Seda Aybay
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Aybay is Kybele Dance Theater's (KDT) founder, artistic director and choreographer (2003). Seda has produced and choreographed multiple works with KDT/ Los Angeles, which won her choreography awards from Dance Under the Stars Festival, MAD BAD Festival. Aybay recently received RAW 2011 Los Angeles Performing Artist Award. Her works had been toured and presented in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Fresno, Concord, San Jose, Palm Desert, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle.
As an independent artist, Aybay also has been invited to choreograph for LACSA, Santa Monica Collage, Praxis Project, Cerritos College, Pierce College, Spectrum, and Why Dance. She performed with the "Synapse Dance Theatre," "Folklorico de SMC," "Ney Nava," Liliana de Leon Torsiello, Alex De Silva, "Praxis Project," Lion's Pounce Theater, Lula Washington Dance Theater, Magan and Jefferey Hornaday, Kin Dance, Bethune Theatredanse, Pradigm Dance Theater. She was featured as a dancer on KTLA channel 9, Univision Kmex34, and Fox11 as performer.
Seda’s dance foundation started in Turkey at the age of five with French & Russian Ballet techniques, and later she completed the exams of The Royal Academy of Dancing/England. She has trained, performed and choreographed internationally in Modern, Jazz & Tap dance forms. Aybay’s first dance company Les Chats de St. Michel/ Istanbul-Turkey, won her three national first place prizes in Milliyet Choreography competitions. Later, she came to the United States to continue her education in dance. Graduated with honors from UCLA World Arts and Cultures Department majoring in dance/choreography, she completed the Alvin Ailey program in New York, and came back to Los Angeles to form her multi-media contemporary dance company, Kybele Dance Theater.
Seda AybayIstanbul/ Turkiye’de dogup buyuyen Seda Aybay, 2003’de kurmus oldugu Kybele Dans Tiyatrosu’nun sanat direktoru ve koreografidir.
Seda, gerek koreografilerini gerekse yapimciligini ustlendigi bir cok eserini KDT/Los Angeles’la sergiledi. Bu eserlerinden bazilari Dance Under the Stars, MAD BAD Festival’leri ve RAW 2011 Los Angeles grubu tarrafindan koreografi odulleri kazandi. Diger bircok eserleriyse Los Angeles, Long Beach, Fresno, Concord, San Juan, Palm Desert, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, ve Seattle’da sergilendi.
Bagimsiz bir sanatci olan Aybay, LACSA, Santa Monica College, Praxis Project, Cerritos College, Pierce College, Spectrum, ve Why Dance icin koreografiler hazirlamak uzere davet edildi. "Synapse Dance Theatre," "Folklorico de SMC," "Ney Nava," Liliana de Leon Torsiello, Alex De Silva, "Praxis Project," Lion's Pounce Theater, Lula Washington Dance Theater, Magan and Jefferey Hornaday, Kin Dance, Bethune Theatredanse, Paradigm Dance Theater gibi bir cok sayili kumpanya’da soloist olarak sahne alan Seda, KTLA channel 9, Univision Kmex34, ve Fox11 TV kanallarinda da yer aldi.
Seda dansa bes yasinda, Fransiz ve Rus tekniklerini kapsayan bale dersleriyle basladi. Daha sonra Ingiliz/ Royal Academy of Dancing imtaanlarini tamamlayan Seda, modern, caz ve tap dans formlarinda koreografiler hazirlayip gosterilerde yer aldi. Ilk kurdugu Les Chat de St. Michel dans grubuyla katilmis oldugu Milliyet Turkiye Dans yarismalarinda koreografilerini kendi hazirlamis oldugu eserleri birincilikler kazandi. Daha sonra Aybay modern dans ve koreografi uzerini egitimine devam etmek icin Amerika’ya geldi. UCLA World Arts and Cultures Departmani’nin dans/koreografi bolumunu takdirle bitiren Seda, New York’ta Alvin Ailey okulunun kisa programini bitirip kendi dans grubunu olan Kybele Dans Tiyatrosu’nu kurmak icin Los Angeles’a geri dondu.
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