Music Workshops for Dancers

We are here with 2 wonderful workshops for dancers 📣 A jazz guitar instructor at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory@yunus.mutiTogether with you, we will share both theoretical and practical information and enable you to enrich your dance! 💫  

Swing & Rhythm Workshop 

In this workshop, we will approach the concepts of swing and rhythm both theoretically/technically and practically. We will go beyond the movements we learn in the lessons and learn various ways to express ourselves through our dance. Topics we will examine in our workshop: 

🔸Why Swing music is called Swing? 

🔸What is the Swing feeling that is always discussed? 

🔸What can be done to improve this feeling? 

🔸Swing and rhythm relationship 

🔸The origin and physical presentation of the rhythm 

How to create new rhythms?  

Music & Musicality Workshop 

In this workshop, we will approach the concept of musicality, both theoretically/technically and practically, with basic musical knowledge for dancers and enthusiasts of all levels. Topics we will examine in our workshop: 

🔸 What does 4/4 music mean? 

🔸Why do dancers count 8? (Then why is there 6 steps? 🤔) 

🔸What is 12-bar Blues with 32-bar Swing? What are the differences and what does it tell musically? 

🔸 Up/down beat, blue note and syncopated rhythms 

🔸 What is riff, break, bridge, quotation, phrase, chorus? How does it enrich our dance within the framework of musicality? 💃🕺 

🔸 How do we understand parts of different structures? (Ex: AABA, AAAB, ABAC,… etc.) And how do we adapt our dance to that music?   

The duration of our workshops is 80 minutes, and there will be theoretical/technical knowledge and application. Workshops are open to all levels and enthusiasts, including those with no dance experience.

Yunus Muti

He was born in Sakarya. He started playing the guitar at the age of 13. In 2010, he was accepted to the jazz department of Hacettepe University with the first place. During his undergraduate education, he worked and performed with respected jazz teachers such as Skip Gailes, Howard Curtis, Doug Richards and Emre Kartarı. He gave concerts in various countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Kosovo and the USA, took part in many different projects and gave lectures. After graduating from Hacettepe University, he continues his graduate studies at İzmir Yaşar University, while at the same time teaching jazz guitar at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory.

Ceren AY

Ceren AY was born in 1988 in Gölcük. While he received his primary and secondary education in various parts of Turkey, he continued his education there when his family settled in Ankara during his high school education. After graduating from METU Department of Economics in 2011, he started working in the audit sector in Istanbul. Worked and lived abroad from October 2017 to January 2020. Currently living in Ankara, she continues her activities to raise awareness within the framework of socio-cultural interactions both in the past and in the present, with presentations on the history of jazz and dance, as well as being a Lindy Hop and solo jazz dance instructor.