At the heart of the piece is a 1930 recording of Safiye Ayla performing a Bayati gazel, "Yarin bu kadar cevri gelir miydi hayale", used as a hidden motif throughout. The gazel, both a literary and musical form in Turkish Classical Music, is treated here as a composition: an improvisational sung form rendered as if it could be repeated. hava moves beyond musical performance to explore the relationship between voice, sound, and movement, how their forms act upon each other, and studies air itself as the carrier of both sound and motion.
Premiered at Tanz im August, Berlin on 20 August 2009, havasubsequently toured to Festival Delle Roche (Turin), Question de Danse (Marseille), Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), IKSV Istanbul Theater Festival, Uzès Danse (France), and Monty/0090 (Antwerp).
Sound, Music, Performance: Ahmet Altınel, Ayşe Orhon
Artistic Assistance: Ahmet Altınel, Ayşe Draz
Lighting Design: Jiv Wagner
Costume: Nilüfer Karaca
Sound Engineering and Programming: Burak Tamer.
hava was created with the support of LOOPING, developed by Uzès Danse CDC in partnership with TanzWerkstatt Berlin and O Espaço do Tempo, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.
Related link:
https://ayseorhon.com/hava
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R4g-_dSRB_VFCS6GA9lTXzBBqmlFAH9i/view?t=782