Begüm Erciyas

Begüm Erciyas was born 1982 in Ankara, Turkey. While studying molecular biology and genetics in Ankara, she was engaged in various dance projects in Turkey and became part of [laboratuar], a performing arts research and project group. Later, she studied at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria. She was artist-in-residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2007/08, at K3- Zentrum für Choreographie Hamburg in 2009 and at the Villa Kamogawa / Goethe Institute Kyoto in 2014. She received a fellowship of the Saison Foundation in 2017. Her current work rotates around the voice, loneliness and conversation.