Art Festival ‘The Ark Project’ Belqium 1993
‘G’ (Choreography Assistance) Istanbul State Opera Ballet 1993
(Premiere date is written.)
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TUĞÇE ULUGÜN TUNA
Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna; ödüllü koreograf, çağdaş dans ve disiplinlerarası performans sanatçısı, beden okuyucu, akademisyen ve dönüştürücü aktivizm alanında dans ve hareket terapisti olarak çalışmaktadır. Tuna, koreografilerinin katmanlarını oluştururken kavram, beden ve mekân çeşitliliği ile yenilikçi ve bireysel formlar geliştirmektedir.
Sanatçı 1996 yılında İstanbul Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Sahne Sanatları Bölümü'nden onur derecesi ile mezun olmuştur. Prof. Tuğçe U. Tuna, 1996 yılından bu yana lisans programında ders vermekte olup, 2012 yılında üniversitenin Yüksek Lisans ve Sanatta Yeterlik (Doktora) programlarında da zorunlu ve seçmeli meslek derslerini vermeye başlamıştır.
Tuna'nın akademik uzmanlık alanları arasında;
a) Dans sanatçılarının eğitimi ve gelişimi,
b) Beden eğitiminin bütünsel anlayışıyla dans sanatında öğretmen eğitimi.
(Akış, basınç, hizalama, hareket araştırması, dinamikler, somatik teoriler vb. ilişkilenmesiyle bu alanda 26 yıldır ders vermektedir.)
Çağdaş Dans Tekniği (tüm seviyeler için), Fonksiyonel Anatomi ve Beden Farkındalığı, Koreografi, Repertuvar, Doğaçlama, Kompozisyon, Diploma Projesi ve Eğitmen Eğitimi derslerinin yanı sıra müfredatını oluşturduğu Türkiye'de Çağdaş Dans ve Performans Sanatları dersini de vermektedir.
Tuna, 2015 yılında MSGSÜ ile işbirliği içinde 12-18 yaş grubu için çağdaş dans kurs programını, 2016 yılında MSGSÜ SEM' de 'Dans ve Hareket Terapisi' yoğun atölye programını kurmuştur.
Prof. Tuğçe U. Tuna, 2015 yılından bu yana MSGSÜ İDK Çağdaş Dans Anasanat Dalı'nın direktörlüğünü yürütmektedir.
Tuna, 1993 yılından bu yana çağdaş dans sanatçısı, icracı, hareket eğitmeni ve koreograf olarak hem Türkiye genelinde hem de Stockholm, Viyana, Atina, Salzburg, Köln, Berlin, Essen, Stuttgart, Stralsund, Paris, Angers, Lublin, Prag, Slovenya, Israil gibi şehirlerde uluslararası festivaller, organizasyonlar, dans akademileri, bienaller vb. yer almaktadır.
2002-2014 yılları arasında SEAD Salzburg Deneysel Dans Akademisi'nde her yıl düzenli olarak misafir fakülte üyesi olarak çalışmış, çağdaş dans teknikleri, doğaçlama ve kompozisyon dersleri vermenin yanı sıra SEAD için koreografiler de üretmiştir.
Sanatçı, 1993 yılında beden bilimi ve psikosomatik çalışmalara yönelmiş, dansın ve hareketin terapötik etkisini, kinestetik zeka ve farkındalık çalışmalarını, dans ve hareket terapisi çalışmalarını ulusal ve uluslararası platformlarda, farklı yaş ve sosyal sınıf gruplarında araştırmaya, çeşitli atölye, çalıştay ve uzun süreli organizasyonlarla uygulamaya başlamıştır. 2010 yılından itibaren düzenli olarak inzivalar veya yoğunlaştırılmış kurslar gerçekleştirmektedir. Bu çalışmalardan birkaç örnek; 'Dans ve Hareket Terapisi' - 'Dans ve İçsel Bilinç İnzivası' - 'Aksiyon Stratejileri' - 'İçinde Yaşadığım Mekan: Beden' - 'Özel Eğitim Eğitmenleri için Dans ve Hareket Terapisi'.
2012-2013 yıllarında Hollanda Dans Günleri kapsamında 'Act Your Age' projesinin sanatçısı ve araştırmacısı olan Tuna, aynı yıl 2013 yılında Bakırköy Kapalı Kadın Cezaevi mahkumları için özel olarak tasarlanan ve uygulanan 'Dans ve Beden Farkındalığı Atölyesi'ni verdi. Yoğun ilgi gören bu atölye çalışması alanında bir ilk oldu. 2013- 2014 yıllarında Almanya'da Performdance topluluğuyla farklı sosyal statülere sahip 16-18 yaş arası gençlerle iki farklı projede dans eğitmeni ve koreograf olarak çalıştı. Tuna, 2018 yılından bu yana 'Somatik Deneyimleme ve Beden Farkındalığı' atölyesi (SU Gender) ile dönüştürücü aktivizm alanında rehber-eğitmen ve aktivist olarak çalışmaktadır.
Tuna; projelerinin farklı bağlamlarına yanıt olarak beden, mekân ve kavramı içeren geniş bir yelpazede temsili formlar geliştiriyor. Son yirmi iki yıldır mekâna özgü koreografi üreten ve sergileyen Tuna'nın eserleri arasında; 'Klavicula' Bergama Tiyatro Festivali, Bergama Trojan Tapınağı İzmir 2022, 'Revert.Terminal I' Müze Gazhane 2022, REVERT, İstanbul Beykoz Kundura Sahnesi'nde üretildi ve 2022 sonbaharında 28 kez sergilenmiştir. 45'lik adlı eseri 2018 İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı (İKSV) İstanbul Tiyatro Festivali'nde Sultanahmet'teki Abud Efendi Konağı'nda prömiyer yaptı. Aynı yıl İz TAKİBİ eseri Bana Bak! Pera Müzesi 2018'de 'la Caixa' Çağdaş Sanat Koleksiyonu'ndan Portreler ve Diğer Kurmacalar sergisi için yarattı ve sergilendi. İKSV İstanbul Bienali 2017'ye BEDEN DAMLALARI koreografisiyle sanatçı olarak katıldı ve eser 30 kez sergilendi. EN KÖTÜ İŞ. prömiyerini İKSV 20. İstanbul Tiyatro Festivali'nde yaptı ve eser 2016 yılında Türk Mühendis ve Mimar Odaları Birliği (TMMOB) tarafından onurlandırıldı. Prömiyerini İKSV 18. İstanbul Tiyatro Festivali'nde yapan DEPLASMAN Almanya'da düzenlenen Arena Festival 2013'te jüri ödülünü kazandı.
'Farklı Bedenlerle Dans' 2000 yılında Tuğçe U. Tuna tarafından İstanbul'da kuruldu. Bu proje kapsamında Tuna, farklı fiziksel özelliklere sahip bireylere, çeşitliliğe ve bedenin zihinsel, duygusal ve biyodinamik yapısının dönüşümüne odaklandı. Proje halen ağırlıklı olarak Türkiye'de aktif olarak atölye çalışmaları, seminerler ve performanslar gerçekleştiriyor.
'Dans sanatı aracılığıyla farklı yaş gruplarına, farklı davranış alışkanlıklarına, yaşamlara ve kültürlere temas edebilmek, yaşam sürecimdeki temel motivasyonlarımdan biri oldu. Ayrıca bir koreograf olarak performans alanının mimari yapısı, sosyal kimliği ve mekanın sosyo-kültürel ve politik yapısı, seyirci ile -sahne- arasındaki görünmez duvarın yıkılması bana çok ilham veriyor. Bedenin -zaman- denen bu göreceli kavram içindeki biricikliğine inanıyorum. Yaratıcılık, yaşam ve varoluş arasında bir boşluk varsa benim için şeffaf bir geçiş alanıdır eserlerim. Tuğçe U. Tuna'
2022 Afife Tiyatro Ödülleri 'Yılın En Başarılı Hareket Düzeni, Koreografi' ödülünü ve 2020 Uluslararası Kore Çağdaş Dans Yarışması'nda yılın 'En İyi Lideri' ödülüne layık görülen Tuğçe Ulugün Tuna, bedeni içinde yaşanılan ve kendi politikasını uyguladığı bir alan olarak görüyor. Belçika'da doğdu, şu anda İstanbul'da yaşıyor.
EĞİTİMİ:
*Sanatta Yeterlik: 2002 İstanbul Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi
Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi
Tez: 'Beden ve Mekan İlişkisi' Kasım 2003 İstanbul
Koreografisi: 'VERTIGO' Mekan: Proje 4L Güncel Sanatlar Müzesi, Mayıs 2002
*Yüksek Lisans: 1998 MSGSÜ. Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi
Tez: 'Dansta Dış Mekan Kullanımı' Şubat 1998
Koreografi 'AR'a' Mekan: İstanbul Akademi Sinema Nisan 1998
*Lisans: 1996 MSGSÜ. İstanbul Devlet Konservatuvarı Modern Dans ASD.
*Lise Konservatuvar Bale Bölümleri (Vaganova Tech.):
HÜ Ankara DK. - MSGSÜ DK.1991
AKADEMİK GÖREVLER:
Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, İstanbul Devlet Konservatuvarı:
2018- Profesör (Halen)
MSGSÜ İDK. 2012- 2018 Doçent
MSGSÜ İDK. 2006-2012: Yardımcı Doçent
MSGSÜ İDK. 1999-2006 Araştırma Görevlisi
MSGSÜ İDK. 1996-1998 Öğretim Görevlisi
ÖDÜLLER:
- Afife Jale Tiyatro Ödülleri 'Yılın En Başarılı Hareket Düzeni, Koreografi' 2022
- Uluslararası Çağdaş Dans Yarışması 'En İyi Lider' G. Kore 2020
- EN KÖTÜ IŞ. (Koreografi) TMMOB Onur Ödülü, İstanbul 2017
- DEPLASMAN (Koreografi) Arena Festivali Jüri Ödülü, Nürnberg-Almanya 2013
