Neden son 7 yıl boyunca Dansöz kelimesinde ısrar ettim ? Toplumsal bir utancın, bir yükün, bir “stigma”nın altına girmek için deli olmak lazım. Ancak dansımı köklendirirken ve temellendirirken, toplumla derin bir bağlantıya girmem gerektiğini, bu dansın “kötü” taraflarını da sırtlanmam gerektiğini hissediyordum. Bir sanat formuna aşıksak, biraz da toplumdaki güç dinamiklerine eyvallahımız olmadığı için değilContinue reading “Mesleğiniz nedir? -DANSÖZÜM.”
Category Archives: Feminism
Art.sex.sexy.love.sensual.kiss
Just because it’s sexy, doesn’t mean it’s not art. Sexiness because of the feeling of sex. Because of the feeling of love. So much passion in my muscles, so passionate when I move my body up and down. So ? What should I do if I’m naturally this way ? Kill myself ??? Leave meContinue reading “Art.sex.sexy.love.sensual.kiss”
Where Have We Left Off?
Where to go from here ? How to draw lines and maintain privacy, after having exposed that I have been a survivor of domestic violence ? After reading Alice’s Miller “The Body Never Lies”, I had started sharing publically any type of harassment I had come across. The book described what I had known sinceContinue reading “Where Have We Left Off?”
My Body, An Instrument to be Tipped
I have performed not only my first post- pandemic show, but also the first solo belly dance show of my life! As a Turkish woman, I feel that this new professional area is not devoid of tensions, which are worth exploring. In this blog post, I will address one of them, the power dynamics ofContinue reading “My Body, An Instrument to be Tipped”
I am the successor to Theodora’s throne.
Writing about the sexual bullying in primary and middle school, is like vomiting a sea of bloody and moldy animal carcass, which has been sitting in my stomach for 20 years. The primary school I was attending to, was a billion lira worth of private school. The papers of the day refer to it asContinue reading “I am the successor to Theodora’s throne.”
Naiada’s Dance Blog 