“Dance Saved My Life”: Kadir Memiş’s Life Story and the (Re)Framing of Identity through Dance

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Atıf İçin Kopyala

Kurt B.

Dance Chronicle, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.63-90, 2020 (AHCI)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
• Basım Tarihi: 2020
• Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01472526.2019.1708140
• Dergi Adı: Dance Chronicle
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Humanities Abstracts, International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD), MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Music Index, Performing Arts Periodicals Database, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.63-90
• Anahtar Kelimeler: Identity construction, narrative, life story, breaking, immigration, zeybek
• Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A Turkish artist living in Germany, Kadir “Amigo” Memiş is known for choreographies that combine street dance or breaking with traditional dances of Turkey. His story in Germany began with social integration problems and the trauma of losing his brother, but it continued with his adaptation to the diaspora through the medium of dance. Using thematic analysis to construct a life story based on Memiş’s self-narratives, I aim to demonstrate how the artist’s engagement with hip-hop culture in the diaspora helped him overcome his troubles and construct a new, artist’s identity.