Thursday 8 December 2011

Interview about Mem u Zin performance with Guneydogu Haber Newspaper in Turkey

http://www.guneydoguguncel.com/ilk-kurt-balesi-528h.htm

Article by Karen Bennett (in English) on" Mem U Zin" December 7, 2011

http://www.karenbennett.ca/Blog.html

Interview with Fiorito "Toronto Star " Canada.

http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/1060477

ANF Kurdish News"Mem U Zin"

http://ku.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=nuce&nuceID=18670

Kurdish News "Mem U Zin"

http://www.dengeazad.com/en/NewsDetailN.aspx?id=14084&LinkID=119

Interview of Mem u Zin performance with Voice of America Kurdish Section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxZ-4krCfMY&noredirect=1

Interview about Mem u Zin performance with Kurdistan Tribute- Ava Homa

http://ava-homa.blogspot.com/2011/09/ava-homa-interviews-fethi-karakecili.html

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Mem u Zin Performance is on the Toronto Star Today. Mem u Zin gosterimiz Toronto Star gazetesinde.


Fiorito: Kurdish love story set for Toronto stage

Published On Wed Sep 28 2011
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By Joe Fiorito City Columnist
The last time I saw Fethi Karakecili, he was new to Toronto; there was trouble in Kurdistan, and he’d come here as a result.
Fethi is a dance historian and a teacher; what kind of trouble could he possibly have been in? He reminded me the other night: “I was a professor in Turkey for seven years, researching Kurdish culture, dance, music; at that time, it was illegal there just to use the term ‘Kurdish.’”
As a result of his work, he was harassed, and detained for a week without being charged with any crime, and much of his research was destroyed.
He had to leave.
These days he is both teaching and studying dance at York University. He has also founded the Dilan Dance Company. Lately, he has been preparing his dancers for the world premiere of Mem u Zin.
You may think of them as the Kurdish Romeo and Juliet. The story is ancient, its beginnings are oral, and it forms the basis for Kurdish culture and politics: lovers who are killed before they can be united.
Now that’s a metaphor.
The story is reckoned to be true; to this day, Kurdish couples visit the gravesite of the star-crossed couple in Cizre, a town in southeastern Turkey, near border of Iraq; Kurdistan, if you prefer.
The staging of the story is a significant event for Kurds worldwide. “It’s never been on stage like this before. People from America, Japan and Germany are wishing us luck; the news of this production is all over the Turkish news, all over the world.”
His dancers are also from all over the world: Turkey, India, Iran, even a couple from Colombia. I asked at rehearsal if there were a lot of Kurds in Colombia; merriment ensued.
I prefer rehearsal to performance, because it is mere steps — in this case literal steps — from the act of creation.
You should also know this: dancers are grounded more solidly than the rest of us when they move; paradoxically, they also fly more freely.
Fethi prepared to put them through their paces. To me, he said, “I play the bad guy. I will poison Mem, and his lover Zin will commit suicide.”
He reached into a bag of props, rummaged around and said, sternly, “Okay, I had a scarf from Kurdistan. It is missing. I would like it back.”
He’ll get it back.
The dancers took the stage — men with men, women with women — and Fethi instructed them: “Remember, guys, you are showing your power. Remember, women, you are looking at your lovers.”
He did not have to tell them twice.
And then, to a leaping fellow he said, “You are representing the god of fire, you are jumping through the fire.” There was a heap of bright scarves on the floor: cloth, doing duty as flame.
At one point, the women circled about, running swiftly, ululating as they ran; I have never found this less than stirring: if you, um, squint with your ears, it is not unlike Cree drumming songs.
Fethi’s plan is to premiere Mem u Zin here, and then take it on the road. “We have had invitations from Germany, Austria, and from northern Iraq, the Kurdish part.” The company may also perform in Montreal, New York and Los Angeles.
Performing with the Dilan Dance Company is the Kurdish singer Sena Dersimi. She had just arrived from Germany when I met her, and if her keening threnody does not break your heart, you do not have one.
Mem u Zin, the world premiere, at the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W., 7 p.m. Oct. 2.
For more info, call 416-828-4565.
Joe Fiorito appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Email: jfiorito@thestar.ca

Saturday 27 August 2011

Mem รป Zin balesi sahnede

http://www.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=nuce&nuceID=48831


Mem รป Zin balesi sahnede

MAXฤฐME AZADฤฐ -ANF
ร–zel / 10:04 / 27 AuฤŸustos 2011
Ehmedรช Xanรฎ’nin 16. yรผzyฤฑlฤฑn sonlarฤฑnda yazdฤฑฤŸฤฑ Kรผrt aลŸk destanฤฑ Mem รป Zรฎn, ilk kez folklor ve bale bir araya getirilerek sahneleniyor. Toronto Halk Sanatlarฤฑ Kurumu baลŸkanฤฑ koreograf Fethi Karakeรงili’nin “Dans ile Kรผrt aลŸkฤฑ” projesi 11 ayrฤฑ รผlkeden, dรถrt farklฤฑ dinden ve farklฤฑ renklerden insanlarฤฑ bir araya getiriyor.

Yรผzlerce yฤฑl dilden dile aktarฤฑlan ve Ehmedรช Xanรฎ’nin รถlรผmsรผz eseriyle gรผnรผmรผze taลŸฤฑnan Kรผrt destanฤฑ, bu kez DoฤŸu-Batฤฑ sentezi ile ilk kez sahneye taลŸฤฑnฤฑyor. Proje Kanada’nฤฑn Toronto ลŸehrinde oluลŸturuldu. Koreograf Fethi Karakeรงili, Kรผrt kรผltรผrรผnรผ Batฤฑ’nฤฑn sahne teknikleriyle buluลŸturarak, bir “senteze”, “enternasyonal bir forma” kavuลŸturmak istiyor. AลŸk, her iki kรผltรผrรผn de ortak yanฤฑnฤฑ oluลŸturuyor.

BATI’NIN ROMEO VE JULIET VARSA…

ANF’ye projesi hakkฤฑnda konuลŸan Karakeรงili, oldukรงa iddialฤฑ: “Nasฤฑl ki Batฤฑ’nฤฑn Shekespare’si ve Romeo Juillet’i varsa, Mezopotamya’nฤฑn da Ehmedรช Xanรฎ’si ve Mem รป Zin’i vardฤฑr. AลŸk aลŸktฤฑr, Batฤฑ’da da DoฤŸu’da da aynฤฑ hissedilir ama farklฤฑ yaลŸanฤฑr…”

Toronto Halk Sanatlarฤฑ Kurumu’nun baลŸkanlฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑ yapan Karakeรงili, projenin Nisan ayฤฑnda baลŸladฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑ ve halen provalarฤฑn sรผrdรผฤŸรผnรผ belirtiyor.

Proje, geleneksel Kรผrt folkloru ile baleyi buluลŸturuyor, diฤŸer bir ifadeyle Kรผrt kรผltรผrรผnรผ dansฤฑ, mรผziฤŸi, gelenek ve gรถrenekleri, kostรผmleri ile bir bรผtรผn olarak, Batฤฑnฤฑ tekniฤŸi ve deฤŸerleri ile yoฤŸurmayฤฑ amaรงlฤฑyor. Karakeรงili, geleneksel formdan, modern forma geรงiลŸ yapฤฑp Kรผrt kรผltรผrรผnรผ Batฤฑ sanat anlayฤฑลŸฤฑ รงerรงevesinde anlatmak istiyor. “Bence DoฤŸu-Batฤฑ sentezinde en belirleyici รถฤŸelerden biri de geleneksel Kรผrt halk danslarฤฑnฤฑn icrasฤฑ ve modernize edilmesi, aynฤฑ zamanda bale tekniฤŸi ile de hikayenin anlatฤฑlmasฤฑdฤฑr. Aynฤฑ ลŸey bu projenin mรผzik ve kostรผmleri iรงin de sรถzkonusudur.”

Karageรงili, Batฤฑ’da ve DoฤŸu’da aynฤฑ hissedilen ancak farklฤฑ yaลŸanan bu aลŸkฤฑn, farklฤฑ yaลŸanmฤฑลŸlฤฑฤŸฤฑ ve yorumunu ise ลŸรถyle ifade ediyor: “ฤฐรงeriฤŸi yaลŸanmฤฑลŸlฤฑฤŸฤฑ ve yorumu farklฤฑdฤฑr ลŸรถyle ki; Mem u Zin’in askฤฑnฤฑn, masum, iรงten ve fedakar yรถnรผnรผ, uฤŸruna รถlรผnebilecek fedakarlฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑ, Kรผrtlerin kendine รถzgรผ kรผltรผrel ve sosyal yaptฤฑrฤฑmlarฤฑyla birlikte sahneye taลŸฤฑyoruz.”

11 รœLKEDEN, Dร–RT FRAKLI DฤฐNDEN…

Dans projesi 11 ayrฤฑ รผlkeden, dรถrt farklฤฑ dinden ve farlฤฑ renklerden insanlarฤฑ bir araya getiriyor. Bu dansรงฤฑlarฤฑn bir kฤฑsmฤฑ Karakeรงili’nin destek verdiฤŸi kurumlarฤฑn รถฤŸrencilerinden oluลŸurken, bir kฤฑsmฤฑ da York, Toronto ve Ryerson รผniversitelerinin รถฤŸrencileri ile doktoralarฤฑnฤฑ yapan akademisyen ya da sanatรงฤฑlardan oluลŸuyor. Karakeรงili, “Projeyi bir ลŸekilde dinamik de kฤฑlan kadrosunun tesadรผfen รงeลŸitli รผniversitelerle baฤŸlantฤฑlฤฑ olmalarฤฑdฤฑr” diyor.

Karakeรงili bu proje ile dilleri ve kรผltรผrlerinden dolayฤฑ bastฤฑrฤฑlmฤฑลŸ, sesi kฤฑsฤฑlmฤฑลŸ bir toplumun, yani Kรผrtlerin “sessiz รงฤฑฤŸlฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑn Amerika kฤฑtasฤฑndaki sesi” olmak istediฤŸini sรถylรผyor.

Peki dans projesi nasฤฑl oluลŸtu? Koreograf, bunu anlatฤฑrken Toronto’ya geliลŸ hikรขyesini de anlatฤฑyor: “Bir akademisyen ve sanatรงฤฑ olarak her sanatรงฤฑda olduฤŸu gibi benim de gรถnlรผmde Mem รป Zin’i dans ve mรผzikle sahneye taลŸฤฑmak vardฤฑ. Tรผrkiye’de konservatuarda ร–ฤŸretim Elemanฤฑ olarak gรถrev yaptฤฑฤŸฤฑm dรถnemde Kรผrt halk danslarฤฑnฤฑn isimlerini Kรผrtรงe, yani orijinal isimleriyle programa alฤฑyordum. Sฤฑrf etnik kรถkenimden dolayฤฑ doktoramฤฑ yaptฤฑrtmayan Tรผrkiye’deki รผniversitelerden sonra, York รœniversitesi (Toronto) akademik ve sanatsal รงalฤฑลŸmalarฤฑm nedeniyle bana kapฤฑlarฤฑnฤฑ aรงarak hem ร–ฤŸretim Elemanฤฑ olarak derslere girmem hem de doktoramฤฑ tamamlamam iรงin gereken desteฤŸi sรผndรผrmektedir.

2006 yฤฑlฤฑndan bu yana Mรผzik ve Dans bรถlรผmlerinde รงeลŸitli dersler verdim ve hรขlihazฤฑrda Mezopotamya kรผltรผrleri รถzellikle de Kรผrtler รผzerine รงalฤฑลŸmalarฤฑm kรผltรผrel ve sanatsal olarak devam ediyor. รœniversitenin dans ve mรผzik konserleri ile panel, konferans ve workshop รงalฤฑลŸmalarฤฑnda Kรผrt, Tรผrk, Ermeni, Sรผryani ve Anadolu’nun diฤŸer etnik dokularฤฑnฤฑ รงalฤฑลŸma alanฤฑm olarak belirledim. O halklarฤฑn da Mezopotamya topraklarฤฑnda sesi olmak istedim ve olacaฤŸฤฑm. DรผลŸรผnme aลŸamasฤฑnda รงok farklฤฑ etnik kรถkenden sanatรงฤฑ ve akademisyenlerle yaptฤฑฤŸฤฑm konuลŸmalarda Mem u Zin projesini onlarla paylaลŸtฤฑฤŸฤฑm zaman รงok heyecanlandฤฑlar ve olumlu tepkiler vererek desteklediler, hatta ; ‘Shakespeare’in Romeo ve Juliet’i, Ehmedi Xanรฎ’nin Mem รป Zin’inden etkilenmiลŸ olmasฤฑn’ dediler.(! )”



PROJE 2 EKฤฐM’DE SAHNE ALACAK

Proje ilk olarak 2 Ekim’de Toronto’da sahne alacak. Mart ve Haziran 2012’de de Toronto ve Montreal’da sahnelenecek. Karakeรงili, Avrupa, Tรผrkiye ve Federal Kรผrdistan Bรถlgesi’nde de turne yapmayฤฑ dรผลŸรผndรผklerini ifade ediyor. Projeye, Kanada’daki Toronto Kurdish Community information Centre, Community Folk Arts Council of Toronto, National Capuera Assosiation Canada gibi kurumlar ile sanatรงฤฑ, akademisyen, esnaf ve halkta da maddi ve manevi destek sunuyor.

Projenin akademik ve teknik kadrosu ลŸรถyle:

Danslar, koreografi, uyarlama, kurgu ve artistik direktรถr: Fethi Karakecili

Projenin sahne tasarฤฑmฤฑ, dekor ve afis dizaynฤฑ: Sanatรงฤฑ -Ressam Serpil OdabaลŸฤฑ.

Mรผzikler: Mazlum ร‡imen, KardeลŸ Tรผrkรผler, Rojin, Sena Dersimi ve Toronto’daki Halk Sanatlarฤฑ Kurumu mรผzik topluluฤŸu.

Kostรผm tasarฤฑmฤฑ ve dizaynฤฑ: Elif Dere, IลŸฤฑk: Art Babayants, Teknik Assistan: Rubert Nico Barrett, Makyรถz: Canan Batgi, Mรผzik direktรถrรผ: Dr. Irene Markoff.

Fethi Karakeรงili kimdir?

Fethi Karakeรงili Urfa’nฤฑn Hilvan ilรงesinde doฤŸdu. ฤฐlk, orta ve liseyi Adana’da tamamladฤฑ. 1994 yฤฑlฤฑnda Gaziantep รœniversitesi Tรผrk Musikisi Devlet Konservatuarฤฑ Halk Danslarฤฑ Bul omunu Birincilikle tamamlayฤฑp aynฤฑ yฤฑl รผniversitede รถฤŸretim elemanฤฑ olarak gรถrev aldฤฑ. Masterini ITU Sosyal Bilimler Enstitรผsรผnde yaptฤฑ. 7 yฤฑllฤฑk รผniversite hocalฤฑฤŸฤฑndan sonra 2001 yฤฑlฤฑnda Kanada’ya yerleลŸti. 2006 yฤฑlฤฑnda Toronto York รœniversitesi Gรผzel Sanatlar Fakรผltesi Dans bรถlรผmรผnde Dans Etnolojisi รผzerine 2. masterini yaptฤฑ. ลžu anda doktorasฤฑnฤฑ Etnomรผzikoloji alanฤฑnda yapmakta olan Karakeรงili, aynฤฑ รผniversitede dans ve mรผzik bรถlรผmlerinde 5 yฤฑldฤฑr dersler veriyor. YayฤฑnlanmฤฑลŸ birรงok makalesi, sahnelediฤŸi birรงok dans grubu, uluslararasฤฑ baลŸarฤฑlarฤฑ ve de atรถlye รงalฤฑลŸmalarฤฑ olan Karakeรงili, son altฤฑ yฤฑldฤฑr Toronto Halk Sanatlarฤฑ Kurumunun baลŸkanlฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑ da yapฤฑyor.

ANF NEWS AGENCY

Thursday 14 July 2011

Mem u Zin Rehearsal

Mem and Zin (Mem รป Zรฎn) is a Kurdish classic love story written down 1692 and is considered to be the epopee of the Kurdish literature. It is the most important work of Kurdish writer and poet Ehmede Xani or Ahmad Khani) (1651-1707). Mem and Zin is based on a true story. 

Mem u Zin Rehearsal

 
For Kurds Mem and Zin are symbols for the Kurdish people and the Kurdistan, which are separated and cannot come together. The Mem-u Zin Mausoleum in province has become a tourists attraction.