Standing Side by Side Amid Chaos

Dancer and choreographer Mihran Tomasyan has been creating space for collective production for 22 years with Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası. We spoke with Mihran Tomasyan about the current conditions of dance, transformation that begins with the body, and Istanbul’s chaotic yet deeply creative

Going One’s Own Way: Autoban’s Third Decade

The first decade of Autoban, defined by a journey “from local intuition to a universal language,” played a transformative role in Istanbul’s cultural landscape; the second saw the practice evolve into an international structure.