caner teker is a survivor, choreographer and artist. caner's performances involve the parasitic, transformative and autobiographical worldmaking. through the manipulation of space, time and body, images emerge that contain personal experiences beyond queerness and post-migrant identity. caner studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and at SNDO – School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam. teker's performances have been shown at Gessnerallee Zurich, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf and HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin. In 2022, teker was a danceWEB scholarship holder at ImPuls Tanz in Vienna and performed at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theater, Tanzquartier Wien and Radikal Jung at Munich's Volkstheater. The work KIRKPINAR was purchased for the collection of Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, and awarded the ars viva prize 2024.
Sharing
caner teker
killjoy
"You can killjoy when you don’t laugh at an offensive joke or when you refuse to cover over the injustices with a smile. You can killjoy because of what you do not and will not celebrate; national holidays that mark colonial conquest or the birth of a monarch. You can killjoy by entering the room because your body is a reminder of a history that gets in the way of the occupation of space. You can killjoy by asking to be addressed by the right pronouns or by correcting people if they use the wrong ones. You can killjoy by asking for that panel or that plenary not to be all white men, again. You can killjoy by asking to change a room because the room they have booked is not accessible, again."
This quote by Sara Ahmed serves as inspiration for caner teker's two-week residency at Tanzhaus Zurich – and possibly a springboard for a new work. We are already very excited to find out!
The work-in-progress Sharing will be followed by a brief audience discussion.
- Studio 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 127a
8037 Zürich
- Wheelchair accessible
- This event is free of charge
Concept, choreography, performance caner teker
Photo Katja Illner
