Uncomfort Zone: Mehmet Sander

Uncomfort Zone
Workshop facilitated by Mehmet Sander
Saturday 12th May | 1:00-7:00pm | £30 (tickets bookable here)
Performance Studio
From 6:00pm there will be a short public showing (10 min max) and a lecture by Mehmet Sander (30 min).
Mehmet Sander started dancing with Geyvan Mcmillen in Istanbul in 1984. He continued his dance education at the London Contemporary Dance School, California State University (Long Beach), Harvard University and American Dance Festival. He founded the Mehmet Sander Dance Company in 1990, performing throughout the United States and participating in numerous events and festivals such as the Holland Dance Festival, New Moves (Scotland), ICA’s National Look at Live Arts (UK), Klapstuk Festival (Belgium) and Munich Dance Festival (Germany). Sander′s recent UK work includes the commission and presentation of original works Uncomfort Zone at Queen Mary, University of London (2011) and Impact at Fierce Festival (2012). He premiered his new work Trust Fall at Bristol’s In Between Time Festival (2013) and performed his new solo BANG at the legendary Royal Vauxhall Tavern (2013).Tate Modern have also presented Mehmet Sander’s sold out workshop.