Dr. Mark DeGarmo & Jan Hanvik Deliver Keynotes at International Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey at Mark DeGarmo Dance

Dr. Mark DeGarmo, Choreographer, Founder, Executive & Artistic Director of Mark DeGarmo Dance in NYC, and Jan Hanvik, MDD Development Officer and Founder & Director Crossing Bridges LLC in NYC and Puentes y Redes S.C. in Mexico, to serve as Keynote Speakers at the 4th International Interdisciplinary Symposium, Border/less 4.0: Beyond Crisis: New Acts of Creation, hosted by Beykoz University’s Faculty of Art and Design in Istanbul, Turkey Wednesday, June 24- Friday, June 26, 2026

PRESENTATION INFO

Dr. Mark DeGarmo will present "Embodied_Imagination–Creativity-in-Action" connecting DeGarmo's origins and life in dance with the nonprofit dance institution and charity and 4 of the programs he has created and the lives impacted by them since 1982.

Jan Hanvik’s presentation will reflect on his experiences with Bauhaus dances and his work with El Grupo Folklórico P'urhépecha (Indigenous Dance from Mexico).

When: Full Symposium: Wednesday, June 24- Friday, June 26, 2026

Keynote with Jan Hanvik: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11-11:30 am

Keynote with Dr. Mark DeGarmo: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:30-12 pm

Where: Beykoz University in Istanbul, Turkey

Symposium Chair: Prof. Bengisu BAYRAK SHAHMR (Beykoz University, Dean of Art & Design Faculty)

More information: https://borderless.beykoz.edu.tr/indexEN.html#kavramsal

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

The hybrid symposium will bring together international scholars and practitioners across the social sciences, arts, and humanities, engaged in interdisciplinary and practice-based areas of research and creative inquiry.

This year’s theme, Beyond Crisis: New Acts of Creation, will examine how ongoing global instability, including environmental change, socio-political upheaval, and technological transformation, can be understood not only as disruption but as a catalyst for new forms of creativity, innovation, and interdisciplinary practice. The symposium will highlight how emerging conditions are reshaping approaches to creation across the arts, sciences, technology, and social systems, generating new frameworks for resilience and imagination in the 21st century.

Symposium languages are Turkish and English.

To learn more about Border/less 4.0: Beyond Crisis: New Acts of Creation & the topics that will be explored, click here: https://borderless.beykoz.edu.tr/indexEN.html#kavramsal

ABOUT MARK DeGARMO DANCE

Mark DeGarmo Dance founded in 1982, incorporated in 1987 celebrates its 44th anniversary in 2026 as a leading New York City nonprofit dance organization located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side at The Clemente. President Barack Obama commended DeGarmo and MDD for your service to your community and the nation. The National Endowment for the Arts deemed MDD’s NYC dance education program for under-resourced public elementary students living under the federal poverty rate a national model. National Dance Education Organization research shows that 1-7% of USA elementary schools have such a multi-year layered program as our evidence-based Partnerships in Literacy through Dance & Creativity.

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Our programs are supported, in part, by private and public funds from American Online Giving Foundation; Jody and John Arnhold; Benevity; Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation; Bernheim Foundation; Blackbaud Giving Fund; Lisa and Dick Cashin; PJ and Dawn Dearden; Rev. Dr. Lindley DeGarmo and Sarah Finlayson; Marianne Egri and David Thomas; Friends of Mark DeGarmo Dance; Jill Ganey; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; Lara and Darius Mehraban; The Kyle J. Mulrooney Foundation; Mental Insight Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Network for Good; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; New York City Department of Education; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Lindsay O'Reilly; PwC Charitable Foundation; Religious Society of Friends; The Rothfeld Family Foundation; Ruth and Seymour Klein Foundation; and Barbara Sherman.