Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ protester participated in Kennedy Center program
By Katherine Boyle, Thursday, June 20, 1:11 AM E-mail the writer
Erdem Gunduz, the “Standing Man” performance artist who instigated a wave of peaceful protests throughout Turkey, participated in the Kennedy Center’s Cultural Exchange Visitors Program in 2007. The two-week arts education program, developed with the State Department, brought four modern dancers and two hip-hop dancers from Turkey to Washington and New York.
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