Press - Reviews & Quotes
Seda Aybay
onderliginde Kybele Dans Tiyatrosu her zamanki gibi farkini
ortaya koydu.
Işıl ÖZ, San DiegoTurkish
Journal
Jennifer Taylor for The New
York Times
"Plunging squats, deeply
arching backs and lush turns…"
By Claudia La Rocco, New York
Times
"Seda Aybay went her own way, focusing her artful quartet
"Veda" on partnering: As each couple danced, you seemed
to be watching a summary of a complex relationship swiftly,
lightly impressed upon your consciousness."
By Lewis Segal, Los Angeles
Times
"Seda Aybay's "ADAK" emphasized the manipulation of red
scarves
by members of the Kybele Dance Theater, and her
sophisticated sense
of movement counterpoint sustained interest in her formal
patterning "
By Lewis Segal, Los Angeles
Times
"Great leaps forward: Kybele Dance
Theater participates in the Spectrum show."
By Ann Haskins, LA
Weekly
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Işıl ÖZ San Diego
(Turkish Journal)
”Nar- In Memory of Ataturk” aldigi yogun ilgiden dolayi, Seattle, Long Beach,
Los Angeles’tan sonra San Diego’daydi. UCSD Turk Ogrenci Dernegi’nin ev
sahipligi yaptigi ”Nar- In Memory of Ataturk”, UCSD Price Center’da, buyuk
begeni toplayan gosteri. Atatuk’un ileri goruslulugunu ve en buyuk eseri olan
Cumhuriyeti konu aliyor.
Işıl ÖZ, San DiegoTurkish
Journal
"Just think . . . who is one of your
greatest heroes of all time, if not your number one choice:
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk! You might ask, “How can
someone portray Ataturk with dance?” Well, all I can
say is that I have now watched the rehearsals as well as a
sneak preview at the 29 Ekim Balosu of Kybele Dance
Theatre’s production of “Nar” several
times, and every time I am thrilled to tears at the
exhilarating performance. Starting with the Ottoman’s
and the perversion of the Empire into a darkly religious
autocracy, Choreographer/Dancer Seda Aybay brilliantly
shows how Ataturk brought the Turkish Republic into the
20th Century and gave the people of that time back their
individuality and freedom. Himself an avid patron of the
arts, I can only imagine how honored he would be by such a
portrayal of his life."
By Leslie Bates Buyukturkoglu,
TurkLA
"A standout in a trio of works, Seda Aybay first appeared
on pointe in Megan Hornaday's new work, "Red Line." Lithe,
daring and a delight to watch, Aybay, abetted by Rachel
Bowman and Sven Toorvald — all dancing in a
neo-Romantic mode — struggled for identity and
control against the backdrop of a John Corigliano violin
score, with a ticking metronome adding to the piece's
suggestion of fleeting time and innocence lost.
In "Istanbul
Hatiralair" and "$irket," both from this year, Aybay
displayed choreographic flair and a cutting-edge
sensibility. Her company, Kybele Dance Theater, shifted
fluidly from faux Indian moves in the former, a meditation
on the dancer's life in Turkey, to controlled pandemonium
in the latter, a postmodern take on office wonks. In
addition to Aybay, Norman Follosco, when not doing
one-armed handstands, juiced up the workplace with dizzying
spins, and the other five cast members also dealt with
crisis management through gambits with chairs, mock typing
and wet-noodle collapsing."
By Victoria Looseleaf,
Los Angeles
Times
$irket, by Seda
Aybay, with busy office workers and frenetic movement was
funny, insightful and one of the evening’s most
entertaining pieces. It allowed the movement skills of
dancers to redefine work and relationships, something dance
can do as well as any art form.
By Don Hart, The Beverly Hills
Outlook