Turkish Year of Culture 2019 Piri Reis Ballet Performance
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center
- subsidy category
- Grant Type
- single year
Business Overview
As part of the cultural events of the Turkish Year of Culture 2019, the National Opera Ballet of the Republic of Turkey will present a new ballet performance entitled Pili Reis. Depicts half the life of navigator Piri Reis, a 16 century Ottoman naval officer who made his name in world history by creating the most advanced world maps and navigation manuals. A new attempt to express the world view set in the Orient with a ballet based on Western culture. Historically and geographically, it has played the role of a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures, and is a stage work unique to Turkey. It consists of two acts including scenes such as the first voyage, victory in Rhodes, a map of the world drawn in hermitage, love in Egypt during an expedition, survival from a storm and an audience with the Sultan (performance time: approximately 80 minutes).
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, September 3, 2019
- Venues
- Nakano Zero Great Hall (Nakano Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center]
Based on the same philosophy, policies and objectives as the Yunus Emre Foundation, a public organization headquartered in Ankara, Turkey, the center conducts various cultural events, Turkish Language Proficiency Test and cultural exchange programs to introduce Turkish language, culture and art, and thereby contribute to cultural exchange and friendship between the people of Japan and Turkey.