About the artist
Serpil Murteazaoğlu started to attend dance classes as a primary school student, and from 1980 on she studied Folk Dances and Folk Theatre and did Anthology-Research practices. Along with her Business Administration education, in 1985 she graduated with honours from the Department of Turkish Folk Dances, ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory. She took her master degree in Turkish Folk Dances Program and doctorate degree in Turkish Folk Music and became assistant professor in the year 2006.
She has staged Classical Ballet performances with Emel Alper, World Dances and Contemporary Dance performances with Kahraman Nesirov, and acting performances with Studio Actors.
The conferences, master classes, choreographies, performances, dance theatres and workshop practices she has participated in include University of New Castle-Gypsy Lore Society, Nofod-Stockholm, UNESCO-cid-Athens, Rotterdam Dance Academy (Dance Teacher Program), Rotterdam Conservatory (World Music Department), Rotterdam Foundation for Education in the Arts, Havo voor Muziek en Dans, , International Gipsy Festival-Tilburg, Berlin Philarmoniker, Cult Centrum-Berchem, Migranten Centrum-Gent, Rasa-Utrect, De Doelen-Rotterdam, Stadsschouwburg-Amsterdam, Zentrum für Turkeistudien-Essen, Kulturınıtıatıve-Nurnberg, Kulturzentrum-Mannheim, Carl Orf saal-München, CRR Concert Hall -Istanbul, AKM-Istanbul, Municipal City Theatres-Istanbul, Lütfi Kırdar Congress Centre-Istanbul, Bilgi University-Istanbul, Istanbul Modern Art, Yeditepe University-Istanbul, and various art projects with Kulsan Foundation (Holand).
Presently she is an assistant professor of ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory. She teaches Dance Techniques, Group Performance, Dance Anthropology, Dance Terminology and Research Methodology. She is also a member of the Coordination Board of Artistic Competence.
Aware of the importance of interdisciplinary practices, she continues to study, learn, write, and do practice on culture and body oriented studies, musical and rhythmic patterns, gender studies, harem, theatre, migration and gypsies.
serpilm@mail.com
