About KIZLAR

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Subverting traditionally male Turkish folk dances with an all-female contemporary company, KIZLAR (meaning 'girls') brings striking forms and a strong yet sensual energy to the stage.

Choreographer Ceyda Tanc’s distinctive style is rooted in her British-Turkish heritage, combining athletic contemporary movement with Turkish folk dance. Ceyda’s work seeks to challenge traditional gender representation in dance and promote the intersection of cultures in modern Britain. She draws on themes of ritual, ceremony and community to create aesthetically driven dance work that is unapologetically feminist.

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A demonstration of sass, power and self-possession... Tanc presents different images of femininity, and the company present a united energy, a solid sisterhood.
The Guardian, 2023

About the artist

Ceyda is a British-Turkish choreographer and Artistic Director of Ceyda Tanc Dance, founded in 2012. Ceyda presents live work in theatre settings, festivals, galleries and alternative event spaces. In 2021 she advised on English National Ballet’s Raymonda and subsequently created Nefes for the company. In 2024 she co-created BACI with support from the British Council, a cross-cultural collaboration featuring 67 British and Turkish dancers.

With community and participation at the core of her practice, Ceyda has created numerous commissioned works for youth groups and under/postgraduate companies and delivered on CAT (Centre for Advanced Training) schemes nationally (The Place, FABRIC, Dance East). She is an Associate Lecturer at University of Chichester and runs a successful youth dance programme from her multi-arts space, THE STUDIO in Brighton.

www.ceydatancdance.com