How Now Becomes Then
Open: 20:30 - 21:20 hrs
Tickets: € 12,50 (vanaf) / Regulier: €17,50 | Student/CJP/<26: €12,50 | Stadspas Groene Stip: €2,50
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How Now Becomes Then
The duet opens a contemplative space where it explores the theme of time having a spiraling motion. Through the ramification and fragmentation of movement, sound, and scenographic material, the piece adopts a rhizomatic structure. This approach results in an unfolding of possibilities that are already inherent in the present moment. Similar to entropy, the movement phrases and the relationships between bodies constantly change, but in our synthesis, entropy symbolizes not only a process evolving into chaos but also the transformation of what has occurred—because chaos is also part of harmony.
"How Now Becomes Then" is an 50-minute-long performance, featuring two bodies, three musicians, and two antique props—highlighting how each reality possesses its own rhythm and musicality, interconnected within a larger choreography influenced by Istanbul's rich cultural history.
Project Manager: Şiva Canbazoğlu | Choreography & Performance: Şiva Canbazoğlu, İlayda Evgin | Music Composition & Performance: We Parade! | Production Manager: Gökçe Özgen | Costume: Gizem Saluvan | Creative Process Supported by; çakSTÜDYO and Kabile Theatre | Special thanks to; Kevin Beyer, Noemi Calzavara, Gizem Bilgen, Claudio Maria Silvia Murabito
Şiva Canbazoğlu
Şiva Canbazoğlu is a dancer, choreographer, and visual artist born in Istanbul in 1998. She completed her Bachelor of Dance degree at Codarts, Rotterdam, in 2020, and undertook an internship at ICK Amsterdam under the artistic direction of Emio Greco. Since 2021, she has been working as a freelance artist. During this time, she has collaborated with two collectives: Ay Avec Toi in Rotterdam-Istanbul and Choreographic Translations in Rotterdam. Within these collectives, she has worked as a dancer, project manager, and choreographer. Her recent project with Choreographic Translations involved the publication of an art research book, supported by Droom en Daad Makersloket in the Netherlands. Some of her latest works include: the dance film Invisible but Perceivable yet Unspeakable, which she directed and choreographed, and which was screened in Istanbul and Atlanta as part of the Dance Camera film selection. She premiered her new project, a tangible blue, at DasDas. She performed Kim Bu Kızlar?, a piece linked to Cansu Yıldıran’s Vargit Çiçekleri photography exhibition, at HARA, Istanbul. In 2024, she created Beden Gemisinde Dünya Seferi, a multimedia collage exhibition, and İrtibata İntibak, a digital exhibition.
İlayda Evgin
İlayda Evgin, born in Istanbul in 1993, has a background in dance, performance, and circus arts. Her training began at the Marmara Rhythmic Gymnastics Club. She later attended the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, where she studied ballet. During her university years, she explored various dance styles beyond ballet. In 2014, she received a full scholarship to participate in the International Student Program at the New York Broadway Dance Center. She graduated from the Contemporary Dance School Hamburg in 2016. In 2018, she returned to Turkey to complete her bachelor's degree in dance at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory. In addition to dance, İlayda Evgin is interested in circus arts. She works on exploring the physical limits of body-oriented performances and the relationship between the body and objects. Since 2017, she has developed skills in juggling with various instruments, including balls, poi, rope dart, and nunchaku. She has also been mastering the Cyr wheel since 2000.
We Parade!
We Parade!, is an electro-acoustic music act, aimed at creating unique sound worlds for interdisciplinary art works. Drawing inspiration from various movements such as Musique Concrète, Ambient Music and Impressionism, the group began their career by making improvised music. Over time, they expanded the scope of their project by composing works for fixed media, live choreographies, and site-specific performances. Embracing all sounds, the current members of the group are Hakan Sevim, Kuzey Tekinalp and Gökçe Özgen.
