about me
Hi, my name is Ebru and I am Berlin-based dancer, community person, facilitator and awareness practitioner deeply inspired by afro-diasporic dances such as Hip Hop, House Dance and Club Culture, as well as my upbringing in a Muslim Turkish community in which my body movement roots in the first place.
My artistic practice centers care, collective responsibility, and creating spaces for shared learning and mutual support.
I dream of a world that embraces awareness in relationships to each other, and would love to offer you spaces in which we can practice that together. I’ll guide you with a warm and open approach.
And in the practice of awareness, I experience dance as an expression that is informing us of the sensitivities of our bodies and their deepest longings.
How can we make space for more softness and acknowledge that our bodies are containers for social experience and change?
A reoccurring and guiding question in my research is:
the emergence of my work
I grew up in a suburb near Munich, Bavaria, and started dancing Hip-Hop in my youth 10 years ago.
My studies in Cultural and Gender Studies brought me to Berlin, where I began working in political education and anti-discrimination, continuously learning and expanding my practice. I stand upon shoulders of the work by queer Black FLINTA* and - of Color..
My dance journey has not followed a formal institutional path. Instead, I have learned through community-led mentorship and guidance from elders within Black dance culture. One of which happened during my educational house dance year at Åsa folkhögskola in Sweden. The more time I spent moving as a guest within afro-diasporic dance cultures, the clearer it became how deeply dance is connected to political, social, and historical contexts, and how essential it is to honor those roots.
Today, my artistic and facilitation work weaves together movement, empowerment, and socio-political reflection.
My practice involves:
working with young people and adults
supporting groups as an awareness practitioner
facilitating political education workshops
and creating performances / choregraph at the intersection of dance, theatre, and community practice from House Dance, Hip Hop and movement research perspectives.