Repertuar

KOCEKCE WOMEN DANCES
This is choreography of Anatolian women dances with the classical art music from Ottoman Empire.

THRACIAN DANCES-SILIVRI REGION DANCES
Silivri is a town in the northwest part of Turkey and Istanbul. The dances are mostly very rhythmic and most of them are in 9/8 Turkish rhythms.

SILIFKE REGION DANCES
Silifke is a small region in the southern part of Anatolia. “Spoon dances” are known as traditional dances of this region.

ASHIK-MASHIK
A traditional game of Silifke region. Silifke is a small town in the southern part of Anatolia. Two men are playing. One represents woman, the other man as lover. They are painting their body as the faces of lovers. An entertainment show of lovers’ takes places. The game represents the lovers’ relations as a joke.

BLACKSEA DANCES
Blacksea is the region in the northern part of Anatolia. Dances are very active lively just like the fishes in the Blacksea.

ANKARA SEGMEN DANCES
Turkish Segmen folk dances are from Ankara. Segmens figured prominently in Turkish Independence War between 1919 and 1923. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and located in the central Anatolia.

TURKISH RTHYM SHOW
Turkish rhythms performed by dancers. 5 drums and 8 darbuka (a type of Turkish drum) and 12 bendir (a type of Turkish drum) will be used by the dancers. The show may be interactive with the audiences joining with their claps.

EASTERN ANATOLIA FOLK DANCES – HALAY
Eastern and south-eastern Anatolia has its own kind of dances, named “halay”. Each city has its own kind of “halay dances”. Our group will represent these halay dances which are very famous in these cities.

ANATOLIAN DANCES
This is choreography of the traditional dances from each different parts of whole Anatolia. It includes the story of Independence War of Turkey in it. The show is beginning with “henna night” representing the henna night and the wedding ceremony.

TURKISH ROMAN DANCES
A special choreography of Turkish roman dances usually performed in the northwest of Anatolia.

ZEYBEK DANCES
Zeybek is a form of folk dance peculiar to western, central and southern Anatolia in Turkey. A leader of a Zeybek gang is called “efe” and his soldiers are called zeybeks.

GAZIANTEP REGION DANCES
Gaziantep is a city in southeastern part of Anatolia. The show is composed of the traditional folk games of this region. Men and women relations at home and in the society are represented in the show.

MEDITERRANEAN DANCES
Our group is the only group in Turkey which performs Northern Cyprus Turkish folk dances. Very original traditional dances with sultan Aziz’s songs (Sultan of Ottoman Empire) of this lovely Mediterranean island.