Zeki Maviyildiz, a dancer from the eastern Turkish city of Kars, recently performed in Raleigh, NC, as part of his BlueStar Dance Project at an international dance festival in the Carolina capital. Maviyildiz's group consists of child dancers, as well as adults. The children's performance told the story of an 18th century folk hero along the lines of Koroglu. Maviyildiz also performed at the November festival with adults from his troupe in a separate dance. Maviyildiz has traveled around the globe, as part of the Turkish National Folk Dance Troupe. In April, Maviyildize performed in "The Merry Window," a performance sponsored by the Opera Company of North Caolina. The folk dancer resides in North Carolina, and is a student at Wake Tech Community College. His BlueStarDance Group is also based in Raleigh, N.C.
A longer version of this story appears in the Nov. 19, 2005 edition of the Long Beach, Ca.- based USA Turkish Times. the info for it was provided by the American Turkish Association of North Carolina.
The web site for the BlueStar Dance Project is http://www.bluestardance.com
The web site for USA Turkish Times is http://www.usaturkishtimes.com
And, the web site for ATAA NC is http://www.ata-nc.org
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