caner teker is a survivor, supporter and choreographer. they graduated as Meisterschülerin at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and studied at SNDO School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam. caner’s practice is described as transformative, parasitic, queer, and anti-capitalist. In 2020, caner received the Förderpreis für Bildende Künste of the city of Düsseldorf and was Guest Fellow at PACT Zollverein. caner has shown performances at Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and Atonal Berlin, among others. The performance ‘karadeniz’ premiered in 2021 at tanzhaus nrw and HAU- Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin. In 2022 caner danceWEB was a scholarship holder and performed at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Haus der Kunst Munich and Tanzquartier Wien. At Bergen Kunsthall’s Live Studio, caner will research for their upcoming work köçek – the third work of a trilogy on the transindividual self, beyond identity politics.
With the support of Kulturrådet.