KORHAN BAŞARAN
Born in Bursa in 1977, Korhan holds a BA from Bilkent University’s Theater Department (2001) and an MBA in Art Management from Yeditepe University. He started his dance career, working with Binnaz Dorkip and subsequently with Zeynep Tanbay, Beyhan Murphy; and had a chance to take classes from the avant-garde dance legend Merce Cunningham. He danced for the Ankara State Opera and Ballet's Modern Dance Turkey and his performances in Alice in Ankara, Avaz, Body Heat, Triptic Excile, Seyahatname and Tango Reflections (with Mehmet Okonsar) received rave reviews. One of his choreographies A Dialogue for One was one of the chosen 15 pieces over 200 and was selected as part of the International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover. He took part in various plays such as The Merry Wives of Windsor, All My Sons, Mademoselle Nitus, Pares y Nines, Deathtrap and Napoli, City of Billionaires and leading performances in Hurrem Sultan Dance Project and Night of the Sultans of Marcel Avram. Korhan created the original choreography for Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyasi, the first ever Turkish musical produced in New York, and created The Loving- a compilation of his own duet choreographies on the theme "love". Most recently, he performed with Mark Lamb Dance, a New York based company, for the reconstruction of Merce Cunnigham’s Tread. He lives in New York City.