ISTANBUL (AA) – Ekin Akbaş Ballet and Dance School’s new production, “Devinim”, will meet art lovers at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) Theater Hall on June 9. According to the statement made by the school, the school, led by Ekin Akbaş Arpacı, which has been bringing dance to adults without a ballet background since 2011, is completing its preparations for its third big stage production. In the show, which includes a total of 55 adult ballet dancers, each of the dancers makes their different life experiences a part of the choreographies.
The community, which includes pregnant women, those who have just given birth, those who attend rehearsals after a busy work life, and those who continue dancing despite their health conditions, also includes a male dancer who was introduced to ballet at an adult age. Arpacı, whose views were included in the statement, said: “In my practice, I treat the body not only as a moving entity, but as a subject that thinks, remembers, resists and reconstructs.
Movement is the equivalent of this approach on stage. It is a state of flow in which adult bodies exist on the stage with the burdens, interruptions and transformations they carry through life. Here, movement is not just a technical production, but turns into an expression of experience, memory and continuity. Each body is on stage with its own story, waiting, healing, caring, starting over… That’s why Devinim is not interested in perfection, but continuity, resistance and the courage to stay in the flow.
This scene reminds us that the movement never really stops.”
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