This contemporary and spiritual dance performance, inspired by Michelangelo’s iconic Pietà sculpture, explores themes of human connection and hope for a brighter future. It merges Marion Crampe’s masterful aerial artistry with Ziya Azazi’s i

Kismet is a performance about how our life, which we praise as civilisation, has entered a 'dead end' and is rapidly advancing in a direction that can be called 'apocalypse'. This work aims to think on this frightening, serious and possible future toge

Neo Dervish is a show that deals with the four levels of life mentioned in Sufism (sharia, sect, truth, and ingenuity) and it is a show that processes the comprehension of these levels and makes its strong performance structure unique with live music and videos. It de

As it is known, this composition of Ravel with Maurice Bejart has been placed in the history of dance as a ritualistic cult. As an artist of Middle Eastern origin, in this work Ziya Azazi refers to Bejart's Bolero with his progressive dance terminology and rituali

The project, in which light, sound, image and motion fictions are shaped with the instruments and devices used, aimed to present the law of conservation of energy to its audience and its importance in human life. It is a work that brings together experimental and icon

Ember is a show that deals with human helplessness in the cycle of life. It is a solo that focuses on a person who is wiser with the fire given by Prometheus, who tries to make sense of his life by illuminating, but burns with the same fire over thousands of years. Ou

Icons examines the concept of "icon”, which we are usually unaware of, but is a part of life. Icons that manifest themselves in different ways in every layer of life has been shaped according to geography, time and culture and has changed continuously throu

Dervish is a performance where Ziya Azazi's first two works, Azab and Dervish in Progress, are exhibited together. It is a work in which the four levels of Sufism are the subject. Azab describes the ordeal of someone w

Azab describes the ordeal of someone who reaches the truth by passing through the first two of the four levels (sharia and tariqa) in Sufism. Ultimately, sitting crosslegged also symbolises the preparation of oneself for ingenuity.

Dervish in Progress is a solo that deals with the "ingenuity" of the last stage of life, which is also the subject of Sufism that deals with the individual's comprehension at this level. This performance is Ziya Azazi's first solo in his individual a

Ziya Azazi collaborated with artists such as Sebastian Prantl, Ismael Ivo, Marcia Haydee, Yoshi Oida, Jan Fabre, Thierry Smits, Kayhan Kalhor, Parastou Forouhar, Thimios Atzakas, Miguel Angel Berna, Claudio Bettinelli, Serge Adams, Zad Moultaka, Mercan Dede, Sertab Er